The civil status documents of Romanian citizens, drawn up abroad by the competent local authorities, must be transcribed, obligatorily, in the Romanian civil status registers, within 6 months from returning to the country or from receiving from abroad the certificate or the civil status extract. Transcription requests are submitted to the S.P.C.L.E.P or to the mayor's office of U.A.T Commune Satu Mare at the applicant's place of residence, and are approved by the mayor after obtaining the prior opinion of S.P.C.J.E.P. After the application is registered, checks are carried out to determine: a) whether the holder of the birth, marriage, or death certificate or extract is a Romanian citizen; checks are performed at D.G.P. or at the National Citizenship Authority; b) whether there is another transcribed or reconstituted act in the country; checks are performed in the civil status registers kept and, as the case may be, at S.P.C.L.E.P. or at the mayor's office of previous residences, up to the date of registration of the act by the foreign authorities; c) whether the S.P.C.L.E.P./mayor's office of the U.A.T where the request was submitted has territorial competence regarding the approval of the transcription, in the case of citizens who identify themselves with a passport or travel document; checks are performed at the evidence structure within S.P.C.L.E.P. from the last declared place of residence of the applicant. The administrative documents issued by foreign authorities, presented for registration in the Romanian civil status registers, as well as their translations made at a public notary abroad, must meet the following conditions: a) documents issued by institutions of states signatory to the Hague Convention of October 5, 1961, must be apostilled; b) documents issued by states with which Romania has concluded treaties/conventions/agreements on judicial assistance are exempt from legalization, apostille, or any other formalities; c) documents not falling under one of the situations provided in letter a) or b) must be legalized, in accordance with the provisions of art. 162 of Law no. 105/1992*), as subsequently amended.