United States

Apostille in Connecticut

Verified as of August 9, 2026

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 carries an unverified marker — 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.

Who issues the apostille

Competent authority: Connecticut Secretary of the State — Authentications and Apostille Unit, Hartford

Which documents this office will accept

How recent the document must be: Documents must be dated within the last 10 years (per SOTS page)
From the source: Document must be notarized by a Connecticut notary or certified by a Connecticut official — eligible certifiers include town clerks, registrars of vital statistics, court clerks, state commissioners, and CT justices of the peace. Phone: 860-509-6002; BSD@ct.gov

By document type

Document type	What this office requires
vital records	must be certified copies obtained via DPH Vital Records / town registrar (https://portal.ct.gov/DPH/Vital-Records/How-to-Obtain-a-Record)

Certifications you may need first

No additional certification step is required before the apostille.

The request form

Form: No paper form: the request is made through the online portal.
From the source: None — online application only (paper request forms discontinued September 2, 2025)

Requesting online

Online route: Online submission is MANDATORY — this office no longer accepts a paper request.
Where: https://sots.service.ct.gov/apostille/
From the source: Online Apostille Application; mandatory — paper forms no longer accepted as of September 2, 2025. e-Apostille available beginning July 6, 2026; vital records (birth, death, marriage, adoption certificates) are not eligible for e-Apostille and require a traditional paper apostille

Where to go in person

Hartford

165 Capitol Avenue, Suite 1000, Hartford, CT 06106

Access: Documents are dropped off here.
Hours: Not published for this office.
From the source: Secretary of the State, Authentications and Apostilles — hand-delivery/courier (FedEx/UPS/DHL) drop-off address; walk-in counter/appointment policy and same-day service not stated on current page

What it costs

Fee	Applies to	Details
$40.00 USD per document	certifying incumbency/official character (judges of probate, notaries public)	Statutory fee per C.G.S. § 3-99a
$15.00 USD per document	certifying incumbency in adoption cases	Statutory fee per C.G.S. § 3-99a
$50.00 USD per document	certificate under the state seal of any fact/record without special provision	Statutory fee per C.G.S. § 3-99a

Faster service

Online

$50.00 USD unverified

The source does not state how this fee is counted.

Turnaround: within "24 hours of the Authentications and Apostille Unit receiving the documents"

Expedited surcharge amount not published (statutory $50 expedited-services fee exists in § 3-99a; application to apostille orders unverified)

“Unverified” marks a value we could not confirm against an official page. Facts without the marker are not therefore audited — always confirm money and addresses with the office before you send anything.

How to pay unverified

Online: Prepayment through the online portal.
From the source: Collected through the Online Apostille Application system (card payment implied; unverified — page publishes no payment details)

Where to send your documents

By U.S. Mail: Secretary of the State, Authentications and Apostilles, P.O. Box 150470, Hartford, CT 06115-0470
By courier: 165 Capitol Avenue, Suite 1000, Hartford, CT 06106
From the source: Courier address is the hand-delivery/FedEx/UPS/DHL drop-off address

How long it takes

By mail: Regular orders: within "5–7 business days of the Authentication and Apostille Unit receiving the documents"
Expedited: e-Apostille and Expedited orders: within "24 hours of the Authentications and Apostille Unit receiving the documents"

Checking status and verifying an apostille

Verify an issued 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.
Check a request's status: No status-tracking page is published for this office.

Remote online notarization

Status

Remote online notarization is permitted here.

Legal basis

Public Act 23-28 (signed June 12, 2023), effective October 1, 2023; codified at Conn. Gen. Stat. § 3-95b

In force since

October 1, 2023

What the notary must register

No — no registration with or notification to the Secretary of the State before performing remote notarization; no state approval or published list of technology/system providers

How the signer is identified

Notary must "reasonably identify" the signer by one or more of (C.G.S. § 3-95b(b)(2); SOTS Notary Manual): (1) personal knowledge; (2) unexpired government-issued photo ID bearing photograph, name and signature (e.g., driver's license, passport) presented via the communication technology; (3) at least two distinct third-party identity-proofing processes/services verifying identity through public or private data sources (manual describes third-party ID verification systems using biometric data or unique ID numbers); (4) oath/affirmation of a credible witness who is physically present with the notary or signer, or communicates in real time with both, has personal knowledge of the signer, and is identified by one of the preceding methods. No prescribed KBA/credential-analysis standard

Fee caps

Remote act: $5.00 USD

Standard notarial act: $5.00 USD

From the source

No separate RON cap — general $5.00-per-act cap applies: "the fee for any act performed by a notary public ... is five dollars ($5.00) plus an additional thirty-five cents ($.35) for each mile traveled" (SOTS Notary Public Manual; C.G.S. § 3-95). No audio-visual recording requirement — manual: "No, unlike in other states, the Connecticut law does not require the notary to keep a recording" (10-year retention recommended). Remote notarization prohibited for: wills/trusts, property sales/conveyances and real estate closing documents, health care directives, standby guardianship papers, powers of attorney (per SOTS manual)

Other things the source says

Current per-document price inside the mandatory online ordering system not published on the public page (unverified). E-register: Connecticut Apostille Verification Portal referenced on official page for verifying (e-)apostilles; public URL not published (portal sits under sots.service.ct.gov, login-gated) (unverified)

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