(1) By authenticating a signature, the honorary consul confirms that the applicant signed the document in his own hand before him or before an officer of the honorary consulate responsible for authentication, or that the applicant acknowledged the signature as his own.

(2)  To have a signature authenticated, the applicant must come to the honorary consulate in person.

(3) In special circumstances, the honorary consul may authenticate a signature outside the premises of the honorary consulate (e.g. in a healthcare facility); however, presence of the person whose signature is to be authenticated is always required.  

(4) It is inadmissible to authenticate a signature received by mail, by fax or through other indirect form of contact, when the applicant is not present in person.

(5)  If the applicant is a person unknown to the honorary consul, his identity must be proved by a valid ID document with a photograph (e.g. a passport), or confirmed by two witnesses who are either known to the honorary consul or have proved their identity by a valid ID document with a photograph. Witnesses must not be minors or persons unable to testify due to their physical or mental condition, persons who cannot read or write, persons close to the applicant or persons otherwise involved in the matter. The applicant and the witnesses put their signatures next to the relevant entry in the logbook of certified documents.   

(6)  To authenticate a signature on a document that is to be signed at the honorary consulate, the honorary consul will ask the applicant to sign the document in his own hand before him. To authenticate a signature on an already signed document, the honorary consul will ask the applicant to acknowledge that the signature on the document was written in his own hand.  In either case, a record of authentication is entered in the logbook of certified documents and the applicant adds his signature to the entry.

(7)  The honorary consulate must not authenticate a signature if the officer responsible for authentications is unfamiliar with the language of the document.

(8) The honorary consulate must not authenticate a signature on a blank document or a document without text content.

(9) The certificate of authentication must be placed on the signature page of the document, or on a sheet of paper securely attached to the signature page using a string; the ends of the string must be covered by a sticker on which the honorary consul affixes an official stamp; the large round stamp or the small round stamp of the honorary consulate with the small state emblem of the Czech Republic may be used depending on the size of the document.

(10)   The authentication certificate shall include:

a) applicant’s name, surname, date and place of birth, personal number (“rodné číslo”) as the case may be, and residence address;

b) information on the way in which the applicant’s identity was verified;

c) a statement that the applicant signed the document in his own hand before the honorary consul or that the applicant acknowledged the signature as his own.