Official document templates, 2026
Applications, contracts and powers of attorney under Armenian law: what each must contain, what to attach and how it is worded.
Work and employment
- Employment contractA written contract between employer and employee: the position, pay, term, working hours and annual leave.
- Hiring orderThe head’s order to hire an employee, stating the position, the start date and the salary.
- Annual leave applicationAn employee’s application to the head asking for annual leave, with the number of days and the dates.
- Unpaid leave applicationAn employee’s application to the head asking for unpaid leave, with the days, the dates and the reason.
- Maternity leave applicationAn application to the head for pregnancy and maternity leave, based on the certificate of temporary incapacity.
- Resignation letterAn employee’s application to the head to leave the job on his or her own initiative, with the leaving date.
- Notice of termination of an employment contractThe employer’s notice to an employee that the contract is being terminated, with the ground and the date.
- Explanatory noteAn employee’s written explanation to the head of what happened, with the facts and supporting documents.
- Disciplinary sanction orderThe head’s order imposing a disciplinary sanction on an employee, with the facts of the violation and the type of sanction.
- Employment certificateA certificate from the organisation that a person works for it, with the position and the start date.
Powers of attorney
- Power of attorneyA written authorisation by which one person lets another represent him or her before third persons.
- Power of attorney for a carA power of attorney that lets another person drive a car and act for its owner before the authorities.
- Power of attorney for real estateA power of attorney that lets another person act for the owner in matters of an apartment or other real estate.
- Power of attorney for court representationA power of attorney that lets a representative act for you in court, with or without special powers.
- Company power of attorneyA power of attorney from the head of a company that lets an employee or another person act in its name.
- Revocation of a power of attorneyThe principal’s statement that a power of attorney given earlier is revoked, addressed to the attorney and third persons.
Courts
- Claim for recovery of a debtA claim to the court demanding that a debt be repaid, with the contract or receipt, the amount and its calculation.
- Claim for child support (alimony)A claim to the court to recover alimony for a child’s maintenance, as a share of income or a fixed monthly sum.
- Divorce claimA claim to the court to dissolve a marriage, with claims about the child’s residence, alimony and property where needed.
- Motion to the courtA written request from a party in a case to the court, such as to obtain evidence or to postpone the hearing.
- Response to a claimThe respondent’s written answer to a claim: which claims are admitted and which are contested, with facts and evidence.
- AppealAn appeal to a higher court against a judgment, naming the violations of law and asking to quash or change it.
- Claim to the administrative courtA claim to the administrative court to annul a body’s act, oblige it to act, or find its action or inaction unlawful.
- Statement of claimA claim to a court of first instance with the facts, evidence and claims, in the content the law requires.
State bodies
- Application to a state or local authorityAn application to a ministry, committee, city or community administration, with the request, its grounds and a list of attachments.
- Administrative complaintA complaint against an administrative body’s act, action or inaction, sent to that body or its superior.
- Written information request to a public bodyA written request under the Freedom of Information law to get information from a public body, with no reason required.
- Complaint to the Human Rights DefenderA complaint to the Human Rights Defender about a violation of rights by a state or local body or official.
- Crime reportA report to the police or the Investigative Committee about what happened, where, when, the damage and the witnesses.
Civil status and family
- Application to the civil status registryAn application to the civil status registry for a birth, marriage, divorce, name change, death or other registration.
- Parental consent for a child to travel abroadA parent’s consent that a minor child may travel abroad, naming the countries, the dates and the accompanying person.
- Alimony agreementA written agreement between the parents on the amount, payment order and term of alimony for a child.
Contracts
- Residential lease agreementA contract for renting a home: the rent, deposit, utilities, term and the handover act.
- Sale and purchase agreementA contract for the sale of goods: the goods, price, payment and delivery, quality and warranty.
- Car sale agreementA contract for selling a car: the make, VIN, price, handover terms and the re-registration.
- Real estate sale agreementA draft for the notary for the sale of an apartment or other real estate: the property, price, payment and registration.
- Loan agreementA contract for lending money: the amount, interest or none, the repayment term and liability for delay.
- Receipt for money receivedA written receipt in which a person confirms receiving money, stating the amount, the ground and any return date.
- Services agreementA contract for ordering and providing a service: its scope, price, terms and the acceptance act.
- Contract for workA contract for work to be done: the result, estimate, price, deadlines and acceptance.
- Gift agreementA contract by which a donor gives property free of charge to the recipient; for real estate it is notarised.
- Supplementary agreementAn agreement to change an existing contract or to terminate it, naming the exact clauses that change.
- Acceptance actAn act by which the parties confirm the handover and acceptance of property, works or services under a contract.
- Pre-trial demand letterA written demand to a debtor to fulfil an obligation by a deadline, warning of a court claim otherwise.
Companies and organizations
- Company orderAn order of the head of an organisation, with its ground and numbered points, each with a responsible person and a term.
- Minutes of a company general meeting of participantsMinutes of a meeting of the participants of a limited liability company: the quorum, agenda and the decision on each item.
- Decision of the sole participant of a companyA written decision taken by the sole participant of a company, for example to appoint a director or change the charter.
- Official letterAn official letter from one organisation to another, with an outgoing number, a subject line and the head’s signature.
- Internal memoAn employee’s internal memo to the head, with the facts of a matter and a concrete proposal or request.
Protecting your rights
- Consent to personal data processingA written consent by which a person allows the processing of specific personal data he or she lists, for a stated purpose.
- Consumer claim to a sellerA consumer’s claim to a seller or provider for replacement, repair, a price reduction or a refund of a defective product.
- Complaint to a bank or the Financial System MediatorA complaint to a bank, credit or insurance organisation and, after its answer, to the Financial System Mediator.