# Apostille in Pennsylvania - **Source:** https://andrii.co/en/handbook/apostille/us/pennsylvania/ - **Title:** Apostille in Pennsylvania — United States | Andrii Co. - **Language:** en · also published as Markdown at /{lang}/handbook/apostille/us/pennsylvania/index.md for: en > Apostille guide for Pennsylvania, United States: the competent authority is Pennsylvania Department of State — Bureau of Notaries, Commissions & Legislation. 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:** Pennsylvania, United States - **Verified as of:** August 9, 2026 ## Who issues the apostille Pennsylvania Department of State — Bureau of Notaries, Commissions & Legislation ## Which documents this office will accept - **county documents:** must be signed by the clerk personally (not deputies) - **marriage certificates:** register of wills / clerk of orphans' court - **death/birth certificates:** certified by the State Registrar (Division of Vital Records) - **diplomas, transcripts and criminal-record checks:** must first be notarized by a PA notary - **From the source:** Originals signed by the proper PA public official with seal; notarial certificates must be in English ## Certifications you may need first No additional certification step is required before the apostille. ## The request form A PDF request form. Download: https://www.pa.gov/content/dam/copapwp-pagov/en/dos/programs/document-certification/apostilles-and-authentication.pdf Also available in Chinese and Spanish ## Requesting online There is no online request route — this office takes requests on paper. ## Where to go in person - **Harrisburg** — Pennsylvania Department of State, Office of Notaries, Commissions & Legislation, 201 North Office Building, Harrisburg, PA 17120 (GPS: 401 North Street, Harrisburg, PA 17120) Open for walk-in service. Appointments are also offered. Hours: not published for this office. Cut-off: building doors locked after 3 p.m. Walk-in and appointment both offered; same-day not stated ## What it costs - **$15.00 USD** per document — $15.00 per document (per document, not per page) ## How to pay - **By mail:** check, money order, or cashier's check - **Make it payable to:** Commonwealth of Pennsylvania — copy that exactly as written. - Check, money order, cashier's check payable to "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania"; credit cards accepted (channel not itemized in source); cash no longer accepted for walk-in services (since Nov. 25, 2024) ## Where to send your documents - **Mailing address:** Pennsylvania Department of State, Apostilles & Certifications, North Office Building, Room 201, 401 North Street, Harrisburg, PA 17120-0029 ## How long it takes - **By mail:** Mail: "typically, allow about two (2) to three (3) weeks" (excludes mailing time) - **In person:** In-person/appointment available, no timeframe stated - No expedited service stated ## Checking status and verifying an apostille - **Verification register:** https://www.notaries.pa.gov/Pages/Search.aspx — Verify certification by number ## Remote online notarization - Remote online notarization is permitted here. - **Legal basis:** 57 Pa.C.S. § 306.1 (RULONA, Act 97 of 2020), effective Oct. 29, 2020 (temporary COVID authorization had begun Mar. 25, 2020 under Act 15/SB 841) - **In force since:** 2020-10-29 - **Registration:** Yes — notary must notify/apply to the Department of State before the first remote act and identify each communication technology to be used (57 Pa.C.S. § 306.1(f)); DOS maintains an approved-vendor list; apply via the online Electronic/Remote Notarization Application (https://www.notaries.pa.gov/Pages/NotaryChangeApplication.aspx?AppType=3) - **How the signer is identified:** 57 Pa.C.S. § 306.1(b): (1) notary's personal knowledge; (2) oath/affirmation of a credible witness; or (3) identity proofing using at least two different types of identity-proofing processes or services (in practice credential analysis + dynamic KBA per DOS-approved technologies); statute itself does not name KBA/biometrics - **Remote act cap:** $20.00 USD - **Standard notarial act cap:** $5.00 USD - **From the source:** Max RON fee: "Electronic notaries public and remote notaries public may charge a fee in an amount not to exceed $20 per notarial act performed with respect to electronic records or using communication technology" (DOS fee schedule; 4 Pa. Code § 167.3, final regs at 56 Pa.B. 1672) — cap added by 2026 regulations (page updated Apr. 6, 2026). Standard fees itemized per act type: acknowledgment $5 (first name) + $2 each additional name; oath/affirmation $5 per individual; verification on oath $5; witnessing/attesting signature $5 per signature; certifying copy $5; noting protest $3 per page — maxStandardFeeCents carries the schedule's highest per-act rate ($5) > **RCW 42.45.230(5):** I am not an attorney licensed to practice law in this state. 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