Legal: templates and forms

Authority to collect an ID document and handle registration matters (Germany)

Why it matches: You are moving house and want someone else to register or deregister your address for you.

The authority that lets someone else collect your new ID card or passport at the German citizens' office (Bürgeramt), register or deregister your address for you, or apply for and collect a registration certificate. With the statement that the PIN letter has arrived, without which an ID card is not handed to a representative. Some offices offer their own form free of charge; this one is an independently worded alternative. In German, under the German Civil Code (BGB); fill in, print, sign by hand and give the original to your representative.

Notice to third parties of a revoked mandate (Spain)

Why it matches: You need a letter telling everyone concerned that the authorisation has been cancelled.

For someone who has revoked a mandate, authorisation or power and wants the bank, company, building administrator or office the agent dealt with to stop acting on the agent’s instructions. The letter gives notice of the revocation and its date, identifies the agent and asks for written confirmation. It goes by burofax with certified content and acknowledgement of receipt, one letter per recipient, with a copy of the principal’s ID. Many Spanish banks have their own procedure to remove an authorised person. In Spanish.

Notice of rescission for non-performance (Bulgaria)

Why it matches: The other party to your contract in Bulgaria has not done what was agreed and you want to end the contract.

When the other side does not perform, the contract does not fall away by itself. Rescission requires a written declaration, and before it one normally allows a further period for performance — so this document first sets out the non-performance and the period given, and only then declares the rescission. It also states what is being asked back: sums paid, items handed over, documents.

Revocation of an authorisation or power of attorney (Greece)

Why it matches: You gave someone in Greece an authorisation or power of attorney and now want to cancel it.

The out-of-court notice (εξώδικη δήλωση) by which someone in Greece revokes an authorisation or power of attorney they gave: it describes the authority, revokes it from service, asks for the original back and an account, and names the third parties being told. Under the Greek Civil Code the authority ends on a revocation declared to the agent or the third party (arts. 218–219), so proof matters: a court bailiff (δικαστικός επιμελητής) serves it, and the report of service proves content and date. A notarial power of attorney is revoked only by notarial deed (art. 220); the notice is then served together with the notary's deed.

Revocation of a power of attorney, with notice to third parties (Austria)

Why it matches: You want to cancel an authorisation you signed and get the document back.

The letter revoking a power of attorney — at any time and without reasons (§ 1020 of the Austrian Civil Code, ABGB) — and asking for the document back. It is also the notice to banks, authorities and other parties: anyone who, through no fault of their own, does not know the power has ended is protected (§ 1026 ABGB), so each receives a copy. It takes effect on receipt — hand it over against a signature or send it by registered post. It cannot end a registered lasting power (Vorsorgevollmacht), which ends only on entry in the ÖZVV register. In German.

Revocation of a mandate or authorisation (Spain)

Why it matches: You want to cancel an authorisation in a way that proves when it was received.

For someone who gave another person a private mandate or authorisation and wants to withdraw it: the letter gives notice of the revocation with effect from receipt, asks for the document and anything received back, and for an account. It goes by burofax with certified content and acknowledgement of receipt, which proves when it arrived. If the power was granted before a notary, revoke it before a notary too and use this letter to give notice. A separate notice informs banks and companies. In Spanish.

Revocation of a power of attorney with notice to third parties (Germany)

Why it matches: You want to cancel a power of attorney you gave and tell the bank or office in writing that it has ended.

Revoking a power of attorney in Germany: a letter to the agent asking for the power of attorney document back (§ 175 of the German Civil Code, BGB), which doubles as the notice to the bank, office or other body the power was shown or announced to — each receives a signed copy, because towards them the power stays in force until they are told it has ended (§§ 170–173 BGB). With the court route for declaring an unreturned document void (§ 176 BGB). In German; fill in, print, sign and deliver to each recipient with proof of receipt.

Inventory of the spouses' starting assets (Germany)

Why it matches: You and your spouse want a signed list of your starting assets in case the marriage ever ends.

A joint list, drawn up by both spouses in Germany, of what each owned and owed on the wedding day, plus inheritances and gifts received during the marriage, with values. Under § 1377 of the German Civil Code (BGB), an inventory the spouses draw up together, dated and signed by both, is presumed correct between them; without one, everything a spouse owns at the end is presumed to be gain when the gains are equalised on divorce. No notary needed. Separate property or another regime needs a notarised marriage contract, which this is not. In German.

Revocation of a power of attorney (Cyprus)

Why it matches: The matter is finished and you want the original power of attorney back with an account of what was done.

The written revocation of a general or special power of attorney in Cyprus, addressed to the person you appointed. It states that their authority has ended, asks for the original back and an account of what they did, and lists the third parties — banks, the Land Registry, government departments, counterparties — who are sent a copy. In Cyprus a revocation binds third parties only once they learn of it, and until then the attorney can still bind you towards them. It is sent by registered post or by hand against a signature.

Revocation of a power of attorney (Romania)

Why it matches: The task is finished or your plans have changed and the authorisation should no longer be used.

The notice by which the person who gave a power of attorney in Romania revokes it. A principal may revoke a mandate at any time (art. 2031 of the Civil Code), but the revocation binds the agent from receipt, and third parties only once it has been brought to their notice or they knew or could have known of it. That is why the letter asks for the power of attorney back and lists the offices and people who have been told.

Spouses' statement of property (Cyprus)

A joint statement in which two spouses or civil partners in Cyprus record what belongs to each, when and how it was acquired — before the marriage, by gift, by inheritance — what is shared and who contributed to what. Under Law 232/1991, if the marriage ends, a spouse who contributed to the increase in the other's property can claim a share of it, and the contribution is presumed to be one third unless shown otherwise. A statement signed in calmer times is evidence of exactly that. It waives no rights and transfers no property.

Invitation as a solemn declaration of hospitality (Greece)

The text in which someone living in Greece invites and hosts a person applying for a visa at a Greek consulate. Consulates accept it only as a solemn declaration (ypefthyni dilosi) under Law 1599/1986, with the host's signature authenticated or issued on gov.gr, and with the details they ask for: both people's names, addresses, dates of birth, passport numbers and occupations, the purpose, the dates, and the costs the host covers, which the host chooses. The gov.gr declaration is free: paste this text into it, or sign the PDF and certify the signature at a KEP or on docs.gov.gr.