United States

Apostille in Puerto Rico

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

Puerto Rico Department of State — Oficina de Certificaciones y Reglamentos (Certifications and Regulations Office)

HCCH designation: Under Secretary of State; Assistant Secretary of State for External Affairs; Chief, Certifications Office; Director, Office of Protocol. In practice the Certifications and Regulations Office handles apostilles

Which documents this office will accept

From the source: Originals required

By document type

Document type

What this office requires

PR birth certificates

must be the anti-fraud version "from July 1, 2010, or later"

public deeds/notarized documents unverified

need a "certified copy duly issued by the notary public"

Notary authentication runs through PR's notarial system / ODIN—Tribunal Supremo (unverified detail)

“Unverified” marks a value we could not confirm against an official page. Facts without the marker are not therefore audited — always confirm money and addresses with the office before you send anything.

Certifications you may need first

No additional certification step is required before the apostille.

The request form

Form: No dedicated form — the office asks for a cover letter.
Where to get it: https://www.statedepartment.pr.gov/apostilles
From the source: No standalone form — request by cover letter (mail) or at the office/appointment. Mail-in: original documents + $3 stamp per document + cover letter stating country of use + pre-addressed return envelope

Requesting online

Online route: There is no online request route — this office takes requests on paper.
From the source: No online request portal — mail-in or in person; the revenue-stamp payment is bought online through the Colecturía Digital app

Where to go in person

San Juan (Old San Juan)

Real Intendency Building (Antiguo Edificio de la Real Intendencia), first floor, corner of San José St. and San Francisco St., Old San Juan

Access: Open for walk-in service.
Hours: Not published for this office.
From the source: Walk-in accepted at the first-floor office; the site also offers a "Press for an Appointment" link (appointment optional). Phone: (787) 722-2121. Apostilles also available at 22 Centros de Servicios Integrados (CSI) island-wide: https://www.csi.pr.gov/apostillas

What it costs

Fee

$3.00 USD per document

"$3.00 internal revenue stamp" (sello de rentas internas, code R5120) per document; stamps bought through the Colecturía Digital app

How to pay

By mail: Revenue stamp.
In person: Revenue stamp.
From the source: Payment is by internal revenue stamp (sello de rentas internas, code R5120) bought through the Colecturía Digital app — no check/money-order payee applies

Where to send your documents

Mailing address: Department of State, Oficina de Certificaciones y Reglamentos, Apartado 9023271, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00902

How long it takes unverified

Processing time is not published for this office.

From the source: Processing time: not published on the page (unverified)

Getting your documents back

A self-addressed stamped envelope is required.

Mail-in requests must include a pre-addressed return 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

Our source's remote-notarization survey covers the 50 states and the District of Columbia, so it records nothing for Puerto Rico. That is a gap in the source — not a statement that remote notarization is, or is not, available here.

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