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What is authorised document conversion and when should you use it?
Simply printing a PDF from your data box on a home printer makes it a mere copy. For a document to have the force of an original in paper form too, it must go through the process of authorised conversion.
OFFICIAL CONVERSION FROM PDF TO PAPER (AND BACK)
- From digital to paper: You received a building permit decision in your data box and the bank wants it for a mortgage on paper with a "round" stamp? You must use conversion.
- From paper to digital: You have a contract with certified signatures and need to send it to the court via a data box? Conversion comes into play again, turning the document into a digital original.
THE ROLE OF THE CZECH POINT IN AUTHORISED CONVERSION
You most often arrange conversion at any Czech POINT.
- Into paper form: You give the staff the unique message code (from the so-called "vault" in the data box portal), they print the document and add a clause confirming that it matches the original.
- Into digital form: You bring the paper, they scan it and send you the result either to your data box or to the vault.
| ✅ Tip for entrepreneurs: You can simply convert some documents from your data box yourself directly in the box portal, if you have an electronic signature, but for a genuinely full replacement of "paper with a stamp", a visit to a Czech POINT is still the safest route. |
THE VALIDITY AND PRICE OF AUTHORISED CONVERSION
For each page of conversion you pay a statutory fee (in 2026 usually CZK 30). A document converted in this way has the same legal force as the original and is recognised by all authorities, banks and courts.
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