Government supervision of notary certification and the verification of signatures in Israel is the sole responsibility of the Notary Licensing Department. Obtaining an apostille stamp from the Ministry of Justice is the necessary step in granting international validity to any private document, financial agreement, legal affidavit or power of attorney that has been prepared and verified by a certified notary. The function of this mechanism is to declare to foreign authorities overseas that the lawyer who signed the notarial certificate does indeed hold a valid license and is registered in the official databases of the country. This procedure is not performed on public certificates of the Population Authority, but rather constitutes a protective and verification envelope for legal signatures born in the private and legal sectors, and is physically performed through representatives of the firm in the secretaries of the courts spread throughout the country.

The bureaucratic complexity involved in separating the various bodies and the need for absolute accuracy lead many law firms and citizens to turn to an apostille lawyer who specializes in managing these cases. A professional in the field verifies in advance that the notarial wordings meet the threshold conditions, legally purchases the apostille, and steers the file to the fastest verification route. This is especially necessary when preparing sensitive paperwork for strict countries, such as arranging an apostille for the Spanish embassy or submitting documents to international corporations. Using a skilled service eliminates the risk of the file being rejected abroad due to technical defects, and allows the signed documents to be received back quickly and with full transparency, without the client having to spend time traveling and standing in exhausting lines.