In order to legalize brazilian documents for use in foreign countries, we recommend first and foremost that the interested person go to the consulate of the country intended and ask about the correct procedure to follow, because some documents might have more or less steps to legalize, while others might not be legalizable at all.

However, for general orientation on how to legalize documents emitted in Brazil, the setor de legalizações e rede consular estrangeira has a website with instructions and guidelines.

The 6° ofício registro de títulos e documentos is a very complete Cartório located in downtown Rio, offering several documental services, generating and officializing many kinds of documents, such as marriage certificates, deeds, contracts and others.