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 civil status excerpt. Transcription requests are submitted to the S.P.C.L.E.P or to the city hall of U.A.T Satu Mare Commune at the applicant's domicile, approved by the mayor, after obtaining the prior notice of S.P.C.J.E.P. After registering the request, checks are carried out to establish: a) if the holder of the birth, marriage, or death certificate or excerpt is a Romanian citizen; the checks are carried out at D.G.P. or at the National Citizenship Authority; b) if there is another transcribed or reconstructed act in the country; the checks are carried out in the civil status registers kept and, as the case may be, at S.P.C.L.E.P. or at the city hall of previous domiciles, up to the date of the act's registration by foreign authorities; c) if S.P.C.L.E.P./the U.A.T city hall where the request was submitted has territorial competence regarding approval of the transcription, in the case of citizens identifying themselves with a passport or travel document; the checks are carried out at the evidence structure within S.P.C.L.E.P. from the applicant's last declared domicile. Administrative documents issued by foreign authorities, presented for registration in Romanian civil status registers, as well as their translations, made at a foreign public notary, must meet the following conditions: a) documents issued by institutions of the states that are signatories to the Hague Convention of 5 October 1961 must be apostilled; b) documents issued by states with which Romania has concluded treaties/conventions/agreements on judicial assistance are exempt from legalisation, apostille, or any other formality; c) documents that do not fall under situations stipulated at letter a) or b) must be legalised, in accordance with the provisions of art. 162 of Law no. 105/1992*), with subsequent amendments.