# Apostille in New Hampshire

- **Source:** https://andrii.co/en/handbook/apostille/us/new-hampshire/
- **Title:** Apostille in New Hampshire — United States | Andrii Co.
- **Language:** en · also published as Markdown at /{lang}/handbook/apostille/us/new-hampshire/index.md for: en

> Apostille guide for New Hampshire, United States: the competent authority is New Hampshire 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:** New Hampshire, United States
- **Verified as of:** August 9, 2026

## Who issues the apostille

New Hampshire Secretary of State

HCCH lists: Secretary of State; Deputy Secretary of State

## Which documents this office will accept

- **vital records:** must be an original, notarized copy from the local town/city clerk or the NH Vital Records Division
- **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

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

## Requesting online

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

## What it costs

- **$10.00 USD** per document — "$10 per document in cash or check made payable to the State of New Hampshire."

### Faster service

- **$25.00 USD** per 10 documents — Turnaround: unstated — "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.
- 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. Nothing here is estimated from other offices.
- **In person:** In-person: same business day ("large number of documents may not be ready until following business day")
- Mail: not stated on official page

## 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:** 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:** 2022-02-06
- **Registration:** 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
- **Remote act cap:** $25.00 USD
- **Standard notarial act cap:** $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)

> **RCW 42.45.230(5):** I am not an attorney licensed to practice law in this state. I am not allowed to draft legal records, give advice on legal matters, including immigration, or charge a fee for those activities.

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