A marriage contract decides what belongs to whom, during the marriage and after it. In Georgia it is signed before a notary, before or after the registration. We organize the notary appointment, interpret it and translate the contract into your language.
Last reviewed 21 October 2026 against the Civil Code of Georgia, the Law on Private International Law and the Notary Law of Georgia.
Without a contract, Georgian law applies its own property regime. With one, you decide. These are the main rules of the Civil Code.
Source: Civil Code of Georgia, as summarized by the International Union of Notaries.
For real estate, the agreed regime binds third parties only once it is registered in the Public Register.
This is the question foreign couples most often overlook. Georgian law gives you a choice, and the choice is made in the same notarial form.
Your property relations follow the law of the country of which you were both nationals when you married, or where you both have your habitual residence, or with which you are most closely connected (Law on Private International Law, Art. 45(1)).
You may choose the law of a country of which either of you is a national or where either of you has habitual residence, or, for real estate, the law of the country where it is located (Art. 45(2)-(3)).
A choice of law has to be made as a notarial act. It can be part of the marriage contract itself, so one notary appointment covers both.
We are a translation bureau, not a law firm. For advice on which law suits you, or on how your home country will treat a Georgian contract, speak to a lawyer at home or a Georgian notary. We make sure you understand every word you sign.
The notary drafts and certifies the contract. Our job is everything around it: the appointment, the language and the translation.
You tell us the terms you have in mind and your passports' details. We book a notary and send the notary your wishes in Georgian, so the draft reflects them from the start.
Notarial acts in Georgia are performed in Georgian. When a party does not speak Georgian, the notary performs the act with an interpreter, and reads the text before you sign. Our interpreter attends and interprets every clause.
We translate the signed contract into your language, or into both spouses' languages, ready the same or the next day. If you need it abroad, we tell you how to apostille the notarial act.
Both work. A contract signed before the registration takes effect on the day you marry, which suits couples who want certainty from the first day. A contract signed later covers the marriage from then on, and can also be changed or ended at any time by mutual agreement in the same form. If you are in Georgia only for a few days, signing it the day before or the day of the registration saves a second trip.
The notarial act is performed in Georgian. That does not mean you sign something you cannot read: the notary works with an interpreter and reads the text to you before you sign, and our interpreter renders each clause into your language. Many couples also want the text in their own language for their records. We translate the signed contract, and where the notary agrees, a version in your language can be set out alongside the Georgian text.
What a contract cannot do is just as important. Under Article 1179 it cannot change the duty of spouses to support each other, the rights and duties of parents towards their children, child support or the right of either of you to go to court, and it cannot put one spouse in hardship.
If the contract concerns real estate in Georgia, the agreed regime takes effect against third parties only once it is registered in the Public Register. Tell us if you own or are buying property here, and we plan that step with the notary.
A Georgian notarial act can be apostilled for use in a country that is a party to the Apostille Convention, or legalized for other countries. Your translation is a separate document: in Georgia, a notarized translation itself cannot be apostilled. See apostille and legalization for how this works.
Yes. Spouses and couples about to marry can conclude a marriage contract before a Georgian notary. Foreign spouses who do not speak Georgian sign it through an interpreter, as the Notary Law requires.
Yes. A contract signed before the registration takes effect on the day of the registration. You can also sign one at any time after the wedding.
Yes. A marriage contract in Georgia must be in writing and certified by a notary. A private agreement between the two of you does not have the effect of a marriage contract.
It cannot change the duty of spouses to support each other, the rights and duties of parents towards their children, child support or the right to go to court, and it cannot put one spouse in hardship.
Without a choice, the law of your common nationality, your common habitual residence or the country with which you are most closely connected. You may choose the law of a country of either spouse's nationality or habitual residence, or for real estate the law of its location, in notarial form.
The notarial act is performed in Georgian. Our interpreter renders every clause before you sign, and we translate the signed contract into your language or into both spouses' languages. Where the notary agrees, a version in your language can sit alongside the Georgian text.
A Georgian notarial act can be apostilled for Apostille Convention countries or legalized for others. The translation is separate, because a notarized translation cannot be apostilled in Georgia.
No. The notary drafts and certifies the contract. We organize the appointment, send the notary your wishes in Georgian, interpret the signing and translate the final text. For legal advice on the terms, speak to a lawyer or the notary.
Send your passports and your planned date. We reply with a document checklist and a timeline for your wedding.
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