USA Apostille Directory

Hague Apostille Convention - Official Site

"The Hague Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents (Hague Apostille Convention) facilitates the circulation of public documents executed in one State party to the Convention and to be produced in another State party to the Convention. It does so by replacing the cumbersome and often costly formalities of a full legalisation process with the mere issuance of an Apostille (also called Apostille Certificate or Certificate). The Hague Apostille Convention only applies as between States parties "

PLEASE NOTE : The information on this page is provided for general apostille information only. Questions concerning interpretation of specific foreign law should be addressed to the appropriate foreign counsel for apostille procedures.

CENTRAL AUTHORITIES FOR APOSTILLE PROCEDURES IN THE UNITED STATES

United States:

STATE AUTHORITIES FOR APOSTILLE PROCEDURES

Alabama

Office of the Secretary of State Authentication Section

State Capitol, Room E-204

600 Dexter Ave.

Montgomery, AL 36104

334-242-7210

http://www.sos.state.al.us/authenticate/index.htm

Designated Apostille Authority: Secretary of State

Alaska

Notary Administrator - Office of the Lieutenant Governor

P.O. Box 110015

Juneau, AK 99811- 0015

907-465-3509

http://www.gov.state.ak.us/ltgov/notary/authentications.htm

Designated Authority: Lieutenant Governor; Attorney General; Clerk of the Supreme Court

Arizona

Office of the Secretary of State - Business Services Division, Notary Section

1700 W. Washington, 7th Floor

Phoenix, AZ 85007-2888

602 542-4086/ 602 542-4758

http://www.azsos.gov/business_services/notary/Apostille.htm

Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Assistant Secretary of State.

Arkansas

Office of Secretary of State - Corporations Division

State Capitol

Little Rock, AR 72201-1094

501-682-3409

http://www.sosweb.state.ar.us/business.html

Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Chief Deputy Secretary of State.

California

Office of the Secretary of State - Business Programs Division -Notary Public Section

P.O. Box 942877

Sacramento, CA 94277-0001

916-653-3595

http://www.ss.ca.gov/business/notary/notary.htm

Designated Apostille Authority: Secretary of State; any Assistant Secretary of State; any Deputy Secretary of State.

Colorado

Office of Secretary of State

1560 Broadway, Suite 200

Denver, CO 80202

303-894-2680

http://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/info_center/2001fees.htm

Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Deputy Secretary of State.

Connecticut

Office of the Secretary of State - Authentication Unit

30 Trinity St.

Hartford, CT 06106

860-509-6135

http://www.sots.state.ct.us/recordslegislativeservices/authen.html#orders

Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Deputy Secretary of State.

Delaware

Office of Secretary of State - Notary Division

401 Federal St., Suite 3

Dover, DE 19901

302- 302/739-4111

http://www.state.de.us/sos/sos.htm

Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Acting Secretary of State.

District of Columbia

Office of the Secretary, D.C. - Notary Commissions & Authentications Section

441 4th St. N.W. (One Judiciary Square)

Washington, D.C.

202-727-3117

http://os.dc.gov/info/notary/notary.shtm#document

Designated Authority: Executive Secretary; Assistant Executive Secretary; Mayor's Special Assistant and Assistant to the Executive Secretary; Secretary of the District of Columbia.

Florida

Department of State

Office of International Affairs - Notary Certification/Apostille Section

The Capitol Building

Suite 1902

Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250

804-488-7521

http://notaries.dos.state.fl.us/notproc7.htm

Designated Apostille Authority: Secretary of State

Georgia

Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority - Notary Division

1875 Century Boulevard, Suite 100

Atlanta, GA 30345

404-327-6023

http://www2.gsccca.org/projects/apost.html

or

Office of Secretary of State - Administrative Procedures Unit

2 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive

Suite 820 - West Tower

Atlanta, Georgia 30334

404-656-2885

http://www.sos.state.ga.us/administration/notary.htm

Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority.

Hawaii

Office of the Lieutenant Governor

State Capitol, 5th Floor,

Honolulu, Hawaii 96813

808-586-0255

http://www.state.hi.us/ltgov/page8.html

Designated Authority: Lieutenant Governor of the State of Hawaii.

Idaho

Office of Secretary of State - Notary Department

Box 83720

Boise, ID 83720

208- 332-2810

http://www.idsos.state.id.us/notary/apostill.htm

Designated Apostille Authority: Secretary of State; Chief Deputy Secretary of State; Deputy Secretary of State; Notary Public Clerk.

Illinois

Office of the Secretary of State - Index Department, Notaries Public Division

111 E. Monroe St.

Springfield, IL 62756

217- 217-782-7017

http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/index/division.html

Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Assistant Secretary of State; Deputy Secretary of State.

Indiana

Office of Secretary of State

Statehouse

Suite 201

Indianapolis, IN 46204

317-232-6532

http://www.in.gov/sos/notary/seal.html

Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Deputy Secretary of State

Iowa

Office of Secretary of State

Lucas Building

First Floor, Public Service

Des Moines, IA 50319

515-281-5204

http://www.sos.state.ia.us

Designated Apostille Authority: Secretary of State; Deputy Secretary of State

Kansas

Office of Secretary of State

State Capitol

Second Floor

Topeka, KS 66612

913-296-2744

http://www.kssos.org

Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Assistant Secretary of State; any Deputy Assistant Secretary of State.

Kentucky

Office of Secretary of State

Capitol Building

P.O. Box 718

Frankfort, KY 40602-0178

502-564-7330

http://www.kysos.com

Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Assistant Secretary of State.

Louisiana

Office of Secretary of State

P.O. Box 94125

Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9125

504-342-4981

http://www.sec.state.la.us/comm/comm-index.htm

Designated Authority: Secretary of State.

Maine

Office of Secretary of State

Bureau of Corporations

Elections and Commissions

101 State House Station

Augusta, ME 04333-0101

207-624-7650

http://www.state.me.us/sos/cec/rcn/notary/authapos.htm

Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Deputy Secretary of State.

Maryland

Office of Secretary of State

Statehouse

Annapolis, MD 21401

410-974-5520

http://www.sos.state.md.us/sos/certif/html/certif2c.html#apos

Designated Apostille Authority: Secretary of State.

Massachusetts

Secretary of the Commonwealth

Public Records Division

Commissions Section

McCormack Building, Room 1719

One Ashburton Place

Boston, MA 02108

617-727-2832

http://www.state.ma.us/sec/pre/precom/comidx.htm

Michigan

Department of State

Office of the Great Seal

7064 Crowner Boulevard

Lansing, MI 48918

517-373-2531

http://www.michigan.gov/sos/1,1607,7-127-1638_8734---,00.html

Designated Apostille Authority: Secretary of State; Deputy Secretary of State.

Minnesota

Secretary of State's Office

180 State Office Bldg.

St. Paul, MN 55155

651-296-2803

http://www.sos.state.mn.us/uccd/authinfo.html

Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Deputy Secretary of State.

Mississippi

Office of Secretary of State

P.O. Box 136

Jackson, MS 39205-0136

601-359-1615

http://www.sos.state.ms.us/busserv/notaries/notaries.html

Designated Authority: Secretary of State; any Assistant Secretary of State.

Missouri

Office of Secretary of State - Commission Division

600 West Main, Room 367

Jefferson City, MO 65102

573-751-2783

http://www.sos.state.mo.us/business/commissions/certify.asp

Fee: $10.00

Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Deputy Secretary of State.

Montana

Office of Secretary of State

Room 225

Box 202801

State Capitol

Helena, MT 59602

406-444-5379

http://sos.state.mt.us/css/index.asp

Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Chief Deputy Secretary of State; Government Affairs Bureau Chief.

Nebraska

Office of Secretary of State - Notary Division

Box 95104

State Capitol

Lincoln, NE 68509

402-471-2558

http://www.sos.state.ne.us/Notary/notauth.htm

Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Deputy Secretary of State.

Nevada

Secretary of State

101 N. Carson Street, #3

Carson City, NV 89701-4786

775-684-5708

http://sos.state.nv.us/notary/apostille.htm

Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Chief Deputy Secretary of State; Deputy Secretary of State.

New Hampshire

Office of Secretary of State

Statehouse

Room 204

Concord, NH 03301

603-271-3242

http://www.state.nh.us/sos/certific.htm

Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Deputy Secretary of State

New Jersey

Department of State

Notary Public Unit - Division of Commercial Recording

PO Box 452

Trenton, NJ 08625

609-530-6421

http://www.state.nj.us/treasury/revenue/dcr/programs/notary.html

Designated Authority: NJ Department of the Treasury, Division of Revenue

New Mexico

Office of the Secretary of State

State Capitol North Annex, Suite 300

Santa Fe, NM 87503

505-827-3600

http://www.sos.state.nm.us/notary-cert.htm

Designated Authority: Secretary of State

New York

Upstate Counties

Miscellaneous Records

162 Washington Ave.

Albany, NY 12231

518-474-4770

http://www.dos.state.ny.us

Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Executive Deputy Secretary of State; any Deputy Secretary of State; any Special Deputy Secretary of State

Down State Counties

New York authorities in Albany advise that documents issued in the nine down state counties are authenticated under the Convention by the New York City office. The nine down state counties are New York, Kings, Queens, Bronx, Westchester, Nassau, Suffolk, Rockland and Richmond. The address of the New York Department of State, Certification Unit is 6th Floor, 270 Broadway, New York, New York 10007, tel: 212-417-5684.

North Carolina

Office of Secretary of State - Authentication Division

PO Box 29622

Raleigh, NC 27626-0622

919-807-2140

http://www.secretary.state.nc.us/authen

Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Deputy Secretary of State

North Dakota

Office of Secretary of State

Capitol Building

600 E Boulevard Ave., Dept 108

Bismarck, ND 58505

701-328-2900

http://www.state.nd.us/sec

Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Deputy Secretary of State.

Ohio

Office of the Secretary of State

180 East Broad St.

15th Fl.

Columbus, OH 43215

614-466-2585

http://www.state.oh.us/sos/authentication_of_documents_stat.htm

Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Assistant Secretary of State.

Oklahoma

Office of Secretary of State

2300 N. Lincoln

Room 101

Oklahoma City, OK 73105

405-521-4211

http://www.sos.state.ok.us

Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Assistant Secretary of State; Budget Officer of the Secretary of State.

Oregon

Office of Secretary of State

255 Capitol St.

Suite 151

Salem OR 97310

503-986-2200.

http://www.filinginoregon.com/notary/index.htm

Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Deputy Secretary of State; Acting Secretary of State; Assistant to the Secretary of State.

Pennsylvania

Department of State

Bureau of Commissions - Elections and Legislation

North Office Building

Room 304

Harrisburg, PA 17120

717-787-5280

http://www.dos.state.pa.us/bcel/certifications/certifications.html

Designated Authority: Secretary of the Commonwealth; Executive Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Rhode Island

Office of Secretary of State - Notary Division

100 N. Main St.

Providence, RI 02903

401-277-1487

http://www.corps.state.ri.us/notaries/notaries.htm

Designated Authority: Secretary of State; First Deputy Secretary of State; Deputy Secretary of State

South Carolina

Office of Secretary of State

P.O. Box 11350

Columbia, SC 29211

803-734-2119

http://www.scsos.com/notariesbc.htm

Designated Authority: Secretary of State

South Dakota

Office of Secretary of State

500 East Capitol

Pierre, SD 57501-5077

605-773-5004

http://www.state.sd.us/sos/Notaries/apostilles_and_authentications.htm

Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Deputy Secretary of State

Tennessee

Office of Secretary of State

James K. Polk Building - Division of Business Services

312 Eighth Avenue North

6th Floor, William R. Snodgrass Tower

Nashville, TN 37243

615-741-3699

http://www.state.tn.us/sos/service.htm#apostilles

Designated Authority: Secretary of State.

Texas

Office of Secretary of State

P.O. Box 12079

Austin, TX 78711

512-463-5705

http://txsos-7.sos.state.tx.us/authfaqs.shtml

Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Assistant Secretary of State

Utah

Office of the Lieutenant Governor

210 State Capitol

Salt Lake City, UT 84145-8414

801-538-1040

http://governor.state.ut.us/lt_gover/internationaltemplate.html

Designated Authority: Lieutenant Governor; Deputy Lieutenant Governor; Administrative Assistant.

Vermont

Office of Secretary of State

109 State St.

Montpelier, VT 05609-1103

802-828-2308

http://www.sec.state.vt.us

Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Deputy Secretary of State.

Virginia

Office of Secretary of Commonwealth

Authentications Division

830 East Main Street, 14th Floor

Richmond, VA 23219

804-786-2441

http://www.soc.state.va.us

Designated Authority: Secretary of the Commonwealth; Chief Clerk, Office of the Secretary of Commonwealth.

Washington

Office of the Secretary of State - Corporations Division

Apostille and Certificate Program

PO Box 40228

Olympia, WA 98504-0228

360-586-2268

http://www.secstate.wa.gov/apostilles

Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Assistant Secretary of State; Director, Department of Licensing.

West Virginia

Office of Secretary of State

Capitol Building

1900 Kanawha Blvd. East

No. 157-K

Charleston, WV 25305-0770

304-558-6000

http://www.wvsos.com/execrecords/other/authentication.htm

Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Under Secretary of State; any Deputy Secretary of State.

Wisconsin

Office of Secretary of State

P.O. Box 7848

Madison, WI 53707-7848

608-266-3159

http://badger.state.wi.us/agencies/sos/authen.htm

Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Assistant Secretary of State.

Wyoming

Office of Secretary of State

The Capitol

Cheyenne, WY 82002-0020

307-777-5342

http://soswy.state.wy.us/authenti/authenti.htm

Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Deputy Secretary of State.

American Samoa

Office of the Governor

Pago Pago, AS 96799

011-684-633-4116

http://www.amsamoa.com

Designated Authority: Secretary of American Samoa; Attorney General of American Samoa.

Guam (Territory of)

Office of the Governor

P.O. Box 2950

Agana, GU 96910

011-671-472-1537

http://www.admin.gov.gu/doa

Designated Authority: Department of Administration

Northern Mariana Islands (Commonwealth of the)

Designated Authority: Attorney General; Acting Attorney General; Clerk of the Court, Commonwealth Trial Court; Deputy Clerk, Commonwealth Trial Court

http://www.saipan.com/gov

Puerto Rico (Commonwealth of)

Supreme Court of Puerto Rico

Office of Notarial Inspection

P.O. Box 190860

San Juan, PR 00919-0860

787-763-8816

http://www.lexjuris.com/lexnotaria.htm

Designated Authority: Supreme Court of Puerto Rico

U.S. Virgin Islands

Office of the Lieutenant Governor

7 & 8 King St.

Christiansted, St. Croix, USVI 00802

340-774-2991

http://www.ltg.gov.vi/Departments/Administration/index.html

No authority designated: refer requests to the U.S. Department of State, Authentications Office, 2400 M Street, NW, Washington, DC 20520. 202-647-5002

 

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