Notaries have the authority to affix the apostille

On March 7, 2020, the order of the Ministry of Justice of February 27, 2020 No. 702/5 “On Amendments to the Procedure of Apostille Approval on Official Documents Issued by the Bodies of Justice and Courts, as well as Documents Issued by Notaries of Ukraine” came into force.
Apostille is a special stamp on official documents drawn up in the territory of Ukraine, which respectively certify the authenticity of the signature, the quality in which the signatory acted, and, where appropriate, the authenticity of the stamp or stamp affixed to the document.

The apostille may be affixed on official documents drawn up in the territory of Ukraine, which must be presented in the territory of another state, namely:
on documents issued by the judicial authorities of Ukraine;
on documents issued by the Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine, the justice authorities; on administrative documents;
on education documents and academic titles;
on documents drawn up by public and private notaries;
on official certificates executed on documents signed by persons in their private capacity, such as official certificates of registration of a document or fact which existed on a certain date, and official and notarial certificates of signatures.
However, these rules do not apply:
on documents issued by foreign diplomatic institutions of Ukraine;
administrative documents directly related to commercial or customs transactions.
At the same time, it should be understood that only the States party to the Hague Convention, signed in 1961, accept the apostille. Instead, consular legalization is in place for all other countries that have not signed the Hague Convention.