# Legalization of a certificate of current company status
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Translation and preparation of a current company status certificate
A current company status certificate presents the registered particulars of a company as of a specified date. La Fit Trans translates the document and aligns any authentication with the issued copy, destination country and recipient requirements.
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The certificate is issued through Bulgaria's Commercial Register and Register of Non-Profit Legal Entities, maintained by the Registry Agency. It relates to a particular trader or legal entity and a selected date. The translation follows the fields actually shown in the certificate rather than a general description of the business.
## What does a current company status certificate show?
It certifies the circumstances extracted from the entity's register file as of the requested date. These may include the name, legal form, unified identification code, registered office, address, representatives, manner of representation and other registered particulars. The issued certificate itself defines the exact scope.
## Is the certificate the same as a public register report?
A public online report and an officially issued certificate should not be presented as the same document. The receiving authority may require a certificate with an identifiable issuer, date and verification method. Before work begins, we confirm which document form is accepted for the intended procedure.
## Which company details are checked in translation?
We compare the company name, legal form, identification code, registered office and address, representatives' names and manner of representation. If capital, a branch, deletion or another circumstance appears, it is translated in its exact context. Repeated data remains consistent throughout the document set.
## Why is the certificate date important?
Current status refers to the moment for which the register extracts the recorded circumstances. The recipient may separately require a recently issued document. La Fit Trans does not promise a universal validity period; we check the instruction that applies to the particular submission.
## How is an electronically issued certificate handled?
Customers send the original electronic file, not only a screenshot or printout. This allows the issuer, electronic signature and available verification data to be checked. The translation preserves the link between the content and its verifiable source without treating the electronic original as an ordinary paper copy.
## When is further authentication required?
The route depends on the certificate format, signature, destination country and rules of the receiving authority. Not every certificate follows the same sequence of institutions. Applicable steps are determined after the current document and the requirement for its intended use have been reviewed.
## Are an Apostille or legalization always needed?
No. Authentication of the source document, translation and certification of the translation are separate actions. The international regime and the specific recipient determine which are needed. The quotation includes only the steps relevant to the destination and procedure.
## What should I send for an exact quotation?
Customers send the complete legible document, including every page, signature, seal and electronic verification detail. Customers state the language, country, institution, purpose and desired submission date. After review, La Fit Trans confirms the translation, authentication, price, feasible timing and delivery method.
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