Are you establishing a company or making changes to an existing one? Find out in which cases an officially verified signature on the power of attorney is required and how to prepare everything so that the registry court grants your filing without issues.
Establishing a company is not something most people do regularly. If you are founding a company for the first time, it can be difficult to navigate all the documents and formalities involved in the process. One of the most common questions is whether the signature on a power of attorney must be officially verified.
In most cases where an agent acts on behalf of a founder or shareholder, you should expect an officially verified signature on the power of attorney. This is especially true when a legal act must be made in the form of a notarial deed or when changes must be recorded in the commercial register.
The power of attorney is not used only for the establishment of the company itself. A verified signature on a power of attorney is also required for many other corporate actions, such as:
- establishing a limited liability company (s.r.o.),
- establishing a joint-stock company (a.s.),
- amending the articles of association,
- changing the business name of the company,
- changing the registered office of the company,
- changing the subject of business,
- increasing or decreasing the registered capital,
- transferring a business share,
- admission of a new shareholder to the company,
- withdrawal of a shareholder from the company,
- appointment or removal of an executive (jednatel),
- changes in the members of statutory bodies,
- recording changes in the commercial register,
- transformations of companies (merger, division, or transfer of assets),
- liquidation of the company,
- filing a petition to remove the company from the commercial register.
Many of these actions require the cooperation of a notary and the subsequent filing of an application with the commercial register. If one of the persons cannot attend in person, a power of attorney is often the indispensable tool to carry out the entire process through an agent.
What to think about in advance: In practice, we often come across cases where the power of attorney does not meet the statutory requirements or is missing an officially verified signature. This can lead to unnecessary delays, or even to the registry court refusing your filing altogether. Special attention should be paid to situations where you are represented by a lawyer — as a rule, the lawyer cannot perform an authorised conversion or officially verify the signature on a power of attorney that establishes their own authority to act. It is therefore always safer to discuss how to arrange the officially verified signature with your lawyer well in advance.
📄 Power of Attorney Templates for Establishing and Amending a Company
Download our ready-made power of attorney templates for the most common corporate actions. The signature of the principal must be officially verified.
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