United States

Apostille in Minnesota

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: Minnesota Secretary of State

Which documents this office will accept

From the source: Document must originate in Minnesota and bear original signatures; common rejection reasons include improper notarization, un-notarized private documents, and out-of-state documents

By document type

Document type	What this office requires
vital records	certified copy from MN Department of Health or county office (marriage/divorce from county)
business documents	certified by MN Secretary of State
personal/private documents	must be notarized by a Minnesota notary

Certifications you may need first

No additional certification step is required before the apostille.

The request form

Form: A PDF request form.
Where to get it: https://sos.mn.gov/media/4253/authentication-mail-form.pdf
From the source: Authentication/Apostille mail form; also linked from the "How to Get an Apostille" page

Requesting online

Online route: There is no online request route — this office takes requests on paper.
From the source: Mail or in-person appointment only

Where to go in person

Saint Paul

First National Bank Building, 332 Minnesota Street, Suite N201, Saint Paul, MN 55101

Access: Visits are by appointment.
Hours: Not published for this office.
Same-day service: Available.
Document limit: 10 documents
From the source: Appointment required (no walk-ins); same-day service at appointment; appointments released 14 days in advance

What it costs

Fee

$5.00 USD per document

"The office charges a $5.00 fee for each apostille certificate." ("Apostille certificates are $5.00 each.")

How to pay

By mail

Check or money order.

In person

Card payment, cash, check, or money order.

Make it payable to

MN Secretary of State

Copy that exactly as written.

From the source

In person: credit card, debit card, cash, check, or money order. By mail: check or money order payable to "MN Secretary of State"

Where to send your documents

Mailing address: Minnesota Secretary of State, First National Bank Building, 332 Minnesota Street, Suite N201, Saint Paul, MN 55101

How long it takes

This office publishes no turnaround commitment. What it does say:

By mail: Mail: processed in order received; no expedited mail processing (overnight return shipping only speeds delivery)
In person: In person: same day, by appointment (appointments released 14 days in advance; up to 10 documents per appointment)
From the source: Urgent requests may be emailed to apostille.oss@state.mn.us for consideration

Checking status and verifying an apostille

Verify an issued apostille: https://apostille.sos.mn.gov/search
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: Minn. Stat. § 358.645; "Effective January 1, 2019, the Minnesota Legislature enacted remote online notarization" (MN SOS)
In force since: January 1, 2019
What the notary must register: Yes — "Before a notary performs a remote online notarization, the notary must register the capability to perform notarial acts... with the secretary of state" and certify use of conforming communication technology (§ 358.645, subd. 2(b)); applicant must be an active MN notary with commission filed in resident county; submitted via "Remote Online Notarization Authorization" form; authorization continues as long as the underlying commission is valid
How the signer is identified: Either notary's personal knowledge of the signer, or ALL of: (1) remote presentation of a government-issued photo ID credential of sufficient quality; (2) credential analysis ("one or more automated software or hardware processes that scan the credential" and confirm it is valid and matches the claimed identity); and (3) identity proofing via dynamic KBA — minimum 5 questions with at least 5 answer choices each, at least 80% answered correctly (2-minute answer window per NNA summary). No credible-witness or biometric option specified in § 358.645
Fee caps: No maximum fee is recorded here for a remote act or for a standard notarial act. A missing cap is not the same as “no cap” — the reason is in the notes below.
From the source: No current statutory RON cap — § 358.645, subd. 3(c): "may charge a fee not to exceed $25 for the performance of a remote online notarial act, if the act occurs before January 1, 2023"; the $25 cap expired for acts on/after 1/1/2023, leaving the general § 357.17 schedule to govern the underlying act (interpretation unverified). Standard fees, Minn. Stat. § 357.17: each oath administered $5; protests $5; affidavits/papers not otherwise provided for $5 per folio ($1 per folio for copies); acknowledgments of deeds — "the legal fees allowed other officers for like services"; recording $5 per folio. RON authorized only while notary is physically in Minnesota; signer may be in-state, elsewhere in US, or abroad under conditions in subd. 3(a)(3)

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