United States

Apostille in New Hampshire

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

New Hampshire Secretary of State

HCCH lists: Secretary of State; Deputy Secretary of State

Which documents this office will accept

From the source: Document must be notarized by a New Hampshire notary public or justice of the peace who witnessed the signature. No county-level certification step

By document type

Document type	What this office requires
vital records	must be an original, notarized copy from the local town/city clerk or the NH Vital Records Division

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://www.sos.nh.gov/sites/g/files/ehbemt561/files/inline-documents/sonh/apostille-request-form.pdf

Requesting online

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

Where to go in person

Concord

Room 204, New Hampshire State House, 107 North Main Street, Concord, NH

Access: Open for walk-in service.
Hours: Monday–Friday 8:00 am–4:15 pm
Same-day service: Available.

What it costs

Fee

$10.00 USD per document

"$10 per document in cash or check made payable to the State of New Hampshire."

Faster service

Expedited service

$25.00 USD per 10 documents

Turnaround: unstated

The source does not state how an expedited request is submitted.

"ADDITIONAL expedited fee of $25 will be charged for every 10 apostilles/certificates."

How to pay

By mail

Check.

In person

Cash or check.

Make it payable to

State of New Hampshire

Copy that exactly as written.

From the source

Cash or check payable to "State of New Hampshire" (channels not itemized in source; cash listed alongside check)

Where to send your documents

Mailing address: Secretary of State's Office, Room 204, 107 North Main Street, Concord, NH 03301

How long it takes

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

In person: In-person: same business day ("large number of documents may not be ready until following business day")
From the source: Mail: not stated on official page

Checking status and verifying an apostille

Verify an issued 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.
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

RSA 456-B:6-a (2021 ch. 206, SB 134); codified source note: "2021, 206:2, Pt. II, Sec. 7, eff. Feb. 6, 2022" (NNA lists Aug. 10, 2021 as the act's effective date; statute source note controls)

In force since

February 6, 2022

What the notary must register

Notification (not full registration). Before the first remote notarial act the notary "must notify the secretary of state" and identify the technologies to be used (RSA 456-B:6-a, VII)

How the signer is identified

Any of (RSA 456-B:6-a, III): (1) personal knowledge (RSA 456-B:2-b, I); (2) satisfactory evidence via oath/affirmation of a credible witness appearing before the notary; (3) at least 2 different types of identity proofing — per NNA, in practice credential analysis of a government ID plus dynamic KBA (minimum 5 questions, 80% pass) consistent with MISMO RON Standards (V1, Aug. 28, 2019). No biometric requirement in statute

Fee caps

Remote act: $25.00 USD

Standard notarial act: $10.00 USD

From the source

Max RON fee: $25 per act for notarial acts for remotely located individuals under RSA 456-B:6-a (RSA 455:11). Max standard fee: up to $10 for each act ("each oath, witness, service, or certification"), RSA 455:11; depositions per RSA 517:19 rates; no fee for administering oaths of office to town officers. Audio-video recording of the RON session required per RSA 456-B:6-a (standard ULONA provision)

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