# Apostille in Alabama - **Source:** https://andrii.co/en/handbook/apostille/us/alabama/ - **Title:** Apostille in Alabama — United States | Andrii Co. - **Language:** en · also published as Markdown at /{lang}/handbook/apostille/us/alabama/index.md for: en > Apostille guide for Alabama, United States: the competent authority is Alabama Secretary of State — Authentications (Document Authentication). Verified 2026-08-09. Everything below is transcribed from this office's own published sources and printed in its words. A value we could not confirm against an official page is marked "(unverified)" — but the absence of that marker is not a guarantee that a fact was checked, and the source's own doubts stay inside the notes reproduced here verbatim. Confirm fees, addresses and deadlines with the office before you send documents or money. - **Jurisdiction:** Alabama, United States - **Verified as of:** August 9, 2026 ## Who issues the apostille Alabama Secretary of State — Authentications (Document Authentication) ## Which documents this office will accept - **birth/death certificates:** must be issued/signed by the State Registrar - **From the source:** Apostille: document must bear original signature and embossed (raised) or ink-stamped seal of a currently commissioned Alabama notary public, probate judge, or the current State Registrar ## Certifications you may need first ### Non-Hague certifications of notarized documents ONLY 1. County probate judge (county authentication of the notary's commission) — Applies to: Non-Hague certifications of notarized documents ONLY — not required for Hague apostilles — Non-Hague certification: signature/seal of a currently commissioned Alabama probate judge, circuit clerk, or State Registrar; notarized documents additionally require county authentication of the notary's commission (probate judge) ## The request form A PDF request form. Download: https://www.sos.alabama.gov/sites/default/files/form-files/AUTHENTICATION%20SUBMITTAL%20FORM.pdf ## Requesting online There is no online request route — this office takes requests on paper. Printable submittal form only ## Where to go in person - **Montgomery** — 11 S. Union St., Ste. 200, Montgomery, AL 36104 Visits are by appointment. Hours: not published for this office. In-person submission only by prior phone arrangement (call 334-242-5325); same-day not stated. Address per current submittal form; unverified on a live .gov page — older references show 100 S. Union St., Suite 224, Montgomery, AL 36130 and P.O. Box 5616, Montgomery, AL 36103 ## What it costs - **$5.00 USD** per document — "The authentication fee is $5.00 per document." ## How to pay - **By mail:** check or money order - **Make it payable to:** Secretary of State — copy that exactly as written. - Check or money order payable to "Secretary of State" (per submittal form); credit card option referenced on form (unverified) ## Where to send your documents - **Mailing address:** Secretary of State, Document Authentication, 11 S. Union St., Ste. 200, Montgomery, AL 36104 - **From the source:** Per submittal form; unverified on live page ## How long it takes - **By mail:** Mail: "Allow five business days for documents to be processed by our office" (per submittal form) - **In person:** Immediate/in-person service: "please call for information to submit your documents in person" (334-242-5325) - No published expedited tier ## Checking status and verifying an apostille - No public verification register is published for this office. That is not the same as an apostille being unverifiable — ask the office how it confirms one. ## Remote online notarization - Remote online notarization is permitted here. - **Legal basis:** Code of Ala. § 36-20-73.1 (Act 2021-319 / SB 275), effective July 1, 2021 - **In force since:** 2021-07-01 - **Registration:** No — remote notarial acts performed under the existing Notary Public commission; no notification to the county probate judge or Secretary of State required - **How the signer is identified:** Per § 36-20-73.1(e): (a) notary's personal knowledge of the signer, OR (b) two valid government-issued IDs (at least one bearing face/signature) PLUS verification through review of public or private data sources (e.g., mortgage records, utility bills, voter ID documents, credit reports). No formal KBA/credential-analysis/biometric regime prescribed; no credible-witness pathway specified for remote acts - **Remote act cap:** $10.00 USD - **Standard notarial act cap:** $10.00 USD - **From the source:** No separate RON cap — general $10 per notarial act cap applies (§ 36-20-74: "a reasonable fee, not to exceed ten dollars ($10), for each notarial act performed"); no fee by state/county/municipal employees for acts during public service. No state-approved technology-vendor list or separate RON commission; law framed as remote performance of notarial acts under the regular commission ## Other things the source says E-register: none (signing officials verifiable via SOS public official database) > **RCW 42.45.230(5):** I am not an attorney licensed to practice law in this state. 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