Abstract
In a notarial practice there are two types of legalization of a signature. In judicature it was decided that a document with a signature recognized by a notary as personal is a private document with a signature officially certified in the meaning of article 788 of the Code of Civil Procedure, therefore, it should be treated as a document signed in the presence of a notary. This opinion is a sign of a conviction that in actions taken by citizens one should look for mutual trust and a sense of responsibility, because an interaction scarred by prejudices and disloyalty deforms legal relations.