# Apostille in Minnesota - **Source:** https://andrii.co/en/handbook/apostille/us/minnesota/ - **Title:** Apostille in Minnesota — United States | Andrii Co. - **Language:** en · also published as Markdown at /{lang}/handbook/apostille/us/minnesota/index.md for: en > Apostille guide for Minnesota, United States: the competent authority is Minnesota Secretary of State. 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:** Minnesota, United States - **Verified as of:** August 9, 2026 ## Who issues the apostille Minnesota Secretary of State ## Which documents this office will accept - **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 - **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 ## Certifications you may need first No additional certification step is required before the apostille. ## The request form A PDF request form. Download: https://sos.mn.gov/media/4253/authentication-mail-form.pdf Authentication/Apostille mail form; also linked from the "How to Get an Apostille" page ## Requesting online There is no online request route — this office takes requests on paper. 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 Visits are by appointment. Hours: not published for this office. Same-day service is offered. Limit: 10 documents. Appointment required (no walk-ins); same-day service at appointment; appointments released 14 days in advance ## What it costs - **$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. - 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. Nothing here is estimated from other offices. - **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) - Urgent requests may be emailed to apostille.oss@state.mn.us for consideration ## Checking status and verifying an apostille - **Verification register:** https://apostille.sos.mn.gov/search ## Remote online notarization - 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:** 2019-01-01 - **Registration:** 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 - No maximum fee is recorded here for a remote 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) > **RCW 42.45.230(5):** I am not an attorney licensed to practice law in this state. 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