You are in another country, your apartment, bank account, company or family document is in Georgia, and flying in for one signature makes no sense. In defined cases a Georgian notary can certify a power of attorney, consent or declaration remotely. We check whether your case qualifies, prepare the text and arrange the session.
Short answer: according to the Notary Chamber of Georgia, certain notarial acts can be performed in online format, including the certification of powers of attorney, consents and declarations, when the conditions set by law and procedure are met. It is not an automatic video call service: the notary assesses identification, the participants, the need for a witness and other formal requirements for each case in advance. To find out whether your case qualifies, send us four things - your citizenship, the country you are in, who you are authorising or addressing, and where the document will be used.
Remote notarization means the notarial act is performed without the participant physically standing at the notary's desk. The identification, the expression of will and the certification happen through the established remote procedure rather than across a counter. The act itself is still a notarial act performed by an authorised notary of Georgia, under the same legal framework as any other.
What it is not: a service where you email a scan and receive a stamped PDF an hour later. The notary must be able to identify you reliably, establish your will freely and precisely, and satisfy the formal requirements that apply to the specific act. That is why the answer to "can I do this online" is always case by case, and why the check happens before anything is scheduled rather than after you have paid.
The practical value is straightforward. A property owner in Berlin can authorise a relative in Tbilisi to handle a sale. A parent working abroad can give consent for a child's travel. A company founder outside Georgia can authorise a director to sign at the registry. In each case the alternative used to be a flight or a consulate appointment weeks away.
Based on the official explanation of the Notary Chamber of Georgia, the remote format covers a defined set of acts rather than everything a notary does. The three that come up constantly are below.
Authorising someone in Georgia to act for you on property, banking, vehicle, company, court or document matters. The Chamber's explanation refers to additional participants and to conditions connected with the status of the person granting the power, so the specific case is assessed in advance.
Power of attorney guideConfirming your will regarding a specific action: a child travelling abroad, a spousal consent, a consent connected with property or a family procedure. The wording has to match what the receiving institution expects.
Consent and declaration pageStating a fact, a position or a request in notarial form, for submission to an authority, an employer, a bank, a court or a foreign institution.
Consent and declaration pageActs outside this group, particularly full notarial transactions over immovable property, inheritance procedures and anything requiring physical originals or multiple parties in a specific form, generally still need the ordinary route. If you are not sure which category your document falls into, describe the goal rather than the document name, and we will identify the act.
The eligibility check is not bureaucracy for its own sake. Each of these points is a reason a remote session can be refused, and knowing them in advance is what saves you a wasted week.
The last point deserves emphasis. The notary must be satisfied that you understand what you are signing and are doing it voluntarily. In a remote session that means being alone and clearly visible, in a place where you can speak freely, not in a car park with someone off camera prompting you.
Your citizenship, the country you are in, the document you need, who the other participants are and where it will be used.
The notary assesses in advance whether the remote format is open for your act, your status and the participants involved.
We prepare and translate the document and verify every name, number and date against your papers before the session.
You join at the scheduled time, are identified, the act is certified, and the document is issued in the agreed form.
Tell us your citizenship, your current country, what the document must achieve and your deadline. You will get a clear yes or no on the remote route, with the alternative if it is no.
Check eligibility on WhatsAppBeing realistic about this saves everyone time. The remote format is not a universal replacement for attending a notary, and the following situations commonly fall outside it.
That last point is the one most often discovered too late. If the document is going to a specific foreign institution, get their requirement in writing first. It costs one email and prevents an entire process being repeated.
A document certified in Georgia and destined for another country usually needs an apostille, and a translation into the language of the receiving authority. Georgia is party to the Hague Convention, so for most destinations the apostille is the relevant route rather than full consular legalisation.
The order matters. As a general pattern the document is certified first, then apostilled, then translated, so the apostille is itself included in the translation. Some authorities specify a different arrangement, or require the translation to be certified in the destination country. Getting this wrong means paying for the chain twice. Send us the written requirement and the sequence is set correctly the first time. See apostille and legalisation for the detail.
The reverse direction comes up just as often: a document issued abroad that has to work in Georgia. In that case it generally needs an apostille from the issuing country and a notarized translation into Georgian. Send a scan and we will tell you whether it is usable here as it stands.
If the remote format is not available for your act, there are normally three ways forward, and which one is cheapest depends on where you are.
A Georgian consulate in your country may also be an option for certain acts. Availability and waiting times vary considerably by mission, so check directly with the consulate before planning around it.
The total is built from the regulated notary fee plus drafting of the text, translation where required, interpreter attendance, the number of copies, and an apostille if the document goes abroad. Remote handling does not by itself make the act cheaper or more expensive than attending in person. What moves the figure is the type of act, the complexity of the text and the number of participants.
On timing, the eligibility check is usually quick. Drafting and translation depend on the document, and scheduling depends on the availability of the notary, any interpreter and all required participants across time zones. If you are in a different time zone, tell us your working hours at the first message. An apostille adds its own processing step afterwards. For general orientation see translation and document service prices; the exact figure is confirmed once we see the request.
The Notary Chamber of Georgia states that on the citizen's request the notary must provide an account setting out the cost of the service and the amount paid. You are entitled to ask for it.
The failure points in remote notarization are almost never the technology. They are transliteration of names that do not match a passport, powers drafted too narrowly to cover the actual action, a missing requirement from the receiving institution, and participants scheduled across three time zones without anyone checking. Handling those before the session is the whole job.
You get a straight answer on whether the remote format fits your case before any money or time is committed.
Names, transliteration, document numbers and the scope of authority are checked against your papers before the session.
Translation into and from English, Russian and other languages, with an interpreter arranged where the act requires one.
Write to us on WhatsApp or call +995 501 11 32 00. Include your citizenship, the country and time zone you are in, the document you need, the full details of the other participants and the date by which you must have the paper in hand. That is enough for a realistic answer in the first reply. Our office is at 118 David Aghmashenebeli Avenue, Tbilisi, if any part of the process needs someone on the ground here.
According to the Notary Chamber of Georgia, the remote format covers certain acts including powers of attorney, consents and declarations, when the conditions set by law and procedure are met. Not every notarial act is available remotely, and the notary confirms the possibility for each case in advance.
The remote format is aimed at people who cannot attend in person, including those abroad. Whether it is open in your case depends on the act, your status and the participants, so eligibility is checked before scheduling.
A valid identity document in hand, a device with a working camera and microphone, a stable connection, a quiet private place, and the prepared text. If you do not understand the language of the act, an interpreter takes part.
A notarial act performed remotely under the established procedure is a notarial act. What can differ in practice is what a particular receiving institution accepts, so confirm their requirement before the session if the document goes abroad.
It depends on the act. For a power of attorney the principal is the main participant, and the Chamber's explanation also refers to additional participants in the online format. The notary confirms who must attend before scheduling.
Often yes, usually with an apostille and a translation, and the destination authority decides what it accepts. Tell us the country and institution so the order of certification, apostille and translation is set correctly.
The act cannot be completed if the notary is unable to identify you or establish your will clearly. In practice this means rescheduling, which is why the connection and device should be tested beforehand.
If you do not have command of the language of the act and the notary cannot establish your will without assistance, the act is performed with an interpreter. Tell us your language when you first write so attendance can be arranged.
The regulated notary fee plus drafting, translation, interpreter attendance, copies and any apostille. The type and complexity of the act drive the figure rather than the remote format itself.
The usual alternatives are attending in person in Georgia, using an existing valid authorisation, or issuing the document in your current country and having it apostilled and translated for use here. We tell you which fits once we know your situation.
This page was updated on 13 September 2026 and prepared with reference to the rules in force in Georgia and official explanations. The main sources are the instruction on the procedure for performing notarial acts, the Law of Georgia on Notary and the answers of the Notary Chamber of Georgia on current topics.
Remote notarization rules, the list of available acts, fees and the documents required in a particular case may change or depend on individual circumstances. This page is a general informational and organisational guide and does not constitute individual legal advice. The final decision on whether a notarial act can be performed remotely, and on its form and requirements, is taken by the authorised notary.
Outside Georgia and need a document signed here? Send your details and find out today whether the remote route is open for your case.
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