United States

Apostille in New Mexico

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 Mexico Secretary of State (Business Services Division)

Which documents this office will accept

From the source: Original documents required when submitted. No county clerk pre-certification step stated

Certifications you may need first

No additional certification step is required before the apostille.

The request form

Form: No paper form: the request is made through the online portal.
Where to get it: https://enterprise.sos.nm.gov/
From the source: Online filing (no separate paper form)

Requesting online

Online route: Online submission is MANDATORY — this office no longer accepts a paper request.
Where: https://enterprise.sos.nm.gov/
From the source: "Requests are required to be filed online"

Where to go in person

Santa Fe

325 Don Gaspar, Suite 300, Santa Fe, NM 87501

Access: The source does not state whether this office takes walk-ins, appointments or drop-offs only.
Hours: 8:00 AM–5:00 PM Monday–Friday
From the source: Page does not state walk-in vs appointment policy or same-day availability (unverified)

What it costs

Fee

$3.00 USD per document

"$3.00 per document."

How to pay

Online: Card payment or e-check.
From the source: Credit card or e-check (online portal)

Where to send your documents

Mailing address: 325 Don Gaspar, Suite 300, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501

How long it takes

Processing time is not published for this office.

From the source: Requests "processed daily by the Business Services Division Monday–Thursday 8:00 am–4:30 pm"; no expedited tier stated; mail turnaround not stated

Getting your documents back

For return to foreign destinations include pre-paid, pre-addressed international air bill and envelope

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

Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts, NMSA 1978 ch. 14, art. 14A (RON at NMSA 14-14A-5); enacted by SB 12 (2021), RON effective January 1, 2022

In force since

January 1, 2022

What the notary must register

Required. Notify the Secretary of State before the first remote notarial act (NMSA 14-14A-5.G); file an amendment to the notary commission via the SOS online portal with course certificate and $75 non-refundable fee (NMAC 12.9.4.8.A); register the electronic stamp within 45 days of approval (unverified detail — per NNA)

How the signer is identified

Personal knowledge (NMSA 14-14A-6.A); or credential analysis of a government-issued ID using automated software with security-feature validation (NMAC 12.9.4.11.A) plus dynamic KBA — minimum 5 questions from public/private data sources, 80% correct, 2-minute limit (NMAC 12.9.4.11.B); credible witness permitted and may appear remotely via communication technology (NMAC 12.9.4.11.C). Biometric: not specified

Fee caps

Standard notarial act: $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

Max RON fee: base act fee plus technology fee "not to exceed $25.00 for each remote notarial act" (NMAC 12.9.3.11) — no single all-in cap published, so maxRonFeeCents is omitted. Max standard fee: $5.00 per act (acknowledgments, oaths/affirmations, jurats); copy certification $0.50 per page, $5.00 minimum (NMSA 14-14A-28). (2025 SB 230, which would have raised these to $12.00 / $60.00 tech fee, died — "Action Postponed Indefinitely.") Travel fees permitted by rule (NMAC). In-person electronic notarization fees follow NMSA 14-14A-28

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