Notary services

Notary services

Notary acts are only performed for Lithuanian citizens (a valid Lithuanian passport or ID card is required) and must be conducted in person at the embassy after prior registration here. Before registering for a visit to perform specific notary act, it is recommended to confirm via email at consul.ca@mfa.lt.

Consular officer may certify the following:

• Wills
• Power of attorney
• Declarations of paternity recognition
• Provisional directions
• Contracts for assistance in decision-making
• Written consent of spouses and co-owners for transactions
• Declarations of co-owners regarding the preemptive right to purchase shared property
• The fact that an individual is alive and located in a specific place
• Time of filing of the documents
• Declarations of renouncement of inheritance

Consular officer may authenticate the following:

• The authenticity of copies and extracts of documents
• The authenticity of signatures on documents
• Accepts personal wills for safekeeping
• Carry out other notary acts provided for by law.

Notary services procedure

Before visiting the embassy for a power of attorney, it is essential to know the name, surname, personal identification number and place of residence of the authorised person, and to know as precisely as possible the actions to be carried out by the authorised person. You also need to know as much information as possible about the bank accounts mentioned in the power of attorney (name of the bank, account number), the immovable property (unique number, address), and, in the case of a power of attorney for the acceptance of an inheritance, the deceased person's details (personal identification number, date of death), etc.

General powers of attorney are not notarized at the embassy.

Consular officials may draft powers of attorney, transactions, wills and declarations at the request of citizens of the Republic of Lithuania, for a fixed fee.

Declarations regarding the acceptance of inheritance cannot be notarized at the embassy. If a citizen cannot personally submit the declaration in Lithuania, it is recommended to authorize someone in Lithuania to do so on their behalf.

All parties signing the contract must be present at the embassy when the contract is concluded.

If you are unable to come to the Embassy in person, you can have the document notarised in Canada by a local notary and then authenticated by Global Affairs Canada or Canadian notary with an Apostille (more information here). This document will have legal effect in Lithuania.

The notarised document must be accurate, clear and written in the correct Lithuanian language (in Lithuanian characters) on good quality paper. The terms, dates and figures in the document must be written at least once in words. Documents containing corrections, additions, deletions, words crossed out and other undiscussed alterations, as well as documents written in pencil, cannot be certirfied.

Information on consular fees can be found here.

Important: Consular officers do not perform notarial acts for foreigners, stateless persons, or legal entities.