# Apostille in Missouri - **Source:** https://andrii.co/en/handbook/apostille/us/missouri/ - **Title:** Apostille in Missouri — United States | Andrii Co. - **Language:** en · also published as Markdown at /{lang}/handbook/apostille/us/missouri/index.md for: en > Apostille guide for Missouri, United States: the competent authority is Missouri Secretary of State — Commissions (Notaries & Commissions Division). 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:** Missouri, United States - **Verified as of:** August 9, 2026 ## Who issues the apostille Missouri Secretary of State — Commissions (Notaries & Commissions Division) ## Which documents this office will accept - **birth certificates, marriage licenses, divorce decrees, school documents:** must be certified copies from the issuing authority (state/local registrar, court, school) - **From the source:** Notarized documents must contain a proper notarial certificate with notary signature and seal ## Certifications you may need first No additional certification step is required before the apostille. ## The request form No dedicated form — the office asks for a cover letter. Download: https://www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/Business/Notary/CoverLetterComplete.pdf Cover letter; credit-card payment sheet: https://www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/Business/Notary/CreditCardPaymentSheet.pdf ## Requesting online There is no online request route — this office takes requests on paper. ## What it costs - **$10.00 USD** per document — "The fee for certifying documents is $10 per certification or authentication." (per document per notary/official signature; multiple notarizations by the same notary on one document = $10) - **$100.00 USD** per child, per adoption — Applies to: adoption documents — Cap: "State law limits the state's allowable fee for processing certain documents to $100 per child per adoption." ## How to pay - **By mail:** check, money order, or card payment - **Make it payable to:** Secretary of State's Office — copy that exactly as written. - Check or money order payable to Secretary of State's Office; MasterCard, Visa, American Express, Discover (credit card payments carry a small convenience fee — use Credit Card Payment Sheet) ## Where to send your documents - **Mailing address:** Commissions, Secretary of State's Office, 600 West Main, Room 322, Jefferson City, MO 65101 ## How long it takes - This office publishes no turnaround commitment. Nothing here is estimated from other offices. - Not stated on official page (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 permitted here. - **Legal basis:** RSMo §§ 486.1100–486.1205 (remote online notarization), effective August 28, 2020 - **In force since:** 2020-08-28 - **Registration:** Yes — commission plus separate RON registration with the Secretary of State before performing remote acts (RSMo 486.1120); requires an approved course of instruction and exam on electronic notarization law (RSMo 486.1125); registration form must identify/describe the RON technology used (RSMo 486.1130); re-register on commission renewal; RON provider/software must be approved per 15 CSR 30-110.030–.040 - **How the signer is identified:** Personal knowledge; or credential analysis of a government-issued ID (remote presentation, authenticity testing, visual comparison to live video) combined with identity proofing; RON software must support at least 2 of: credential analysis, dynamic KBA (min. 5 questions, 5+ answer choices, 80% pass, 2-minute limit; up to 2 retakes within 48 hours with 40% question replacement), biometrics (facial/voice/fingerprint) (15 CSR 30-110.040/.050); no credible-witness option listed for remote acts (NNA) - **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:** RON: notarial fee capped at $5 per signature (RSMo 486.960); PLUS an additional "remote online notary transaction fee" with no statutory dollar cap, allowed only if agreed in advance and disclosed as "separate from the notarial fee... and... not mandated by law" (RSMo 486.1160). Standard, RSMo 486.685: acknowledgment "five dollars per signature"; jurat "five dollars per signature"; signature witnessing "five dollars per signature"; certified copy "one dollar per page certified with a minimum total charge of three dollars"; electronic notarial acts $5 per signature (RSMo 486.960). Travel fee allowed if agreed in advance and disclosed as separate/not mandated. Fee schedule must be conspicuously displayed (≥12-point type); no charge allowed for absentee-ballot/voter-registration notarizations; RON notary must be physically in Missouri (RSMo 486.1155) ## Other things the source says In-person offices: none stated on official page — mail submission described only; third-party sites describe walk-in service at 600 West Main (unverified) > **RCW 42.45.230(5):** I am not an attorney licensed to practice law in this state. 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