# Apostille in Federal courts

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- **Title:** Apostille in Federal courts — United States | Andrii Co.
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> Apostille guide for Federal courts, United States: the competent authority is Clerks and deputy clerks of U.S. federal courts. 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:** Federal courts, United States
- **Verified as of:** August 9, 2026

About this entry's sources: One entry for all federal courts by design (handbook plan §3) — per-district variance stays in notes/documentRules; a district third level (subRef/parentId) is deferred

## Who issues the apostille

Clerks and deputy clerks of U.S. federal courts

Per HCCH: "clerks and deputy clerks" of U.S. federal courts are competent authorities — Supreme Court of the United States, the U.S. Courts of Appeals (D.C. Circuit through Eleventh Circuit), all U.S. District Courts, U.S. Court of Claims [now Court of Federal Claims], U.S. Court of International Trade, and territorial district courts (Guam, Virgin Islands). An apostille on a FEDERAL COURT document can be obtained directly from that court's clerk — it does not have to go to the DoS Office of Authentications (though travel.state.gov also lists "Federal court documents" among documents it apostilles)

## Which documents this office will accept

- **From the source:** Each clerk apostilles only documents generated within that court. N.D. Tex. FAQ: the district clerk apostilles only "case documents, local rules, administrative orders, court plans, attorney admission certificates, etc."; the clerk (1) prepares a copy, (2) certifies it as a true copy, (3) issues the apostille on that certification; you pay copy cost + $12 certification + $50 apostille; bankruptcy documents: the bankruptcy court first supplies a certified copy to the district clerk. C.D. Cal.: "Apostille services are only provided for court documents pertaining to the United States District Court for the Central District of California"; requests online (Case Records Request Form), by mail, or in person at public windows 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. (closed 12:30–1:30), Mon–Fri. S.D. Ill. posts written apostille instructions: https://www.ilsd.uscourts.gov/sites/ilsd/files/ApostilleInstructs.pdf

## Certifications you may need first

No additional certification step is required before the apostille.

## The request form

The request form is not published online — confirm with the office whether it wants a form, and which one, before you send anything.

## What it costs

- **$50.00 USD** per apostille — Effective December 1, 2023. — District Court Miscellaneous Fee Schedule (effective December 1, 2023), verbatim: "For the issuance of an apostille, $50."
- **$12.00 USD** per document — Applies to: certification of the underlying document (true copy) — Effective December 1, 2023. — Verbatim: "For certification of any document, $12." — paid in addition to the $50 apostille in practice (N.D. Tex.: copy cost + $12 certification + $50 apostille). Same schedule: "For exemplification of any document, $24."; copies "$.50 per page" (paper); records search "$34 per name or item searched."

## How to pay

- Payment methods vary by district — no nationwide rule published. Example (C.D. Cal. Records Dept.): cashier's/certified/business check or money order (no personal checks), card in person. Confirm accepted methods and payee with the issuing court's clerk

## Where to send your documents

No mailing address is published for this office. Do not send original documents anywhere until you have confirmed the address with the office itself.

## How long it takes

- This office publishes no turnaround commitment. Nothing here is estimated from other offices.
- No nationwide processing time published — per-district practice; confirm with the clerk of the issuing court

## 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

This authority issues apostilles but commissions no notaries, so there are no remote-notarization rules at this level. They belong to the state or province where the notary holds their commission.

## Other things the source says

Standard judiciary forms (Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts): AO 390 "Apostille (Convention de La Haye, 5 Octobre 1961)" — https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/ao390.pdf; AO 392 "Apostille Index Card" (clerk's internal register of issued apostilles; effective May 1, 1981) — https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/forms/apostille-index-card; AO 393 "Statement of Effect Apostille" (effective April 1, 2010) — https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/forms/statement-effect-apostille. Request procedure, submission channels, and payment vary per district — this ONE entry covers all federal courts

> **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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