Legal: templates and forms
8 forms available to fill out or download.
Freedom of information request (wniosek o udostępnienie informacji publicznej)
A request under Poland's Access to Public Information Act of 6 September 2001, to an office, municipality, school, municipal company or other body performing public tasks: the information sought, the form and way it should be provided, and a reminder of the 14-day deadline and that no legal or factual interest need be shown. No answer in time opens the way to a complaint about inaction to the regional administrative court.
Application to change a first name or surname (Poland)
An application to a Polish civil registry office (urząd stanu cywilnego) for an administrative change of first name or surname, with what the Act on changing names requires: the applicant's details and birth surname, the offices holding the birth and marriage certificates, the new name, any children it extends to, the important reason, and a statement that no application in the same matter was made elsewhere and no refusal was issued. It can be filed at any civil registry office.
Cohabitation agreement for unmarried partners (Poland)
An agreement for couples living together in Poland without marrying: how they share housing and living costs, what each keeps as personal property, how things bought together are co-owned, how they settle up if they separate, and who leaves the home. Poland has no registered partnerships — the closest-person status law did not take effect after the Sejm failed to override the presidential veto in September 2026 — so these matters are settled by a civil-law contract.
Parental consent to a passport for a child (Poland)
A parent's written consent to a Polish passport being issued to a minor, with the details art. 14 of the Passport Documents Act requires: the parent's name, PESEL number and identity document, and the child's name and PESEL. On paper it counts only once the signature is certified by a notary or a passport authority — a voivode's office or a consul; the document leaves room for that.
Special power of attorney for a specific act (pełnomocnictwo szczególne)
A Polish power of attorney for an act beyond ordinary management — selling a car, signing a particular contract, collecting money, handling a specific matter — setting out the act, its limits, how long it lasts, and whether the agent may appoint a substitute or contract with themselves. Where the act needs a special form, the power of attorney needs the same one — selling real estate requires a notarial deed, as the document warns.
Revocation of a power of attorney (odwołanie pełnomocnictwa)
A principal's statement revoking a Polish power of attorney, saying when it was given and what it covered, demanding the document back (art. 102 of the Civil Code) and listing the people and institutions told of the revocation. It takes effect when it reaches the agent, but an act done with someone unaware of the revocation can still stand — so the bank, the office and business partners should be told too.
General power of attorney (pełnomocnictwo ogólne)
A Polish power of attorney for acts of ordinary management — running the principal's day-to-day affairs and property: paying bills, collecting post, managing a let flat, dealing with offices. It must be in writing on pain of nullity (art. 99 § 2 of the Civil Code). The document also states what it does not cover — selling property, loans, gifts — since those need a power of attorney naming the type of act or the act itself.
Consent for a child to travel abroad (zgoda na wyjazd dziecka za granicę)
A parent's written consent for a minor to travel abroad from Poland — with the other parent, grandparents, a camp or anyone else: the parent's and child's details, the travel document, countries, dates and the adult in charge. Polish law sets no official form, but parents decide important matters for a child together, and border guards may check consent when a child travels without one parent. There is room below the signature for a notary's certification.