Secretaries of State
The following state authorities are authorized to issue the Convention "apostille" legalizing state documents:
Alabama
Office of the Secretary of State, State Capital, Bainbridge, St., Montgomery,
AL 36103, Tel: 334-242-7205. Fee: $5.00
Designated Authority: Secretary of State
Alaska
Lieutenant Governor, P.O. Box 110015, Juneau, AK 99811, Tel: 907-465-3509.
Fee: $2.00
Designated Authority: Lieutenant Governor; Attorney
General; Clerk of the Supreme Court
Arizona
Office of the Secretary of State, Public Services Department, 1700 W.
Washington, 7th Floor, Phoenix, AZ 85007, Tel: 602-542-4086. Fee: $3.00
Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Assistant
Secretary of State
Arkansas
Office of the Secretary of State, Notary Division, State Capitol Building,
Room 256, Little Rock, AR 72201-1094, Tel: 501-682-3409. Fee: $10.00
Designated Authority: Secretary of State, Chief Deputy
Secretary of State
California
Office of the Secretary of State, P.O Box 94277, Sacramento, CA 94277-0001,
Tel: 916-653-3595. Fee $20.00
Designated Authority: Secretary of State; any Assistant
Secretary of State; any Deputy Secretary of State
Colorado
Office of the Secretary of State, 1560 Broadway, Suite 200, Denver, CO
80202, Tel: 303-894-2680. Fee: By Mail - $2.00. While You Wait - $17.00
Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Deputy Secretary
of State
Connecticut
Office of the Secretary of State, Authentications, 30 Trinity St., Hartford,
CT 06106, Tel: 203 566 5273. Fee: $20.00
Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Deputy Secretary
of State
Delaware
Office of the Secretary of State, Notary Division, P.O. Box 898, Townsend
Building, Dover, DE 19903, Tel: 302-739-3077. Fee: $10.00
Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Acting Secretary
of State
District of Columbia
Office of the Secretary, D.C., Notary Commissions & Authentications Section,
441 14th Street NW, Suite 1130, Washington, D.C. 20001, Tel: 202-727-3117.
Fee: $10.00
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, Bureau of Notaries Public, The Capitol Building;
Suite 1801, Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250, Tel: 904-413-9732. Fee: $10.00
Designated Authority: Secretary of State
Georgia
Secretary of State, Notary Division, 2 Martin Luther King Drive, West
Tower, Suite 820, Atlanta, GA 30334, Tel: 404-656-2899. Fee: $3.00
Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Notary Public
Division Director
Hawaii
Office of the Lieutenant Governor, P.O. Box 3226, Honolulu, HI 96802,
Tel: 808-586-0255. Fee: $1.00
Designated Authority: Lieutenant Governor of the State
of Hawaii
Idaho
Office of the Secretary of State, P.O. Box 83720, Boise, ID 83720, Tel:
208-334-2300. Fee: $10.00
Designated 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, 111 E. Monroe St.,
Springfield, IL 62756, Tel: 217-782-0646. Fee: $2.00
Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Assistant
Secretary of State; Deputy Secretary of State
Indiana
Office of the Secretary of State, State House, Suite 201, Indianapolis,
IN 46204, Tel: 317-232-6542. Fee: $0.50
Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Deputy Secretary
of State
Iowa
Office of the Secretary of State, Hoover Office Building, Second Floor,
Des Moines, IA 50319, Tel: 515-281-5204. Fee: $5.00
Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Deputy Secretary
of State
Kansas
Office of the Secretary of State, Memorial Hall, 1st Floor, 120 S. W. 10th Ave, Topeka, KS 66612-15940 Tel: 785-296-4564. Fee: $5.00
Designated Authority: Secretary of State, Assistant
Secretary of State; any Deputy Assistant Secretary of State
Kentucky
Office of the Secretary of State, Capitol Building, P.O. Box 718, Frankfort,
KY 40601-0178, Tel: 502-564-7330. Fee: $5.00
Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Assistant
Secretary of State
Louisiana
Office of the Secretary of State, P.O. Box 94125, Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9125,
Tel: 504-342-4981. Fee: $5.00
Designated Authority: Secretary of State
Maine
Office of the Secretary of State, Bureau Of Corporations, Elections and
Commission, State House Station 101, Augusta, ME 04333, Tel: 207-287-3676.
Fee: $10.00
Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Deputy Secretary
of State
Maryland
Office of the Secretary of State, State House, Annapolis, MD 21401, Tel:
410-974-5520. Fee: $5.00
Designated Authority: Secretary of State
Massachusetts
Secretary of the Commonwealth for Public Records, Room 1719, Commissions,
1 Auhburton Place, Boston, MA 02108, Tel: 617-727-2836. Fee: $3.00
Designated Authority: Deputy Secretary of State for
Public Records
Michigan
Department of State, Office of the Great Seal, Lansing, MI 48918, Tel:
517-373-2531. Fee: $1.00.
Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Deputy Secretary
of State
Minnesota
Secretary of State Office, 180 State Office Building, St. Paul, MN 55155,
Tel: 612-297-9102. Fee: $5.00
Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Deputy Secretary
of State
Mississippi
Office of the Secretary of State, P.O. Box 136, Jackson, MS 39205, Tel:
601-359-1615.
Designated Authority: Secretary of State; any Assistant
Secretary of State
Missouri
Office of the Secretary of State, Commission Division, P.O. Box 784, Jefferson
City, MO 65102, Tel: 573-751-2336. Fee: $10.00
Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Deputy Secretary
of State
Montana
Office of the Secretary of State, Room 225, State Capitol,Helena, MT 59620,
Tel: 406-444-5379. Fee: $2.00
Designated Authority: Secretary of State, Chief Deputy
Secretary of State; Government Affairs Bureau Chief
Nebraska
Office of the Secretary of State, Notary Divison, Room 1303, P.O. Box
95104, State Capitol, Lincoln, NE 68509, Tel: 402-471-2554. Fee: $10.00
Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Deputy Secretary
of State
Nevada
Office of the Secretary of State, 101 N. Carson Street, #3 Carson City,
NV 89710, Tel: 702-687-5203. Fee: $20.00
Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Chief Deputy
Secretary of State; Deputy Secretary of State
New Hampshire
Office of the Secretary of State, State House, Room 204, 107 N. Main Street,
Concord, NH 03301, Tel: 603-271-3242. Fee: $5.00
Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Deputy Secretary
of State
New Jersey
Secretary of State, Department of State, CN 452, Trenton, NJ 08625, Tel:
609-530-6421. Fee: Regular service - $25.00. Expedited service - $35.00
Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Assistant
Secretary of State
New Mexico
Office of the Secretary of State, State Capitol Building, Room 421, Santa
Fe, NM 87503, Tel: 505-827-3600. Fee: $1.00
Designated Authority: Secretary of State
New York
1. Upstate Counties: Division of Licensing Services, Miscellaneous Records,
162 Washington Ave, Albany, NY 12231, Tel: 518-474-4770. Fee: $10.00
Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Executive
Deputy Secretary of State; any Deputy Secretary of State; any Special
Deputy Secretary of State
2. 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 19th Floor, 123 Williams Street, New York, NY 10038, Tel:
212-417-5684. Fee: $25.00
North Carolina
Office of the Secretary of State, 300 N. Salisbury Street, Raleigh, NC
27603-5909, Tel: 919-733-4129. Fee: $6.25
Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Deputy Secretary
of State
North Dakota
Office of the Secretary of State, Capital Building, Bismarck, ND 58505,
Tel: 701-328-2900. Fee: $5.00
Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Deputy Secretary
of State
Ohio
Office of the Secretary of State, 30 East Broad Street, 14th Floor, Columbus,
OH 42366-0418, Tel: 614-466-4980. Fee: $5.00
Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Assistant
Secretary of State
Oklahoma
Office of the Secretary of State, 2300 N. Lincoln Boulevard, Room 101,
Oklahoma City, OK 73105, Tel: 405-521-4211. Fee: $25.00
Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Assistant
Secretary of State; Budget Officer of the Secretary of State
Oregon
Office of the Secretary of State, 255 Capitol St, Suite 151, Salem, OR
97310, Tel: 503-986-2200. Fee: $10.00
Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Deputy Secretary
of State; Acting Secretary of State; Assistant to the Secretary of State
Pennsylvania
Secretary of the Commonwealth, Department of State, Bureau of Commissions,
North Office Building, Room 304, Harrisburg, PA 17120, Tel: 717-787-5280.
Fee: $15.00
Designated Authority: Secretary of the Commonwealth;
Executive Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth
Rhode Island
Office of the Secretary of State, Notary Division, 100 N. Main St., Providence,
RI 02903, Tel: 401-277-2357. Fee: $5.00
Designated Authority: Secretary of State; First Deputy
Secretary of State; Second Deputy Secretary of State
South Carolina
Office of the Secretary of State, P.O. Box 11350, Columbia, SC 29211,
Tel: 803-734-2119. Fee: $2.00
Designated Authority: Secretary of State
South Dakota
Office of the Secretary of State, 500 East Capitol, Pierre, SD 57501-5077,
Tel: 605-773-5004. Fee: $2.00
Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Deputy Secretary
of State
Tennessee
Office of the Secretary of State, James K. Polk Building, 18th Floor,
Nashville, TN 37243, Tel: 615-741-3699. Fee: $2.00
Designated Authority: Secretary of State
Texas
Office of the Secretary of State, P.O. Box 12079, Austin, TX 78711, Tel:
512-463-5705. Fee: $10.00
Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Assistant
Secretary of State
Utah
Office of the Lieutenant Governor, State Capitol, Room 203, Salt Lake
City, UT 84145-8414, Tel: 801-538-1040. Fee: Certifying Notary’s Seal
- $10.00. Apostille - $5.00
Designated Authority: Lieutenant Governor; Deputy Lieutenant
Governor; Administrative Assistant
Vermont
Office of the Secretary of State, 109 State Street, Montpelier, VT 05609,
Tel: 802-828-2308. Fee: $2.00
Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Deputy Secretary
of State
Virgina
Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, P.O. Box 2454, Richmond,
VA 23219, Tel: 804-786-2441. Fee: $10.00
Designated Authority: Secretary of the Commonwealth;
Chief Clerk, Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth
Washington
Department of Licensing, Business and Professions Division, Notary Section,
P.O. Box 9027, Olympia, WA 98504, Tel: 360-586-4575. Fee: $15.00
Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Assistant
Secretary of State; Director, Department of Licensing
West Virginia
Office of the Secretary of State, 1900 Kanawha Boulevard E, Building,
No 157-K, Charleston, WV 25305, Tel: 304-558-6000. Fee: $10.00
Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Under Secretary
of State; any Deputy Secretary of State
Wisconsin
Office of the Secretary of State, P.O. Box 7848, Madison, WI 53707-7848,
Tel: 608-266-5503. Fee: $5.00
Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Assistant
Secretary of State
Wyoming
Office of the Secretary of State, The Capitol, Cheyenne, WY 82002-0020,
Tel: 307-777-5342. Fee: $3.00
Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Deputy Secretary
of State
American Samoa
Office of the Governor, Pago Pago, AS 96799, Tel: 011-684-633-4116
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, Tel: 011-671-472-1537
Designated Authority: Director, Department of Administration;
Acting Director, Department of Administration; Deputy Director, Department
of Administration; Acting Deputy Director, 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
Puerto Rico (Commonwealth of)
Office of the Secretary of State, Department of State, Box 3271, San Juan,
PR 00902-3271, Tel: 809-723-4334, Fax: 809-725-7303
Designated Authority: Under Secretary of State; Assistant
Secretary of State for External Affairs; Assistant Secretary of State;
Chief, Clarifications Office; Director, Office of Protocol
U.S. Virgin Islands
Office of the Lieutenant Governor, 7 & 8 King Street, Christiansted, St.
Croix, USVI 00802, Tel: 809-774-2991, Fax: 809-774-6953.
There is no authority designated; refer requests to
the U.S. Department of State, Authentications Office, 2400 M. Street NW,
Washington DC 20520, Tel: 202-647-5002
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