The "The Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents" - commonly known as the Hague Legalization Convention - was ratified by the United States of America on 5 October 1961.
As of 1 January 2010, the Hague Legalization Convention is in force in the following countries:
Albania Andorra Angola Antigua & Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Bermuda Bosnia-Herzegovina Botswana British Guyana Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Cayman Islands China (Hong Kong - SAR only) China (Macau - SAR only) Colombia Comoros Islands Cook Islands Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Estonia Fiji Finland France, including:
Germany Georgia Greece Grenada Guernsey Guyana Hong Kong (SAR of China) | Honduras Hungary Iceland India Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Japan Kazakhstan Korea (Republic of) Latvia Lesotho Liberia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau (SAR of China) Macedonia Malawi Malta Marshall Islands Mauritius Mexico Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montserrat Namibia Netherlands (The), including:
Niue Norway Panama Poland Portugal, including:
Romania Russian Federation St. Christopher (Kitts) & Nevis St. Georgia & South Sandwich Islands St. Helena St Pierre & Miquelon St. Lucia St. Vincent & the Grenadines | Samoa San Marino, Republic of Seychelles Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa South Korea Spain Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Turkey Tuvalu United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland, including:
United States of America, including:
Vanuatu Venezuela Yugoslavia |