One notarized document — a power of attorney — lets Tbilisi Home sell your property, sign for you and transfer the title, while the sale money goes straight from the buyer to your own bank account. Here is exactly how it works, with a free template our notaries already accept.
I, (your name) … grant to NINO CHAGUNAVA (hereinafter “Attorney”) the following authority: to sell in my name any real estate located in Georgia owned by me…
The Power of Attorney is issued for 1 (one) year.
A power of attorney (POA) is a document in which you name a person you trust to act for you. Ours names Nino Chagunava, licensed founder of Tbilisi Home. It covers real estate matters only — nothing else. This version is written for owners who are selling.
Sign the sale agreement with the buyer you approved, at the price you approved, and register the transfer of ownership at Georgia's Public Registry — with no flight back for you.
Appear before the notary and the registry, pull any extract or certificate the sale needs from the Public Registry, and complete every form — in Georgian, so nothing is lost in translation.
Settle and close the utilities — gas, electricity, water, internet — hand over the keys, and end any lease properly, so nothing keeps arriving in your name after the sale.
Georgia is a member of the Hague Apostille Convention of 1961. That means a document notarized in your country and stamped with an apostille is fully valid here — no embassy visits, no flight back to Tbilisi.
Print the template below and fill in the blank lines with your details, exactly as they appear in your passport.
Bring your passport and sign in front of the notary. Your notary may use your country's standard certification wording — only the “Power of Attorney” section must stay exactly as written.
An apostille is a certificate attached to your notarized document that makes it valid in Georgia. It is issued in the same country where you signed — in the UK by the FCDO Legalisation Office, in the US by your state's Secretary of State, in most of Europe by the Ministry of Justice or Foreign Affairs. Your notary will know the office.
We check the scan before you courier the original — so a small mistake never costs you a second apostille fee.
In Tbilisi, the document is translated into Georgian and the translation is notarized — we arrange this for you. From that moment we can sell for you — and nothing is signed until you have approved the buyer, the price and the agreement.
Then it is even simpler — the whole document is prepared and notarized at a notary office here in about an hour. Many owners sign it before they fly out, so we can sell for them after they leave.
Certified translator present — we arrange the appointment and sit with you
No apostille needed — it is a Georgian document from the start
Notary fee around 30–50 GEL
The power of attorney itself is the same everywhere — but the apostille office, the cost and the timing depend on where you sign. Choose where you will sign, and we give you the matching seller template and the exact steps. Still in Tbilisi? You can sign it before you leave — no apostille needed at all.
Yes — and it is the easiest way. If you are visiting Tbilisi, the whole document is prepared and notarized at a notary office here in about an hour, with a certified translator present. We book the appointment around your travel dates and sit with you. No apostille is needed at all, because it is a Georgian document from the start. Many owners sign it on the last day of their visit, so we can sell for them after they fly home.
It is a serious document, and you should treat it that way — that is why ours is limited on purpose. It covers real estate, contracts and utilities in Georgia only. It is valid for one year. You can cancel it at any time through any notary. Nothing is signed until you have approved the buyer, the price and the agreement in writing. And the sale money never touches our hands: the agreement states your own bank account, and the buyer pays directly into it.
An apostille is a standard certificate, created by the Hague Convention of 1961, that countries use to trust each other's official documents. Your notary makes the document valid in your country; the apostille makes it valid in Georgia. Without it, Georgian notaries and the Public Registry cannot accept a foreign document.
A few countries — for example the UAE, Qatar and Egypt — are not members. Then the document is legalized instead: first by the relevant ministry in your country, then by the Georgian embassy or consulate there. It takes a little longer but works just as well. Write to us and we will guide you step by step.
Usually not. Georgia has legal agreements with Russia, Belarus and the other CIS countries (Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and more), so a document notarized there is accepted with only a notarized Georgian translation, which we arrange in Tbilisi. This makes selling from Russia especially simple: sign at any local notary and courier us the original — no apostille, no embassy.
The template and our checking of your document are free. You pay your local notary's fee and the apostille fee — together usually somewhere between $50 and $150, depending on the country. In Georgia, the notarized translation is a small additional cost that we arrange for you.
Most clients finish the notary and apostille in one to two weeks, depending on their country. The courier to Tbilisi adds a few days. If you are in a hurry, send us the scan first — we can prepare everything else while the original travels.
Yes, at any time, through any notary — in Georgia or in your country. It also expires by itself one year after signing.
Directly. Your bank account — Georgian or foreign — is written into the sale agreement, and the buyer transfers the price straight into it. Tbilisi Home never holds your money. Our 3% commission is invoiced separately after the sale closes.
For individuals, Georgia charges 5% capital gains tax on the profit if you sell within two years of owning the property, and 0% after two years. Every sale is a little different, so before we list we confirm what applies to you — and for complex cases we bring in a licensed Georgian accountant or lawyer.
We close out the utilities, hand over the keys, and send you the signed agreement and the Public Registry extract showing the transfer. If you are selling one property and keeping another, the same POA also lets our property management team keep looking after the one you keep.
Tell us your country and what you are selling, and we will send you the exact steps for your situation — which office issues your apostille, what it costs, and how long it takes.