# Apostille in South Dakota - **Source:** https://andrii.co/en/handbook/apostille/us/south-dakota/ - **Title:** Apostille in South Dakota — United States | Andrii Co. - **Language:** en · also published as Markdown at /{lang}/handbook/apostille/us/south-dakota/index.md for: en > Apostille guide for South Dakota, United States: the competent authority is South Dakota 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 Dakota, United States - **Verified as of:** August 9, 2026 ## Who issues the apostille South Dakota Secretary of State ## Which documents this office will accept - **Copies:** Birth/marriage/death certificates, divorce decrees and court documents "CANNOT be certified by a notary public as 'true copies'" - **vital records (birth, marriage, death certificates, divorce decrees):** require certification by the county Register of Deeds or the SD Department of Health - **From the source:** Documents must be properly certified and/or notarized ## Certifications you may need first No additional certification step is required before the apostille. ## The request form A PDF request form. Download: https://sdsos.gov/docs/ApostilleAuthenticationRequestForm.pdf ## Requesting online There is no online request route — this office takes requests on paper. ## Where to go in person - **Pierre** — 500 East Capitol Avenue, Suite 112 (First Floor, Capitol Building), Pierre, SD 57501 Visits are by appointment. Hours: not published for this office. Walk-in service not permitted; appointment required for expedited/while-you-wait service (limited daily slots; (605) 773-5008); drop-off accepted Mon–Fri 9 a.m.–4 p.m. without appointment ## What it costs - **$25.00 USD** per document — $25.00 per document ### Faster service - **$50.00 USD** — In person — Turnaround: Expedited appointment: processed while you wait when possible (may require a return visit) — Expedited service $25.00 per document + $50 expedite fee ## How to pay - **By mail:** check or money order - **In person:** cash - **Make it payable to:** Secretary of State — copy that exactly as written. - Must be drawn on a U.S. bank. - Check or money order payable to "Secretary of State," cash, major credit cards (channels not itemized in source; cash placed in person); "All checks and/or credit cards MUST be written on a US bank" ## Where to send your documents - **Mailing address:** South Dakota Secretary of State, Attn: Apostille Office, 500 E. Capitol Ave., Pierre, SD 57501 ## How long it takes - **By mail:** Mail: "within 2 business days from the date we receive it" - **In person:** Drop-off/pick-up: "Most orders are completed within 1-2 business days" - **Expedited:** Expedited appointment: processed while you wait when possible (may require a return visit) ## 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:** Two tracks: (1) remote notarization of tangible (paper) records via video communication technology, SDCL 18-1-11.1 (SL 2019, ch 100, § 2, effective July 1, 2019; amended SL 2021, ch 89); (2) remote online notarization of electronic records, SDCL 18-1-11.2 (SL 2024, ch 71, § 4, effective July 1, 2024). Notary must be physically located in South Dakota for either - **Registration:** No separate RON commission. Before notarizing electronic records, the notarial officer must select at least one tamper-evident electronic notarization system and "notify the secretary of state, on forms prescribed by the secretary, of the names of each tamper-evident notarization system used" (SDCL 18-1-11.4) - **How the signer is identified:** Tangible-record remote acts (18-1-11.1): personal knowledge only ("personal knowledge of the identity of a person through dealings sufficient to provide reasonable certainty"). Electronic-record RON (18-1-11.2): identity verified "by means of two different methods of identity proofing"; "identity proofing" = third-party verification via review of personal information from public or proprietary data sources (SDCL 18-1-1.1) — statute does not name KBA/credential analysis/biometrics and provides no credible-witness option for remote acts - 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:** Two-track regime: paper-record remote notarization is personal-knowledge-only; electronic-record RON (the second track, eff. July 1, 2024) uses two methods of identity proofing. Max RON fee: no statutory cap (no RON-specific fee provision; general fee statute has no dollar cap). Max standard fee: no statutory cap since July 1, 2025 — SDCL 18-1-9 now reads "A notary public may charge and receive a fee for each instrument notarized" (SL 2025, ch 91, § 1); the prior version capped it at "a fee not to exceed ten dollars for each instrument notarized" (through 2024). No fee for notarizing absentee-ballot requests. Audio-visual copy of the electronic-record RON act must be created (18-1-11.2) and retained (18-1-11.3; retention period not verified). NNA page's "$30 (SDCL 18-1-1)" figure is the notary application/commission fee, not a per-act cap. Certificate must state remote appearance and technology used (18-1-11.6) > **RCW 42.45.230(5):** I am not an attorney licensed to practice law in this state. 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