# Apostille in South Carolina - **Source:** https://andrii.co/en/handbook/apostille/us/south-carolina/ - **Title:** Apostille in South Carolina — United States | Andrii Co. - **Language:** en · also published as Markdown at /{lang}/handbook/apostille/us/south-carolina/index.md for: en > Apostille guide for South Carolina, United States: the competent authority is South Carolina 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:** South Carolina, United States - **Verified as of:** August 9, 2026 ## Who issues the apostille South Carolina Secretary of State ## Which documents this office will accept - **birth/death certificates:** only certified copies from DHEC Vital Records Division (photocopies not accepted) - **marriage licenses:** county Probate Court or DHEC - **divorce decrees:** county Clerk of Court or DHEC - **county-official documents:** must bear the official's (or authorized deputy's) original signature - **school transcripts/letters:** signed by a school official then notarized - **SLED/sheriff/police record checks:** signed by an agency official and notarized (internet printouts not accepted) - **foreign-language documents:** need an English translation signed and notarized by the translator - **From the source:** Non-official signers' documents must be notarized by an SC notary with a complete notarial certificate; destination country must be identified (documents must be going to a foreign country) ## 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://sos.sc.gov/sites/sos/files/Documents/Mail%20In%20Service/Apostilles/AuthenticationsCoverLetter2024.pdf Authentication Cover Letter ## Requesting online There is no online request route — this office takes requests on paper. ## Where to go in person - **Columbia** — SC Secretary of State's Office, Attn: Authentications, 1205 Pendleton Street, Suite 525, Columbia, SC 29201 Documents are dropped off here. Hours: Hand-delivery accepted 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Walk-in vs. appointment and same-day not stated on official page (unverified) ## What it costs - **$5.00 USD** per document — $5.00 per document ## How to pay - **By mail:** check or money order - **In person:** cash - **Make it payable to:** Secretary of State's Office — copy that exactly as written. - Personal or company check, money order (payable to "Secretary of State's Office"), or cash (channels not itemized in source; cash placed in person) ## Where to send your documents - **Mailing address:** SC Secretary of State's Office, Attn: Authentications, 1205 Pendleton Street, Suite 525, Columbia, SC 29201 ## How long it takes - This office publishes no turnaround commitment. Nothing here is estimated from other offices. - Not stated on official pages (unverified); submission by mail, UPS/FedEx, or hand-delivery 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. ## 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 not permitted here. That is an attested no, not a gap in the source. - **Legal basis:** No statute authorizes notarial acts for remotely located individuals. In-person electronic notarization is permitted: Electronic Notary Public Act, S.C. Code §§ 26-2-5 to 26-2-190 (S.631, Act No. 85 of 2021), effective Nov. 30, 2022 (per NNA); § 26-2-50(A) requires the principal to appear "in person before the electronic notary public at the time of notarization" - **Registration:** (For in-person e-notarization) Register with the Secretary of State via the online Notary Portal: active commission, Secretary-approved e-notary course + exam, $50 registration fee (§ 26-2-20(A)), identify technology/system provider - **How the signer is identified:** In-person standards only — personal knowledge or satisfactory evidence (government-issued photo ID or oath of a credible witness). No remote identity-proofing (KBA/credential analysis/biometric) framework exists - **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: N/A — RON not permitted. Electronic (in-person) notarial acts: "for acknowledgments, ten dollars per signature" and similar $10 caps per act (§ 26-2-70(B)). Max standard fee: $5 — "acknowledgment, five dollars per signature; oath or affirmation without a signature, five dollars per person; jurat, five dollars per signature; signature witnessing, five dollars per signature; verification of fact, five dollars per certificate" (§ 26-1-100(A), 2014 Act No. 185). NNA: "South Carolina has yet to enact statutes for remote notarial acts." > **RCW 42.45.230(5):** I am not an attorney licensed to practice law in this state. 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