Legal and Notarial Documents

For a document issued in the United States that will be used officially in Honduras, the normal route for a public document covered by the Hague Convention is an apostille, not the traditional authentication and consular legalization chain. Honduras acceded to the Apostille Convention on January 20, 2004, and the Convention entered into force for

Carta Poder, Poder Especial (Special Power of Attorney), and Poder General (General Power of Attorney) all allow another person to act in Honduras on behalf of the person granting the authority, but they do not provide the same powers. A Carta Poder is intended for a specific task before a particular institution; a Special Power