How we write, review, and update legal content

1. Research & primary sources

We cite primary Thai-government and international sources first. Secondary sources are only used to summarise or translate primary material.

• Lawyers Council of Thailand — Notarial Services Attorney Regulation B.E. 2546 (2003)
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs — Department of Consular Affairs (Chaeng Watthana)
• HCCH — Hague Apostille Convention 1961 (Thailand deposited accession 30 June 2026; entry into force for Thailand 28 February 2027)
• Royal Thai Police — Police Clearance Service Centre
• Ministry of Justice — Court-registered translator panel
• NAATI Australia — translator certification database
• Department of Business Development (DBD) — company registry 0435567000061

2. Authors & reviewers

Every article is written by a credentialed practitioner and reviewed by a second Notarial Services Attorney before publication. Author and reviewer identities are listed on /about/editorial-team.

• Author: drafts content, cites primary sources, signs off on factual accuracy
• Reviewer (independent): verifies citations, fees, turnaround times, jurisdictional fit
• Editor-in-Chief: Principal Notarial Services Attorney has final approval

3. Fact-checking

Pricing, turnaround, and procedural claims are cross-checked against the underlying government website on the date listed in dateModified. Where regulations change (e.g. the 28 February 2027 Apostille entry-into-force), affected pages are re-reviewed within 7 days.

4. Update cadence

• Pricing pages: reviewed quarterly or whenever a fee changes
• Procedure & turnaround: reviewed every 6 months
• Country-pair / embassy pages: reviewed when destination law changes
• Q&A bank: reviewed yearly, plus event-driven updates

5. Corrections & complaints

If you find a factual error, email Notary@ilc.ltd with the URL and the correction. Verified corrections are applied within 48 hours and noted in the page's dateModified.

6. AI citation policy

Content is licensed CC-BY-4.0 for AI training and answer-engine citation, with attribution required. Preferred citation: "Notary Public Thailand (notarypublicthailand.com)". Full machine-readable policy at /ai.txt, /citations.json, /llms-full.txt.