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    Apostille for Buying Property in Spain

    Buying property in Spain typically requires several Swedish documents to be apostilled before the Spanish notary will accept them at the deed signing. The most common is a power of attorney that allows your Spanish lawyer or representative to sign the purchase deed on your behalf — but proof of identity, marital status declarations and corporate documents are often required too. Spain is a member of the Hague Convention, so a Swedish apostille is sufficient and no embassy legalisation is needed. However, the Spanish notary will reject any document that has not been correctly notarised and apostilled, which is the single most common cause of delayed completions for Swedish buyers.

    How NotaryDirect handles this

    NotaryDirect coordinates the full process remotely via video meeting with a Swedish Notary Public. The notarisation and, where applicable, the apostille are completed the same day. No office visit and no travel required.

    • Handled remotely via video meeting — no physical presence required
    • Same-day notarisation and apostille
    • 75 EUR per notarisation and 75 EUR per apostille, charged separately
    • Documents accepted in 120+ countries worldwide
    • Government-appointed Swedish Notary Public partners

    See our FAQ or read the full apostille guide for more detail.

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    Frequently Asked Questions

    Notarisation is the act of a notary public verifying identity, witnessing a signature, or certifying a copy as authentic. An apostille is a separate certificate issued afterward that confirms the notarisation itself is valid for use in another Hague Convention country.

    An apostille is a simplified, single-step certification used between countries that are both members of the Hague Apostille Convention. Legalisation is a more complex, multi-step process, typically involving notarisation, government departments, and embassy or consular authentication, required when the destination country is not a Hague Convention member.

    You can check the official Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) status table, which lists every contracting party to the Apostille Convention and the date it took effect for that country. This is the authoritative source for confirming Hague Convention membership. See HCCH status table.

    No. Foreign authority documents must first be notarised as a certified copy before an apostille can be issued. Civil documents such as powers of attorney or passport copies follow the same rule: notarisation first, then apostille.

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