# Apostille in Ohio - **Source:** https://andrii.co/en/handbook/apostille/us/ohio/ - **Title:** Apostille in Ohio — United States | Andrii Co. - **Language:** en · also published as Markdown at /{lang}/handbook/apostille/us/ohio/index.md for: en > Apostille guide for Ohio, United States: the competent authority is Ohio 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:** Ohio, United States - **Verified as of:** August 9, 2026 About this entry's sources: ohiosos.gov blocked automated verification (403; reference §5 blocked-site list) — the fee is attested by ORC 111.16 and Form 8003 (content read via the formspal mirror, a non-official source); payment, processing, office, mailing address and document rules carry unverified flags. Manual re-check before launch ## Who issues the apostille Ohio Secretary of State ## Which documents this office will accept - **From the source:** Document must be signed by an Ohio elected/public official or notarized by an Ohio notary in good standing; vital records/court documents must be certified copies from the issuing official. No county-clerk pre-certification step required (unverified) ## Certifications you may need first No additional certification step is required before the apostille. ## The request form A PDF request form. Form: Form 8003 (rev. 07/2025) Download: https://www.ohiosos.gov/globalassets/records/forms/8003.pdf ## Requesting online There is no online request route — this office takes requests on paper. Printable request form only ## Where to go in person - **Columbus** — Ohio Secretary of State Client Service Center, 22 North Fourth Street, Columbus, OH 43215 Open for walk-in service. Hours: not published for this office. Walk-in (unverified — official pages block automated access) ## What it costs - **$5.00 USD** per document — $5.00 per authentication/apostille (Form 8003: "$5.00 per authentication"; consistent with ORC 111.16(K)(1): "five dollars" for affixing the SOS seal to a certificate) ## How to pay - **By mail:** check or money order - **Make it payable to:** Ohio Secretary of State — copy that exactly as written. - Check or money order payable to "Ohio Secretary of State" (unverified — official pages block automated access) ## Where to send your documents - **Mailing address:** Ohio Secretary of State Client Service Center, Columbus, Ohio - **From the source:** Exact mailing line on Form 8003 (unverified; site blocks automated access) ## How long it takes - **By mail:** Mail processing ~5 business days plus mail time (unverified) - **In person:** Walk-in same-day at Client Service Center (unverified) - Form 8003 states "Expedited service is not offered." ## 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:** ORC 147.60–147.66 (SB 263, effective Sept. 20, 2019); amended by SB 131 (eff. Dec. 29, 2023) and HB 315 (eff. Apr. 3, 2025) - **In force since:** 2019-09-20 - **Registration:** Yes — separate online-notary authorization from the Ohio Secretary of State under ORC 147.63: application + $20 fee, 2-hour approved course and exam, identify the RON technology and certify compliance with SOS standards - **How the signer is identified:** (1) Remote presentation of a government ID + credential analysis + identity proofing via dynamic KBA (min. 5 questions, 80% pass); or (2) notary's personal knowledge; or (3) credible witness(es) known personally to the notary or verified by credential analysis + identity proofing - **Remote act cap:** $30.00 USD - **Standard notarial act cap:** $5.00 USD - **From the source:** Max RON fee: $30 per online notarization (ORC 147.08, eff. Apr. 3, 2025) + technology fee up to $10 per online session (chargeable even if the act is not completed); cannot charge both the $5 standard and $30 online fee for the same act. Max standard fee: $5 per notarial act (ORC 147.08); travel fee permitted if agreed in advance. NNA page cites older fee provision (ORC 147.15: $5 act / $0.28-per-mile travel / $10 tech fee); current official statute ORC 147.08 (as amended by HB 315) controls — $5 standard / $30 online / $10 tech fee. Ohio recognizes out-of-state notarial acts executed under that jurisdiction's law ## Other things the source says E-register: none found > **RCW 42.45.230(5):** I am not an attorney licensed to practice law in this state. 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