# Apostille in Mississippi - **Source:** https://andrii.co/en/handbook/apostille/us/mississippi/ - **Title:** Apostille in Mississippi — United States | Andrii Co. - **Language:** en · also published as Markdown at /{lang}/handbook/apostille/us/mississippi/index.md for: en > Apostille guide for Mississippi, United States: the competent authority is Mississippi Secretary of State (Business Services — Notary/Apostille/Authentication). 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:** Mississippi, United States - **Verified as of:** August 9, 2026 ## Who issues the apostille Mississippi Secretary of State (Business Services — Notary/Apostille/Authentication) ## Which documents this office will accept - **Copies:** Notaries cannot make/authenticate notarized copies of certain government documents (birth certificates, death certificates, driver's licenses, passports, Social Security cards) — obtain certified copies from the issuing authority (e.g., MS Vital Records) instead - **From the source:** Document must be notarized by a Mississippi Notary Public or bear the signature of a Mississippi public official. Questions: Notary Division 601-359-1615 ## Certifications you may need first No additional certification step is required before the apostille. ## The request form A PDF request form. Download: https://www.sos.ms.gov/content/documents/Business/Apostille_Certification_Request_form.pdf ## Requesting online There is no online request route — this office takes requests on paper. ## Where to go in person - **Jackson** — Secretary of State, 660 North Street, Jackson, MS 39202, Attn: Notary/Apostille/Authentication The source does not state whether this office takes walk-ins, appointments or drop-offs only. Hours: not published for this office. Walk-in vs appointment not stated on official page (unverified); functions as physical/courier delivery address ## What it costs - **$5.00 USD** per document — "The cost is $5.00 per document." (form: "$5.00 fee for each copy") ## How to pay - **By mail:** check or money order - **Make it payable to:** Secretary of State — copy that exactly as written. - "Make checks or money orders payable to Secretary of State." ## Where to send your documents - **By U.S. Mail:** Secretary of State, P.O. Box 136, Jackson, MS 39205-0136, Attention: Notary/Apostille/Authentication - **By courier:** Secretary of State, 660 North Street, Jackson, MS 39202, Attn: Notary/Apostille/Authentication ## How long it takes - This office publishes no turnaround commitment. Nothing here is estimated from other offices. - Not stated on official pages (unverified) ## 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 not permitted here. That is an attested no, not a gap in the source. - **Legal basis:** The Revised Mississippi Law on Notarial Acts (HB 1156 (2020), MCA § 25-34-1 et seq., eff. July 1, 2021) authorizes in-person electronic notarization only, not RIN/RON - **Registration:** N/A (no RON). Standard commission application fee $25 (NNA) - **How the signer is identified:** N/A for remote acts — physical presence required for all notarial acts - **Standard notarial act cap:** $5.00 USD - 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:** "The state of Mississippi has not yet enacted permanent statutes or published rules authorizing Notaries Public to perform remote notarizations" (NNA). RON bills died: HB 1168 (2024, died in committee 3/5/2024) and HB 1154 (2025, passed House, died in Senate committee 3/4/2025). COVID-era remote notarization (2020 executive order/SOS guidance) has expired (unverified — expiration date not confirmed on a current official page). Max standard fee: "A notarial officer may charge a fee in an amount not to exceed Five Dollars ($5.00)" per notarial act (MCA § 25-34-9, eff. July 1, 2021), unless prohibited/further limited by Secretary of State rules; SOS Rule 9.1 lists $5.00 per signature/person for acknowledgments, oaths/affirmations, jurats, and signature witnessings. SOS proposed-rule filing shows possible fee-schedule changes (amounts up to $10.00) — adoption status unverified > **RCW 42.45.230(5):** I am not an attorney licensed to practice law in this state. 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