Legalization Center Bratislava
Complete legal procedure for motor vehicle owners with Slovak license plates (registration numbers) authorizing a driver to drive and cross the state border into Ukraine. The authorization includes permission to operate the vehicle, cross the border, represent the owner before the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (SBGS / ДПСУ), the State Customs Service of Ukraine (ДМСУ), the police, insurance companies, sign customs declarations upon temporary vehicle import, and arrange maintenance and repairs.
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Client query and legal basis
How to authorize a driver to drive and cross the border into Ukraine with a Slovak vehicle?
Ukrainian border and customs services (SBGS and State Customs Service) strictly require a written power of attorney (довіреність) with a notary-certified signature in Slovakia, an international Apostille certificate, and an official sworn translation into Ukrainian whenever a vehicle enters Ukraine without the registered owner present.
Step-by-step procedure: How to resolve the matter safely
1. Filling in the bilingual power of attorney template (UA / SK) (Legalization Center Bratislava)
Prepare a monolingual or bilingual wording of the power of attorney in Ukrainian and/or Slovak. You can customize the text freely according to your needs. If the wording is in Slovak, after obtaining the Apostille we will officially translate the entire document into Ukrainian.
2. Signature certification before a Slovak notary (Notary office in Slovakia)
The principal personally signs the document before a Slovak notary (or candidate notary). The signature must not be certified by an employee authorized by a notary, by a notary trainee, nor certified at a municipal office.
3. Issuance of the Apostille certificate (Legalization Center Bratislava)
The Legalization Center will secure the international Apostille certificate according to the Hague Convention.
4. Official sworn translation of clauses and tricolor binding (Sworn court translator registered with the Ministry of Justice of the Slovak Republic)
We will arrange the official translation of the document. A sworn court translator will prepare an official translation of the Slovak notarial and Apostille clauses (and if needed, the entire document) into Ukrainian and firmly bind the document with a tricolor ribbon and round seal.
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