# Apostille in Connecticut

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- **Title:** Apostille in Connecticut — United States | Andrii Co.
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> Apostille guide for Connecticut, United States: the competent authority is Connecticut Secretary of the State — Authentications and Apostille Unit, Hartford. 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:** Connecticut, United States
- **Verified as of:** August 9, 2026

## Who issues the apostille

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

## Which documents this office will accept

- **Age limits:** Documents must be dated within the last 10 years (per SOTS page)
- **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)
- **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

## Certifications you may need first

No additional certification step is required before the apostille.

## The request form

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

## Requesting online

Online submission is MANDATORY — this office no longer accepts a paper request. Portal: https://sots.service.ct.gov/apostille/ 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 Documents are dropped off here. Hours: not published for this office. 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

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

### Faster service

- **$50.00 USD** — Online — 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)

## How to pay

- **Online:** prepayment through the online portal
- 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

- 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:** Public Act 23-28 (signed June 12, 2023), effective October 1, 2023; codified at Conn. Gen. Stat. § 3-95b
- **In force since:** 2023-10-01
- **Registration:** 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
- **Remote act cap:** $5.00 USD
- **Standard notarial act cap:** $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)

> **RCW 42.45.230(5):** I am not an attorney licensed to practice law in this state. I am not allowed to draft legal records, give advice on legal matters, including immigration, or charge a fee for those activities.

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