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Entry into force
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Under Articles 11 and 12, the Convention enters into force for a new member on the sixtieth day after it deposits its document of ratification or accession. Pages on this site calculate from that date whether the Convention is already in force.
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Sources and verification
Sources
- Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents (full text)
- HCCH status table: Apostille Convention (1961)
- Status
- Last verified: (18 October 2026)
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- Checked by our team against the sources above
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