# Apostille in North Dakota - **Source:** https://andrii.co/en/handbook/apostille/us/north-dakota/ - **Title:** Apostille in North Dakota — United States | Andrii Co. - **Language:** en · also published as Markdown at /{lang}/handbook/apostille/us/north-dakota/index.md for: en > Apostille guide for North Dakota, United States: the competent authority is North Dakota Secretary of State, Notary Unit. 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 Dakota, United States - **Verified as of:** August 9, 2026 ## Who issues the apostille North Dakota Secretary of State, Notary Unit HCCH lists: Secretary of State; Deputy Secretary of State ## Which documents this office will accept - **From the source:** Document must be notarized by a North Dakota notary public OR be a certified copy of an official document from the appropriate North Dakota entity; no county-level certification step ## 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. No dedicated form — submit original documents plus "a letter specifying for which country the document is intended" ## Requesting online There is no online request route — this office takes requests on paper. FirstStop portal is for notary filings, not apostille requests; optional pre-submission document review by email to the Notary Unit ## Where to go in person - **Bismarck** — 600 East Boulevard Avenue, Dept 108, Bismarck, ND 58505-0500 (State Capitol) The source does not state whether this office takes walk-ins, appointments or drop-offs only. Hours: not published for this office. Appointment encouraged for office visits (call Notary Unit (701) 328-2900); same-day service not stated. Primary intake is by mail ## What it costs - **$10.00 USD** per document — "$10 per authentication" - **$5.00 USD** per record search — Applies to: record search — "$5 per record search" — charged per unique notary/official signature (SOS example: "2 documents are notarized by 2 different notaries public - $10 record search fee") ## How to pay - Not stated on official page (unverified — checks presumed payable to "Secretary of State") ## Where to send your documents - **Mailing address:** North Dakota Office of the Secretary of State, 600 East Boulevard Avenue, Dept 108, Bismarck ND 58505-0500 ## How long it takes - **By mail:** "Requests are usually processed within 3 business days if all the required information and the payment are satisfactory." - Faster return via prepaid, pre-addressed shipping label (expedited return shipping, not expedited processing) - Faster return via prepaid, pre-addressed shipping label ## 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:** Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts, NDCC ch. 44-06.1 (chapter effective Aug. 1, 2011); remote notarial acts for remotely located individuals at NDCC 44-06.1-13.1, added by SB 2110 (2019), effective August 1, 2019 (date unverified — bill page unreachable; statute text confirmed current) - **Registration:** Notification required. Before the initial remote notarial act, "the notary public must notify the secretary of state... and identify the technologies the notary public intends to use" (NDCC 44-06.1-13.1); in practice, file a Notary Public Amendment through the FirstStop portal indicating electronic and/or remote notarization and the technology provider (official SOS instruction) - **How the signer is identified:** One of (NDCC 44-06.1-13.1): (1) personal knowledge; (2) satisfactory evidence via oath/affirmation of a credible witness appearing before the notary; (3) "at least two different types of identity proofing" (SOS example: knowledge-based questions answered online, i.e., KBA; credential analysis is the customary second type — combination per RULONA standard). Two-way audiovisual communication required; recording retained 10 years; journal required. No biometric mandate - **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:** Max RON fee: $5 per notarial act plus an uncapped technology fee — allowed only if the notary incurred technology costs, the fee is agreed in advance, and it is explained as separate from the notarial fee (NDCC 44-06.1-28); no statutory dollar cap on the technology fee, so maxRonFeeCents is omitted. Max standard fee: "A notary public is entitled to charge and receive not more than five dollars per notarial act" (NDCC 44-06.1-28). Travel fee permitted if agreed in advance and explained as separate/not set by law. Same technology-fee rule applies to in-person electronic notarizations (NDCC 44-06.1-18) > **RCW 42.45.230(5):** I am not an attorney licensed to practice law in this state. 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