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Certified Spanish Power of Attorney Translation

eVerbary translates your Spanish power of attorney into English for $24.95 per page with no word cap, by a professional human translator, with a signed certification. Most orders are delivered within a few hours. Accepted by USCIS and by US universities, colleges and schools, or your money back.

A notarial deed, kept in the notary's protocol

The Spanish Civil Code requires a public document for a general power for lawsuits, a power to administer property and any power for an act that must itself be done by public deed. In practice a Spanish power of attorney (poder) is a notarial deed (escritura de poder). The signed original, the matriz, stays in the notary's protocol; what you receive is an authorised copy (copia autorizada), signed and sealed on paper or signed electronically by the notary.

A simple copy (copia simple) carries no signatures and has no legal effect as an authorised copy, so a bank or registry will want the authorised one. We translate the whole document: the parties, the powers granted, the notary's identification of the signatories and judgment of their capacity, the protocol number and the notary's signature block. Marginal notes are translated in place.

Signed at a consulate, used in Spain or the US

Spanish consular officers abroad exercise notarial functions, so a power signed at a Spanish consulate in the US is a Spanish notarial document. Notarial documents are apostilled by the Notarial Colleges, which a US court or bank may ask for; USCIS does not. See apostilles and translation. Before acting on an older power, a receiving office may also ask for a recent authorised copy.

A common reason is buying, selling or inheriting property in Spain; see the Spanish property deed page. A translation shows the power as of its date; whether it has been revoked is for the receiving office to check. Powers from Latin America have their own pages, such as the Mexican power of attorney page. See also our Spanish page.

What USCIS requires

Under 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3), a foreign-language document must be accompanied by a complete English translation and the translator's certification that it is accurate. Every seal, stamp and marginal note is part of the document, so every one is translated.

State agencies set their own rules — see government agencies — and what our certification states is on this page.

How it works

Upload a photo or a scan of your document, pick the language pair and check out online. You never have to mail originals: a legible copy is all we need.

A professional human translator, never machine translation, translates the document word for word and mirrors the layout of the original. Every certified translation ships with a signed Certificate of Translation Accuracy that meets the requirements of USCIS, courts and universities.

Your translation is delivered digitally, usually within 24 hours for documents of one to three pages, and same-day delivery is available. If anything needs adjusting, we revise it.

Certified vs. standard translation

A certified translation is a word-for-word translation accompanied by a signed statement attesting to its accuracy and completeness. It is what official bodies require: USCIS, courts, universities and government agencies. Certified translations are $24.95 per page, where one sheet of your document is one page, with no word cap.

A standard translation is the same professional human translation without the certificate, for when you only need to understand the content or for internal or informal use. It is billed at the same $24.95 per page with no word cap.

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