# Apostille in North Carolina - **Source:** https://andrii.co/en/handbook/apostille/us/north-carolina/ - **Title:** Apostille in North Carolina — United States | Andrii Co. - **Language:** en · also published as Markdown at /{lang}/handbook/apostille/us/north-carolina/index.md for: en > Apostille guide for North Carolina, United States: the competent authority is North Carolina Secretary of State, Authentications Office. 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:** North Carolina, United States - **Verified as of:** August 9, 2026 ## Who issues the apostille North Carolina Secretary of State, Authentications Office HCCH lists: Secretary of State; Deputy Secretary of State ## Which documents this office will accept - **Copies:** Photocopies need a notarized "true copy" affidavit - **school documents (transcripts, diplomas, report cards):** MUST be notarized by a NC notary (school seal alone insufficient) - **From the source:** Sign before a NC notary public OR submit certified copies from the issuing entity; documents from Register of Deeds, Clerk of Superior Court, and various state departments need no notarization; include cover letter, payment, and prepaid return envelope/label. No separate county-clerk certification chain (notary's commission verified directly by SOS) ## 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.sosnc.gov/forms/by_title/_Authentications Cover letter forms (English/Spanish + multiple translations, PDF/Word); no single direct PDF URL exposed on index page ## Requesting online There is no online request route — this office takes requests on paper. ## Where to go in person - **Raleigh** — 2 South Salisbury Street, Raleigh, NC 27601-2903 Documents are dropped off here. Hours: Mon–Fri 8:00 am–5:00 pm Hand delivery (drop-off) accepted; processed faster than mail but same-day/while-you-wait service not stated (unverified whether appointments are offered); courier delivery per posted Courier Policies ## What it costs - **$10.00 USD** per document — "$10.00 (U.S.)" per document (original and each duplicate). No expedite fee listed - **$5.00 USD** per document — Applies to: adoption-related duplicates ordered at the same time — Adoption-related: original $10.00; duplicates ordered at the same time $5.00 each; duplicates ordered separately $10.00 each ## How to pay - **By mail:** check or money order - **Make it payable to:** North Carolina Secretary of State — copy that exactly as written. - Check or money order payable to "North Carolina Secretary of State" (credit cards not mentioned on fees page) ## Where to send your documents - **Mailing address:** NC Secretary of State, Authentications, Post Office Box 29622, Raleigh, NC 27626-0622 ## How long it takes - **By mail:** Posted on SOS homepage at research date: "Authentications – 15-20 business days." "Mailed in documents generally take five business days longer than hand-delivered documents." - No same-day/expedited service stated - Include a prepaid return envelope/label with the submission ## 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 - The statute is law, but the permanent framework is not in force: it awaits final rules. - **Legal basis:** Remote Electronic Notarization Act (RENA), S.L. 2022-54 (SB 552), "became law on July 8, 2022," codified as Part 4A of Article 2, NCGS Chapter 10B (GS 10B-134.1 et seq.); permanent REN awaits final rules/platform licensing. Interim: Emergency Video Notarization (EVN) "extended to 12:01 AM on July 1, 2027 or until the first license is issued for Remote Electronic Notarizations" (HB 517, signed July 7, 2025) - **Registration:** Required. Electronic notary registration with the Secretary of State before performing electronic or remote electronic notarial acts (GS 10B-106(b)); per the state notary manual the eNotary registration process includes a course and exam (80% pass) (unverified detail — per NNA); REN-specific licensing/registration not yet open (eNotary Solution Providers page "Under Construction") - **How the signer is identified:** For remotely located principals (GS 10B-134.11(a)(2)): personal knowledge, OR multifactor verification comprising credential analysis of a government-issued photo ID by an approved third-party vendor PLUS identity proofing (KBA-type) by an approved third-party vendor PLUS the notary's visual comparison of the credential presented. (EVN interim regime uses its own video-based ID rules.) - **Remote act cap:** $25.00 USD - **Standard notarial act cap:** $10.00 USD - **From the source:** Max RON fee: $25.00 per notarized principal signature for remote electronic notarial acts under Part 4A (GS 10B-31(5)). Max standard fee: $10.00 per notarized principal signature (acknowledgments, jurats, verifications/proofs); $10.00 per person for oaths/affirmations without signature; electronic (in-person eNotary) acts $15.00 per signature / per person (GS 10B-31). Travel: actual mileage at federal business mileage rate with prior written agreement. Do not conflate EVN (temporary, expires July 1, 2027 or on first REN license) with permanent REN. NNA fee tables still showing "remote notarization not yet implemented" are consistent with REN not being live ## Other things the source says E-register: none currently found on sosnc.gov (legacy HCCH-listed URL http://www.secretary.state.nc.us/verification/ unreachable) > **RCW 42.45.230(5):** I am not an attorney licensed to practice law in this state. 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