Legal: templates and forms
12 forms available to fill out or download.
Receipt for documents handed over
For every time you leave originals with someone else — an accountant, a lawyer, an employer, a bank, an agent. The receipt lists the documents one by one, marks which are originals and which copies, and gives a date for their return. An original handed over without a receipt is later chased with no evidence that it was ever handed over at all.
Contract of mandate
For when you instruct someone to act on your behalf — to represent you before an institution, to manage a property, to negotiate, to receive payments. It differs from a contract for work and from a service agreement in that the agent acts for your account and owes you an account of it. The contract settles the scope, the reporting and the expenses; for acting towards third parties a separate power of attorney is also needed.
Declaration of family and financial circumstances
Asked for when applying for social assistance, legal aid, a grant, a reduced fee or municipal housing. Many institutions have a form of their own — if there is one, use it; this document is for when there is not, or when you want to prepare the figures in advance. It is declared under liability, so set out your income in full.
Report of a problem to the municipality
For street lighting that does not work, potholes, an abandoned vehicle, illegal dumping, noise, a dangerous tree, a missing manhole cover. A report goes further than a phone call, because it is logged with a reference number and has to be answered. Describe the location as precisely as you can and say whether anyone is in danger — that is what determines how quickly it is dealt with.
Application for reconsideration of a decision
The general document for when an institution has refused something and you believe the refusal rests on incomplete or mistaken information. The application identifies the decision by number and date, says specifically what in it you dispute, and sets out the new fact or document you are putting forward. It does not replace an appeal and does not stop the time limits for one — if there is a deadline to appeal, watch it separately.
Annex to a contract
The general annex — it works for any contract in the catalogue. Amending a signed contract has to be done in writing, in the same form as the contract itself, and it must say which clauses change, with what wording, and from which date. An annex that states only what is new, without naming the clauses it replaces, is a common source of argument about what is actually in force.
Notice of rescission for non-performance
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.
Consent for a child to travel abroad
When a child leaves the country with only one parent or with another adult, border control asks for the other parent's written consent. The declaration names the countries, the period and the accompanying adult by name. The signature has to be notarised — without that the document is of no use at the border. We prepare the wording; the notarisation is done at a notary.
Power of attorney (general)
The document by which you authorise someone else to do something in your place — to file an application, to collect a document, to represent you before an institution. You list the powers one by one and set a time limit. Note that for dealing with real property, with a vehicle, and in a number of proceedings before state bodies, the signature has to be notarised. We prepare the document; the notarisation is done at a notary.
Application for a duplicate document
Used where an original document has been lost, stolen or destroyed — a diploma, a certificate, an employer's letter. The particulars of the lost document and the reason for the loss are stated.
Freedom of information request
Every institution is obliged to answer a request like this within fourteen days. The form follows Art. 24 of the Access to Public Information Act and carries every particular the Act requires, so that it cannot be set aside without consideration.
Declaration under Art. 313 of the Criminal Code
The all-purpose declaration that institutions and employers ask for most often. You fill in your details and the wording of what you are declaring; the clause on criminal liability for a false declaration is already in the text.