# Apostille in Florida

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- **Title:** Apostille in Florida — United States | Andrii Co.
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> Apostille guide for Florida, United States: the competent authority is Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations — Apostille Section (Tallahassee). 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:** Florida, United States
- **Verified as of:** August 9, 2026

## Who issues the apostille

Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations — Apostille Section (Tallahassee)

## Which documents this office will accept

- **Copies:** Public records may NOT be notarized copies — must be certified originals
- **birth/death certificates:** must be issued by FL Bureau of Vital Statistics or County Health Department and signed by the State Registrar
- **marriage/dissolution:** from Bureau of Vital Statistics (State Registrar) or Clerk of the County Courts
- **court documents:** certified by Clerk of Court ($20 total fee case)
- **school transcripts:** notarized (public: signed by registrar/issuing official; private: signed by student/custodian attesting copy) with full notarial statement
- **vehicle titles:** certified by FL Dept. of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles
- **From the source:** Notarizations must be by a Florida notary with full notarial certificate in English

## Certifications you may need first

No additional certification step is required before the apostille.

## The request form

A PDF request form. Download: https://dos.fl.gov/media/702388/1-apostille_and_notarial_certificate_request_form-10-19-2023.pdf

## Requesting online

There is no online request route — this office takes requests on paper.

## Where to go in person

- **Tallahassee** — 2415 N. Monroe Street, Suite 810, Tallahassee, FL 32303 Open for walk-in service. Hours: Mon–Fri 8 am–5 pm Same-day service is offered. No appointment stated; most requests completed while you wait

## What it costs

- **$10.00 USD** per document — "$10.00 per document"
- **$20.00 USD** per document — Applies to: documents certified by any Clerk of the Court for any county in Florida — "$20.00 per document, for documents certified by any Clerk of the Court for any county in Florida when requesting an apostille. ($10 for Apostille; $10 for Certificate of Incumbency.)"

## How to pay

- **By mail:** check or money order
- **Make it payable to:** Florida Department of State — copy that exactly as written.
- Must be drawn on a U.S. bank.
- Check or money order payable to "Florida Department of State," U.S. currency drawn on a U.S. bank; "We do not accept cash or credit cards."

## Where to send your documents

- **Mailing address:** Division of Corporations, Apostille Section, 2415 N. Monroe Street, Suite 810, Tallahassee, FL 32303
- **From the source:** Include self-addressed stamped envelope or prepaid airbill

## How long it takes

- This office publishes no turnaround commitment. Nothing here is estimated from other offices.
- **By mail:** Mail: processed in the order received (no published turnaround)
- **In person:** Walk-in: "Most requests may be completed while you wait" (same day)
- "Our office does not offer expedited services."
- Include self-addressed stamped envelope or prepaid airbill

## 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:** Fla. Stat. ch. 117, Part II (§§ 117.201–117.305; "Online Notarizations"), enacted by HB 409, Ch. 2019-71, Laws of Florida; in effect January 1, 2020 (NNA page's "January 1, 2022" conflicts; official DOS page controls). Admin rules: Fla. Admin. Code ch. 1N-7
- **In force since:** 2020-01-01
- **Registration:** Required — must already be a FL notary (or civil-law notary/commissioner of deeds), complete a 2-hour online-notarization course (§ 117.225(2)), contract with a RON service provider, submit registration + Online Notary Public information form, $10 registration fee (Fla. Admin. Code 1N-7.001(2)(a)); $25,000 bond (§ 117.225(6)) and $25,000 minimum E&O insurance (§ 117.225(7)). RON providers self-certify annually and carry $250,000 annual-aggregate coverage (§ 117.295)
- **How the signer is identified:** Personal knowledge (§ 117.05(5)(a)); or credible witness (§ 117.05(5)(b)1 — sworn written statement of one credible witness personally known to notary, or two credible witnesses with verified ID); or remote presentation of a government ID + credential analysis (automated analysis of visual/physical/cryptographic security features, § 117.295(3)(b)) + KBA (§ 117.295(3)(a): min. 5 questions with 5 answer choices each from third-party data, 2-minute limit per question set, 80% pass, one retake permitted). No biometric requirement in statute
- **Remote act cap:** $25.00 USD
- **Standard notarial act cap:** $10.00 USD
- **From the source:** "An online notary public or the employer of such online notary public may charge a fee, not to exceed $25, for performing an online notarial act" (§ 117.275); "The fee of a notary public may not exceed $10 for any one notarial act" (§ 117.05(2)(a)); marriage solemnization $30 (§ 117.045, not re-verified here) (unverified). Online notaries may also perform remote administration for electronic wills subject to additional rules

> **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.

## Other United States jurisdictions (Markdown)

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- [Apostille in Arkansas](https://andrii.co/en/handbook/apostille/us/arkansas/index.md)
- [Apostille in California](https://andrii.co/en/handbook/apostille/us/california/index.md)
- [Apostille in Colorado](https://andrii.co/en/handbook/apostille/us/colorado/index.md)
- [Apostille in Connecticut](https://andrii.co/en/handbook/apostille/us/connecticut/index.md)
- [Apostille in Delaware](https://andrii.co/en/handbook/apostille/us/delaware/index.md)
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