Apostille Convention

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Apostille Convention

Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents
In force   Ratified but not yet in force
Signed	5 October 1961 (1961-10-05)
Location	The Hague, Netherlands
Effective	24 January 1965
Condition	Ratification by 3 signatories [1]
Parties	126
Depositary	Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands
Languages	French (prevailing in case of divergence) and English
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The Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents, also known as the Apostille Convention, is an international treaty drafted by the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH). The Apostille Convention is intended to simplify the procedure through which a document, issued in one of the contracting states, can be certified for legal purposes in the other contracting states of the Convention. A certification under the Convention is called an apostille or Hague apostille (from French apostille, meaning a marginal or bottom note, derived from Latin post illa, meaning "after those [words of the text]"). ^[2] An apostille is an international certification comparable to a notarisation, and may supplement a local notarisation of the document. If the Convention applies between two states, an apostille issued by the state of origin is sufficient to certify the document, and removes the need for further certification by the destination state.

Background

Main article: Document legalization

Legalization of a Canadian document for use in the Netherlands (before Canada acceded to the Apostille Convention). This document was certified by the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade and subsequently by the Embassy of the Netherlands in Canada.

Apostille issued by the U.S. state of Alabama. This apostille is sufficient to certify the document for any state where the Apostille Convention is in force.

Many states require the verification of the authenticity of foreign documents in a procedure called legalization, for the document to be legally valid there. This legalization is generally a chain of certifications, by one or more authorities of the state where the document was issued and of the destination state. The first authority certifies the issuer of the document, and each subsequent authority certifies the previous one, until the final certification is made by an authority of the destination state that can be recognized by the final user there. ^[3] For example, to be accepted in Thailand, a document from the U.S. state of Maryland not issued by a government official must be certified by a notary public, who must then be certified by the clerk of the circuit court in the notary's county, who must then be certified by the Maryland Secretary of State, who must then be certified by the U.S. Department of State, which must finally be certified by the Embassy of Thailand in the United States. ^{[4] [5]}

In many cases, the legalization procedure is simplified or exempted altogether. For example, some states have agreements eliminating the legalization requirement for certain documents issued by each other, such as between Argentina and Italy, ^[6] between Brazil and France, ^[7] between parties of the Convention on the Issue of Multilingual Extracts from Civil Status Records, ^{[8] [9]} and between parties of the Convention on Legal Assistance and Legal Relations of the Commonwealth of Independent States. ^{[10] [11]} The European Union also has a regulation eliminating the legalization requirement for certain documents of its member states to be accepted by each other. ^[12] Some states such as Canada, Japan, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States generally accept documents from any state without any certification. ^{[13] [14] [15] [16] [17]}

The Apostille Convention, drafted by the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH), is intended to simplify the legalization procedure by replacing it with a certification called an apostille, issued by an authority designated by the state of origin. Ideally the apostille would be the only certification needed, but in some cases additional certifications in the state of origin may be required before the apostille is issued. In any case, after the apostille, no certification by the destination state is required. ^[3]

Contracting states

The Convention permits certain states to sign and ratify the Convention, becoming contracting states. ^{[lower-alpha 1]} For each of these states, or for an extension to one of its territories, the Convention enters into force 60 days after the deposit of its ratification or territorial extension. Other states are also permitted to become contracting states by acceding to the Convention, but without signing it. For each of these states, during the period of six months after it deposits its accession, the other contracting states may object to it, and the Convention enters into force 60 days after this period, between the acceding state and all other contracting states that did not object to it. ^[1] Later, if a contracting state withdraws its objection, the Convention enters into force between these two states at that time. A successor state of a previous contracting state may declare to continue to be bound by the Convention without a waiting period or accede later as a new state.

As of March 2024 ^[update] , 126 states are contracting states of the Apostille Convention. ^{[19] [20]}

State	Signed	Deposited	Entered into force
Albania [lower-alpha 2]	—	3 September 2003	9 May 2004
Andorra	—	15 April 1996	31 December 1996
Antigua and Barbuda [lower-alpha 3]	—	1 May 1985	1 November 1981
Argentina [lower-alpha 4]	—	8 May 1987	18 February 1988
Armenia	—	19 November 1993	14 August 1994
Australia [lower-alpha 5]	—	11 July 1994	16 March 1995
Austria [lower-alpha 6]	5 October 1961	14 November 1967	13 January 1968
Azerbaijan [lower-alpha 7]	—	13 May 2004	2 March 2005
Bahamas [lower-alpha 3]	—	30 April 1976	10 July 1973
Bahrain	—	10 April 2013	31 December 2013
Barbados [lower-alpha 3]	—	11 August 1995	30 November 1966
Belarus [lower-alpha 8]	—	16 June 1992	31 May 1992
Belgium	10 March 1970	11 December 1975	9 February 1976
Belize	—	17 July 1992	11 April 1993
Bolivia	—	6 September 2017	7 May 2018
Bosnia and Herzegovina [lower-alpha 9]	—	23 August 1993	6 March 1992
Botswana [lower-alpha 3]	—	16 September 1968	30 September 1966
Brazil	—	2 December 2015	14 August 2016
Brunei [lower-alpha 10]	—	23 February 1987	3 December 1987
Bulgaria	—	1 August 2000	29 April 2001
Burundi [lower-alpha 11]	—	10 June 2014	13 February 2015
Canada	—	12 May 2023	11 January 2024
Cape Verde [lower-alpha 12]	—	7 May 2009	13 February 2010
Chile	—	16 December 2015	30 August 2016
China [lower-alpha 13]	—	8 March 2023	7 November 2023
Colombia	—	27 April 2000	30 January 2001
Cook Islands	—	13 July 2004	30 April 2005
Costa Rica	—	6 April 2011	14 December 2011
Croatia [lower-alpha 9]	—	23 April 1993	8 October 1991
Cyprus	—	26 July 1972	30 April 1973
Czech Republic	—	23 June 1998	16 March 1999
Denmark [lower-alpha 14]	20 October 2006	30 October 2006	29 December 2006
Dominica [lower-alpha 3]	—	22 October 2002	3 November 1978
Dominican Republic [lower-alpha 15]	—	12 December 2008	30 August 2009
Ecuador	—	2 July 2004	2 April 2005
El Salvador	—	14 September 1995	31 May 1996
Estonia [lower-alpha 6]	—	11 December 2000	30 September 2001
Eswatini [lower-alpha 3]	—	3 July 1978	6 September 1968
Fiji [lower-alpha 3]	—	29 March 1971	10 October 1970
Finland [lower-alpha 6]	13 March 1962	27 June 1985	26 August 1985
France [lower-alpha 16]	9 October 1961	25 November 1964	24 January 1965
Georgia [lower-alpha 17]	—	21 August 2006	14 May 2007
Germany [lower-alpha 18] [lower-alpha 6]	5 October 1961	15 December 1965	13 February 1966
Greece	5 October 1961	19 March 1985	18 May 1985
Grenada [lower-alpha 10]	—	17 July 2001	7 April 2002
Guatemala	—	19 January 2017	18 September 2017
Guyana [lower-alpha 10]	—	30 July 2018	18 April 2019
Honduras	—	20 January 2004	30 September 2004
Hungary	—	18 April 1972	18 January 1973
Iceland	7 September 2004	28 September 2004	27 November 2004
India [lower-alpha 19]	—	26 October 2004	14 July 2005
Indonesia	—	5 October 2021	4 June 2022
Ireland	29 October 1996	8 January 1999	9 March 1999
Israel	—	11 November 1977	14 August 1978
Italy	15 December 1961	13 December 1977	11 February 1978
Jamaica	—	2 November 2020	3 July 2021
Japan	12 March 1970	28 May 1970	27 July 1970
Kazakhstan	—	5 April 2000	30 January 2001
Kosovo [lower-alpha 20]	—	6 November 2015	14 July 2016
Kyrgyzstan [lower-alpha 21]	—	15 November 2010	31 July 2011
Latvia [lower-alpha 6]	—	11 May 1995	30 January 1996
Lesotho [lower-alpha 3]	—	24 April 1972	4 October 1966
Liberia [lower-alpha 22]	—	24 May 1995	8 February 1996
Liechtenstein	18 April 1962	19 July 1972	17 September 1972
Lithuania [lower-alpha 6]	—	5 November 1996	19 July 1997
Luxembourg	5 October 1961	4 April 1979	3 June 1979
Malawi	—	24 February 1967	2 December 1967
Malta	—	12 June 1967	3 March 1968
Marshall Islands	—	18 November 1991	14 August 1992
Mauritius [lower-alpha 3]	—	20 December 1968	12 March 1968
Mexico	—	1 December 1994	14 August 1995
Moldova [lower-alpha 23]	—	19 June 2006	16 March 2007
Monaco	—	24 April 2002	31 December 2002
Mongolia [lower-alpha 24]	—	2 April 2009	31 December 2009
Montenegro [lower-alpha 9]	—	30 January 2007	3 June 2006
Morocco [lower-alpha 25]	—	27 November 2015	14 August 2016
Namibia	—	25 April 2000	30 January 2001
Netherlands [lower-alpha 26]	30 November 1962	9 August 1965	8 October 1965
New Zealand [lower-alpha 27]	—	7 February 2001	22 November 2001
Nicaragua	—	7 September 2012	14 May 2013
Niue	—	10 June 1998	2 March 1999
North Macedonia [lower-alpha 9]	—	20 September 1993	17 November 1991
Norway	30 May 1983	30 May 1983	29 July 1983
Oman	—	12 May 2011	30 January 2012
Pakistan [lower-alpha 28]	—	8 July 2022	9 March 2023
Palau	—	17 October 2019	23 June 2020
Panama	—	30 October 1990	4 August 1991
Paraguay [lower-alpha 29]	—	10 December 2013	30 August 2014
Peru [lower-alpha 30]	—	13 January 2010	30 September 2010
Philippines [lower-alpha 31]	—	12 September 2018	14 May 2019
Poland [lower-alpha 6]	—	19 November 2004	14 August 2005
Portugal [lower-alpha 12] [lower-alpha 6]	20 August 1965	6 December 1968	4 February 1969
Romania [lower-alpha 6]	—	7 June 2000	16 March 2001
Russia [lower-alpha 32]	—	4 September 1991	31 May 1992
Rwanda	—	6 October 2023	5 June 2024
Saint Kitts and Nevis [lower-alpha 10]	—	26 February 1994	14 December 1994
Saint Lucia [lower-alpha 10]	—	5 December 2001	31 July 2002
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [lower-alpha 3]	—	2 May 2002	27 October 1979
Samoa	—	18 January 1999	13 September 1999
San Marino	—	26 May 1994	13 February 1995
São Tomé and Príncipe [lower-alpha 12]	—	19 December 2007	13 September 2008
Saudi Arabia	—	8 April 2022	7 December 2022
Senegal [lower-alpha 33]	—	13 July 2022	23 March 2023
Serbia [lower-alpha 9]	—	26 April 2001	27 April 1992
Seychelles	—	9 June 1978	31 March 1979
Singapore	—	18 January 2021	16 September 2021
Slovakia	—	6 June 2001	18 February 2002
Slovenia [lower-alpha 9]	—	8 June 1992	25 June 1991
South Africa	—	3 August 1994	30 April 1995
South Korea	—	25 October 2006	14 July 2007
Spain	21 October 1976	27 July 1978	25 September 1978
Suriname [lower-alpha 34]	—	29 October 1976	25 November 1975
Sweden	2 March 1999	2 March 1999	1 May 1999
Switzerland	5 October 1961	10 January 1973	11 March 1973
Tajikistan [lower-alpha 35]	—	20 February 2015	31 October 2015
Tonga [lower-alpha 3]	—	28 October 1971	4 June 1970
Trinidad and Tobago	—	28 October 1999	14 July 2000
Tunisia [lower-alpha 36]	—	10 July 2017	30 March 2018
Turkey	8 May 1962	31 July 1985	29 September 1985
Ukraine [lower-alpha 37] [lower-alpha 6]	—	2 April 2003	22 December 2003
United Kingdom [lower-alpha 38]	19 October 1961	21 August 1964	24 January 1965
United States [lower-alpha 39]	—	24 December 1980	15 October 1981
Uruguay	—	9 February 2012	14 October 2012
Uzbekistan [lower-alpha 40]	—	25 July 2011	15 April 2012
Vanuatu [lower-alpha 41]	—	1 August 2008	30 July 1980
Venezuela	—	1 July 1998	16 March 1999

Procedure

Eligible documents

The Convention mentions four types of documents eligible for apostilles: ^[1]

• court documents;
• administrative documents (e.g. vital records);
• notarial acts;
• official certificates which are placed on documents signed by persons in their private capacity, such as official certificates recording the registration of a document or the fact that it was in existence on a certain date and official and notarial authentications of signatures.

However, the Apostille Convention does not apply to documents issued by diplomatic or consular officers, or to administrative documents dealing directly with commercial or customs operations. ^[1] The reason for this exclusion is that these documents are usually already exempt from legalization. ^[77]

Competent authorities

Each contracting state designates one or more authorities to issue apostilles. Examples of designated authorities are government agencies, ministries, courts, local governments, notaries, embassies and consulates. In some states, each authority is designated to issue apostilles only on certain types of documents. For example, in Hungary, apostilles are issued on court documents by the Ministry of Justice, on notarial documents by the Chamber of Civil Law Notaries, and on other documents by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; ^[78] in Mexico, apostilles on federal documents are issued by the federal Secretariat of Governance, and on state documents by the respective state government. ^[79]

In general, documents issued by a government official can be certified directly with an apostille, while other documents must be certified by a notary, who may then be certified with an apostille. In some cases, additional intermediate certifications may be required; for example, for notarized or municipal documents in some U.S. states, the notary or municipal official must be certified by the respective county or court, which may then be certified by the respective state with an apostille. ^{[4] [80] [81]}

Cost

The fee for issuing an apostille varies widely by state. In 2016, the HCCH compiled fees of 54 states and calculated an average of 15.43 EUR. ^[82] Some states, such as France and Japan, do not charge a fee, ^{[83] [84]} while the Cayman Islands charge 150 KYD (180 USD), one of the highest. ^[85] In some states, the fee also varies by location, authority, quantity, purpose or type of document. For example, in the United States, Indiana does not charge a fee for an apostille of a birth certificate, ^[86] while Connecticut charges 40 USD for an apostille not related to adoption. ^[87]

Apostille authorities and fees by state, as of March 2024

State	Authority [88] [89]	Fee			Notes
		In local currency	EUR	USD
Albania	Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs	200 ALL	1.93	2.11	200 ALL for Albanian nationals; reciprocity fee for foreign nationals. [90]
Andorra	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	8.58 EUR	8.58	9.35	[91]
Antigua and Barbuda	Registry of the High Court	35 XCD	11.90	12.96	May also be paid as 12 GBP, 15 USD, 15 CAD or 15 EUR. [92]
Argentina [lower-alpha 42]	Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship	4,500 ARS	4.85	5.29	[93]
	College of Notaries of the City of Buenos Aires	18,000 ARS	19.42	21.15	[96]
	College of Notaries of Buenos Aires Province	19,500 ARS	21.04	22.91	[97]
	College of Notaries of Catamarca	14,500 ARS	15.64	17.04	14,500 ARS normal or 19,500 ARS urgent, for documents from this province; 23,000 ARS normal or 31,500 ARS urgent, for documents from other jurisdictions. [98]
	College of Notaries of Chaco	13,000 ARS	14.02	15.28	13,000 ARS normal or 19,500 ARS urgent, for notarial documents; 10,400 ARS normal or 15,600 ARS urgent, for administrative documents. [99]
	College of Notaries of Chubut	19,500 ARS	21.04	22.91	19,500 ARS normal or 30,500 ARS urgent. [100]
	College of Notaries of Córdoba	21,000 ARS	22.65	24.68	21,000 ARS normal or 36,200 ARS urgent, for notarial documents; 23,100 ARS normal or 44,100 ARS urgent, for administrative and judicial documents. [101]
	College of Notaries of Corrientes	12,500 ARS	13.48	14.69	12,500 ARS for 15-day service, 19,000 ARS for 3-day service, or 28,000 ARS for 1-day service. [102]
	College of Notaries of Entre Ríos	16,000 ARS	17.26	18.80	16,000 ARS normal or 27,000 ARS urgent. [103]
	College of Notaries of Formosa	12,000 ARS	12.94	14.10	12,000 ARS normal or 20,000 ARS urgent, for notarial documents; 7,000 ARS for 3-day service, 10,000 ARS for 2-day service, or 15,000 ARS for 1-day service, for other documents. [104]
	College of Notaries of Jujuy	13,500 ARS	14.56	15.86	13,500 ARS normal or 17,500 ARS urgent, for residents of this province; 17,000 ARS normal or 19,500 ARS urgent, for residents elsewhere. [105]
	College of Notaries of La Pampa
	College of Notaries of La Rioja	11,000 ARS	11.87	12.93	11,000 ARS for 2-day service or 16,500 ARS for 1-day service, for documents from this province; 17,000 ARS for 5-day service or 20,000 ARS for 3-day service, for documents from other jurisdictions. [106]
	Notarial College of Mendoza	24,400 ARS	26.32	28.67	24,400 ARS normal or 33,700 ARS urgent, for notarial documents; 15,700 ARS normal or 28,700 ARS urgent, for other documents. [107]
	Notarial College of Misiones	12,500 ARS	13.48	14.69	12,500 ARS for 15-day service or 25,000 ARS for 3-day service. [108]
	College of Notaries of Neuquén
	Notarial College of Río Negro
	College of Notaries of Salta	19,500 ARS	21.04	22.91	19,500 ARS for 10-day service or 34,500 ARS for 4-day service. [109]
	Notarial College of San Juan
	College of Notaries of San Luis	13,600 ARS	14.67	15.98	13,600 ARS normal or 22,200 ARS urgent. [110]
	College of Notaries of Santa Cruz	6,000 ARS	6.47	7.05	[111]
	College of Notaries of Santa Fe First District	12,200 ARS	13.16	14.34	[112]
	College of Notaries of Santa Fe Second District	12,200 ARS	13.16	14.34	[113]
	Notarial College of Santiago del Estero
	College of Notaries of Tierra del Fuego	17,500 ARS	18.88	20.56	17,500 ARS normal or 30,500 ARS urgent. [114]
	College of Notaries of Tucumán
Armenia	Ministry of Justice	7,000 AMD	15.99	17.41	For documents submitted in Armenia, except criminal records. [115] [116]
	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	7,000 AMD	15.99	17.41	For documents submitted in diplomatic missions and criminal records. [115] [117]
Australia	Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade	98 AUD	59.19	64.47	[118] [119]
Austria	Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs	17.50 EUR	17.50	19.06	For federal administrative and supreme judicial documents. Additional 14.30 EUR per request if made in paper. [120]
	State governments	17.50 EUR	17.50	19.06	For administrative documents from the respective state. Additional 14.30 EUR per request if made in paper. [121] [122]
	Regional courts	15 EUR	15.00	16.34	For judicial and notarial documents from the respective region. [123]
	Embassies and consulates	40 EUR	40.00	43.57	[124]
Azerbaijan	Ministry of Justice	10 AZN	5.40	5.88	For judicial, notarial and civil registry documents. [125]
	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	10 AZN	5.40	5.88	For other documents. [126]
Bahamas	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	100 BSD	91.80	100.00	100 BSD for standard service, 150 BSD for same-day service, or 300 BSD for 2-hour service, per document, plus 20 BSD for uniting and sealing. [127]
Bahrain	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	20 BHD	48.83	53.19	No fee, 1, 5 or 10 BHD for educational documents, memorandum of association, declaration of Islam, travel or burial permits, commercial invoices, and for medical reports or death certificates of Bahraini nationals; 20 BHD for other documents. [128]
Barbados	Solicitor General and Deputy Solicitor General	50 BBD	22.95	25.00	[129]
	Registry of the Supreme Court	50 BBD	22.95	25.00	[129]
	Corporate Affairs and Intellectual Property Office	50 BBD	22.95	25.00	[129]
	Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade	50 BBD	22.95	25.00	[129]
Belarus	Regional justice administrations	200 BYR	56.15	61.16	For judicial and notarial documents. [130] [131]
	Ministry of Education	200 BYR	56.15	61.16	For educational documents. [130] [131]
	Department for Archives and Records Management	200 BYR	56.15	61.16	For state archives. [130] [131]
	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	200 BYR	56.15	61.16	For other documents, and any documents submitted in diplomatic missions. [130] [131]
Belgium	Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs	20 EUR	20.00	21.79	[132]
Belize	General Registry	50 BZD	22.95	25.00	[133]
	Financial Services Commission
Bolivia	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	70 BOB	9.37	10.20	70, 130 or 300 BOB depending on the type of document, or 1,000 BOB for ADSIB certificate. [134]
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Municipal and basic courts	20 BAM	10.23	11.14	[135]
Botswana	Permanent Secretaries
	District Commissioners
	Registry of the High Court
	Magistrate courts
Brazil [lower-alpha 43]	General Inspectorates of Justice and court directors				Only for judicial documents. [136]
	Notaries and registries in Acre	63.90 BRL	11.73	12.78	[139] [140]
	Notaries and registries in Alagoas	51.29 BRL	9.42	10.26	[141]
	Notaries and registries in Amapá	71.82 BRL	13.19	14.36	[142]
	Notaries and registries in Amazonas	69.16 BRL	12.70	13.83	[143]
	Notaries and registries in Bahia	108.26 BRL	19.88	21.65	[144]
	Notaries and registries in Ceará	75.69 BRL	13.90	15.14	[145]
	Notaries and registries in Espírito Santo	70.70 BRL	12.98	14.14	[146]
	Notaries and registries in the Federal District	40.45 BRL	7.43	8.09	[147]
	Notaries and registries in Goiás	84.12 BRL	15.44	16.82	[148]
	Notaries and registries in Maranhão	127.03 BRL	23.32	25.41	[149]
	Notaries and registries in Mato Grosso	114.45 BRL	21.01	22.89	[150] [151]
	Notaries and registries in Mato Grosso do Sul	115 BRL	21.11	23.00	[152] [153]
	Notaries and registries in Minas Gerais	172.78 BRL	31.72	34.56	[154]
	Notaries and registries in Pará	145.27 BRL	26.67	29.05	[155] [156]
	Notaries and registries in Paraíba	94.50 BRL	17.35	18.90	[157]
	Notaries and registries in Paraná	71.57 BRL	13.14	14.31	[158]
	Notaries and registries in Pernambuco	112.34 BRL	20.63	22.47	[159] [160]
	Notaries and registries in Piauí	68.61 BRL	12.60	13.72	[161]
	Notaries and registries in Rio de Janeiro	118.32 BRL	21.72	23.66	[162]
	Notaries and registries in Rio Grande do Norte	97.66 BRL	17.93	19.53	[163]
	Notaries and registries in Rio Grande do Sul	82.90 BRL	15.22	16.58	[164]
	Notaries and registries in Rondônia	48.32 BRL	8.87	9.66	[165]
	Notaries and registries in Roraima	72.50 BRL	13.31	14.50	[166]
	Notaries and registries in Santa Catarina	62.78 BRL	11.53	12.56	[167]
	Notaries and registries in São Paulo	151.05 BRL	27.73	30.21	[168]
	Notaries and registries in Sergipe	85.62 BRL	15.72	17.12	[169]
	Notaries and registries in Tocantins	77.93 BRL	14.31	15.59	[170]
Brunei	Registry of the Supreme Court	2 BND	1.37	1.49	[171]
	Registry of subordinate courts	2 BND	1.37	1.49	[171]
Bulgaria	Ministry of Justice	5 BGN	2.56	2.78	For judicial and notarial documents. [172]
	Provincial governments	5 BGN	2.56	2.78	For municipal documents. [173]
	National Center for Information and Documentation	7.50 BGN	3.83	4.18	For educational and professional documents. Fee is 7.5 BGN for apostille issued electronically; 15 BGN if requested electronically but issued on paper, or requested on paper with 3-day service; 22.50 BGN if requested on paper with 2-day service; or 30 BGN if requested on paper with 8-hour service. [174]
	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	15 BGN	7.67	8.35	For other documents. Fee is 15 BGN for 4-day service, 22.50 BGN for next-day service, or 30 BGN for same-day service. [175]
Burundi	Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Development Cooperation
Canada	Global Affairs Canada	–	0.00	0.00	For documents from the federal government, Atlantic provinces, Manitoba, and territories. [176]
	Ministry of Justice of Alberta	10 CAD	6.80	7.41	For documents from this province. [177]
	Ministry of the Attorney General of British Columbia	20 CAD	13.60	14.81	For documents from this province. [178]
	Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery of Ontario	32 CAD	21.76	23.70	For documents from this province. Fee is 16 CAD for notarial documents or 32 CAD for other documents. [179]
	Ministry of Justice of Quebec	65 CAD	44.20	48.15	For documents from this province. [180]
	Ministry of Justice and Attorney General of Saskatchewan	50 CAD	34.00	37.04	For documents from this province. [181]
Cape Verde	General Directorate of Registries, Notary and Identification	800 CVE	7.26	7.90	Fee may be waived due to financial hardship. [182]
	General Directorate of Consular Affairs and Migrations	800 CVE	7.26	7.90	Fee may be waived due to financial hardship. [183] [184]
Chile	Ministry of Justice and Human Rights	–	0.00	0.00	For judicial and notarial documents. [185] [186]
	Ministry of Education	–	0.00	0.00	For educational documents. [185] [186]
	Ministry of Health	–	0.00	0.00	For medical documents. [185] [186]
	Civil Registry and Identification Service	–	0.00	0.00	For civil registry documents. [185] [186]
	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	–	0.00	0.00	[185] [186]
China	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	50 CNY	6.38	6.94	For documents from mainland China. Fee is 50 CNY for personal documents or 100 CNY for commercial documents, for Chinese nationals, or reciprocal fee for foreign nationals, for 4-day service; additional fee of 50 CNY for 2-day service. [187] [188]
	Anhui Foreign Affairs Office				For documents from this province.
	Chongqing Foreign Affairs Office	50 CNY	6.38	6.94	For documents from this municipality. Fee is 50 CNY for personal documents or 100 CNY for commercial documents, for 5-day service; additional fee of 50 CNY for 3-day service. [189]
	Fujian Foreign Affairs Office				For documents from this province.
	Gansu Foreign Affairs Office				For documents from this province.
	Guangdong Foreign Affairs Office				For documents from this province.
	Guangxi Foreign Affairs Office				For documents from this region.
	Guizhou Foreign Affairs Office				For documents from this province.
	Hainan Foreign Affairs Office				For documents from this province.
	Hebei Foreign Affairs Office	50 CNY	6.38	6.94	For documents from this province. Fee is 50 CNY for personal documents or 100 CNY for commercial documents, for 4-day service; additional fee of 50 CNY for 2-day service. [190]
	Heilongjiang Foreign Affairs Office				For documents from this province.
	Henan Foreign Affairs Office	50 CNY	6.38	6.94	For documents from this province. Fee is 50 CNY for personal documents or 100 CNY for commercial documents, for 4-day service; additional fee of 50 CNY for 2-day service. [191]
	Hubei Foreign Affairs Office				For documents from this province.
	Hunan Foreign Affairs Office				For documents from this province.
	Inner Mongolia Foreign Affairs Office	50 CNY	6.38	6.94	For documents from this region. Fee is 50 CNY for personal documents or 100 CNY for commercial documents. [192]
	Jiangsu Foreign Affairs Office	50 CNY	6.38	6.94	For documents from this province. Fee is 50 CNY for personal documents or 100 CNY for commercial documents, for 4-day service; additional fee of 50 CNY for 2-day service. [193]
	Jiangxi Foreign Affairs Office				For documents from this province.
	Jilin Foreign Affairs Office				For documents from this province.
	Liaoning Foreign Affairs Office				For documents from this province.
	Shaanxi Foreign Affairs Office				For documents from this province.
	Shandong Foreign Affairs Office				For documents from this province.
	Shanghai Foreign Affairs Office				For documents from this municipality.
	Shanxi Foreign Affairs Office				For documents from this province.
	Sichuan Foreign Affairs Office				For documents from this province.
	Yunnan Foreign Affairs Office				For documents from this province.
	Zhejiang Foreign Affairs Office				For documents from this province.
	Changchun Foreign Affairs Office				For documents from this city.
	Harbin Foreign Affairs Office				For documents from this city.
	Jinan Foreign Affairs Office				For documents from this city.
	Ningbo Foreign Affairs Office				For documents from this city.
	Qingdao Foreign Affairs Office	50 CNY	6.38	6.94	For documents from this city. Fee is 50 CNY for personal documents or 100 CNY for commercial documents, for 4-day service; additional fee of 50 CNY for 2-day service. [194]
	Shenzhen Foreign Affairs Office				For documents from this city.
	Registry of the High Court of Hong Kong	125 HKD	14.71	16.03	For documents from this region. [195]
	Secretariat for Administration and Justice of Macau	–	0.00	0.00	For documents from this region. [196]
Colombia	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	36,000 COP	8.52	9.28	In consulates, may also be paid as 8 EUR or 11 USD. Plus 2,380 COP if paid by credit card. [197]
Cook Islands	Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration	20 NZD	11.20	12.20	[198]
Costa Rica	Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship	625 CRC	1.14	1.24	[199]
Croatia	Municipal courts	6.64 EUR	6.64	7.23	6.64 EUR for original documents; 7.96 EUR for translations. [200]
Cyprus	Ministry of Justice and Public Order	5 EUR	5.00	5.45	[201]
Czech Republic	Ministry of Justice	300 CZK	11.92	12.99	For judicial documents. [202]
	Notarial Chamber	363 CZK	14.43	15.71	For notarial documents. Fee includes value added tax of 21%. [203]
	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	300 CZK	11.92	12.99	For other documents. [204]
Denmark	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	230 DKK	30.83	33.58	[205]
Dominica	Ministry of National Security and Legal Affairs	15 USD	13.77	15.00	Equivalent to 40.50 XCD. [206]
Dominican Republic	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	620 DOP	9.65	10.51	Plus 100 DOP for consular documents. [207]
Ecuador	Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility	30 USD	27.54	30.00	For applicants over age 65, the fee is reduced to 15 USD. Disabled applicants are exempt from the fee. [208]
El Salvador	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	–	0.00	0.00	[209]
Estonia	Notaries	26.82 EUR	26.82	29.22	[210]
Eswatini	Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Fiji	Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Finland	Digital and Population Data Services Agency	36 EUR	36.00	39.22	[211]
France	Courts of appeal	–	0.00	0.00	For documents from the respective court area. [83]
Georgia	Service Agency	20 GEL	6.88	7.49	For criminal records and driving licenses. [212] Fee is 20 GEL for 5-day service, or 50 GEL for 1-day service, plus 20 GEL for translation. [213]
	National Center for Educational Quality Enhancement	20 GEL	6.88	7.49	For educational documents. [212]
	Public Service Development Agency	30 GEL	10.31	11.24	For other documents. [212] Fee is 30 GEL for 8-day service, 60 GEL for 4-day service, 120 GEL for 2-day service, or 150 GEL for same-day service, if applied in person in Georgia; 50 GEL if applied with electronic signature, or 55 GEL if applied by video, for 3-day service; 10 USD if applied at a consulate, for 8-day service; plus 30 GEL per page for translation in Georgia or 10 USD at a consulate. [214]
Germany	Federal Foreign Office	25 EUR	25.00	27.23	For federal documents, except patents. [215]
	German Patent and Trade Mark Office	25 EUR	25.00	27.23	For patents. [216]
	State Ministries of Justice and courts	25 EUR	25.00	27.23	For judicial and notarial documents from the respective state or court area. [217]
	Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of Baden-Württemberg	13 EUR	13.00	14.16	For school documents from this state. [218]
	Ministry of Science, Research and Arts of Baden-Württemberg	13 EUR	13.00	14.16	For university documents from this state. [219]
	Regional councils of Baden-Württemberg	15 EUR	15.00	16.34	For administrative documents from the respective region. Fee is 15 EUR for individuals or 30 EUR for companies. No fee for adoption documents. [220]
	Regional governments of Bavaria	20 EUR	20.00	21.79	For administrative documents from the respective region. [221]
	State Office for Civil and Regulatory Affairs of Berlin	19 EUR	19.00	20.70	For administrative documents from this state. [222]
	Ministry of the Interior of Brandenburg	31 EUR	31.00	33.77	For administrative documents from this state. [223]
	Senator for the Interior and Sport of Bremen	18 EUR	18.00	19.61	For administrative documents from this state. [224]
	Department of the Interior and Sport of Hamburg	13.50 EUR	13.50	14.71	For administrative documents from this state. Fee is 13.50 EUR if collected in person, or 34 EUR by mail. [225]
	Regional councils of Hesse	25 EUR	25.00	27.23	For administrative documents from the respective region. [226]
	Police departments of Lower Saxony	15 EUR	15.00	16.34	For administrative documents from the respective department area. [227]
	Ministry of the Interior of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	15 EUR	15.00	16.34	For administrative documents from this state. Fee is 12 EUR per document if the request is for multiple documents. [228]
	Regional Government of Arnsberg	20 EUR	20.00	21.79	For administrative documents from this region. Fee is 20 to 65 EUR. [229]
	Regional Government of Cologne	25 EUR	25.00	27.23	For administrative documents from this region. Fee is 25 to 50 EUR in person, or 30 to 45 EUR by mail, or 10 EUR for copies, for individuals; 40 to 65 EUR in person, or 45 to 70 EUR by mail, or 20 EUR for copies, for businesses. [230]
	Regional Government of Detmold	35 EUR	35.00	38.13	For administrative documents from this region. Fee is 35 to 45 EUR for individuals, or 60 to 70 EUR for businesses. [231]
	Regional Government of Düsseldorf	25 EUR	25.00	27.23	For administrative documents from this region. Fee is 25 to 40 EUR for individuals, or 60 to 75 for businesses. [232]
	Regional Government of Münster	30 EUR	30.00	32.68	For administrative documents from this region. Fee is 30 to 70 EUR. [233]
	Supervisory and Service Directorate of Rhineland-Palatinate	29 EUR	29.00	31.59	For administrative documents from this state. Fee is reduced to 27, 25, 23 and 21 EUR per document after the first 10, 50, 100 and 200 documents, respectively, with the same signature intended for the same state. Fee is increased by 4 EUR for multilingual certification. [234]
	State Administration Office of Saarland	25 EUR	25.00	27.23	For administrative documents from this state. Fee is 30 EUR for urgent requests in person. [235]
	State Directorate of Saxony	15 EUR	15.00	16.34	For administrative documents from this state. [236]
	State Administration Office of Saxony-Anhalt	10 EUR	10.00	10.89	For administrative documents from this state. Fee is 10 to 50 EUR. [237]
	Ministry of the Interior of Schleswig-Holstein	20 EUR	20.00	21.79	For administrative documents from this state. [238]
	State Administration Office of Thuringia	22 EUR	22.00	23.97	For administrative documents from this state. [239]
Greece	Courts of first instance	13 EUR	13.00	14.16	For judicial and notarial documents from the respective court area. Fee consists of 10 EUR plus stamp of 3 EUR. [240]
	Regional governments				For documents from the respective regional government.
	Decentralized administrations	–	0.00	0.00	For other documents from the respective administration area. [240]
Grenada	Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Export Development	8 USD	7.34	8.00	Plus 10 USD for expedited service, plus 75 USD for return postage if abroad. [241]
Guatemala	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	10 GTQ	1.18	1.28	[242]
Guyana	Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation	20 EUR	20.00	21.79	Fee is 20 EUR, plus 15 EUR for return postage, at the Embassy of Guyana in Brussels, [243] and 35 GBP at the High Commission of Guyana in London. [244]
Honduras	Secretary of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation	150 HNL	5.60	6.10	[245]
Hungary	Ministry of Justice	–	0.00	0.00	For judicial documents. [78]
	Chamber of Civil Law Notaries	5,000 HUF	12.71	13.85	For notarial documents. [246]
	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	5,500 HUF	13.99	15.24	For other documents. [247]
Iceland	Ministry for Foreign Affairs	2,700 ISK	18.23	19.85	Plus 2,000 ISK for postage. [248]
India	Ministry of External Affairs	50 INR	0.55	0.60	[249]
Indonesia	Ministry of Law and Human Rights	150,000 IDR	8.77	9.55	[250]
Ireland	Department of Foreign Affairs	40 EUR	40.00	43.57	40 EUR per document in general; 10 EUR per document related to export of goods; 100 EUR per adoption dossier regardless of the number of documents. [251]
Israel	Ministry of Justice and civil courts	38 ILS	9.48	10.33	For notarial documents. [252]
	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	38 ILS	9.48	10.33	For other documents. [253]
Italy	Public prosecutors at courts	–	0.00	0.00	For judicial and notarial documents from the respective court area. [254]
	Regional presidency of Aosta Valley	–	0.00	0.00	For other documents from this region. [255]
	Government commissions of Trentino and South Tyrol	–	0.00	0.00	For other documents from the respective province. [256] [257]
	Prefectures in other regions	–	0.00	0.00	For other documents from the respective municipality. [258]
Jamaica	Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade	3,500 JMD	21.00	22.88	3,500 JMD for 5-day service or 5,000 JMD for 1-day service, if applied in Jamaica; 30 USD, 55 USD, 40 CAD, 25 GBP or 20 EUR, if applied through a consulate. [259]
Japan	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	–	0.00	0.00	[84]
Kazakhstan	Ministry of Justice	1,846 KZT	3.77	4.10	For administrative and notarial documents. [260] [261]
	Ministry of Science and Higher Education	1,846 KZT	3.77	4.10	For higher education documents. [262] [261]
	Ministry of Education	1,846 KZT	3.77	4.10	For primary, secondary and vocational education documents. [262] [261]
	Ministry of Internal Affairs	1,846 KZT	3.77	4.10	For documents from this ministry. [263] [261]
	Ministry of Culture and Information	1,846 KZT	3.77	4.10	For state archives. [264] [261]
	Judicial Administration	1,846 KZT	3.77	4.10	For judicial documents. [265] [261]
	Ministry of Finance	1,846 KZT	3.77	4.10	For documents from this ministry. [266] [261]
	General Prosecutor's Office	1,846 KZT	3.77	4.10	For prosecution and investigation documents. [267] [261]
	Ministry of Defense	1,846 KZT	3.77	4.10	For documents from this ministry. [268] [261]
Kosovo	Ministry of Internal Affairs	10 EUR	10.00	10.89	For civil registry and civil status documents. [269]
	Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Diaspora	10 EUR	10.00	10.89	For other documents. [269]
Kyrgyzstan [lower-alpha 44]	Ministry of Justice	1,340 KGS	13.74	14.97	For documents from this ministry and notarial documents. [270] Fee is 1,340 KGS for 2-day service, 3,760 KGS for 1-day service, or 8,460 KGS for 3-hour service. [273]
	State Committee on National Security	1,340 KGS	13.74	14.97	For documents from this committee. [270] Fee is 1,340 KGS for 2-day service, 3,760 KGS for 1-day service, or 8,460 KGS for 3-hour service. [273]
	General Prosecutor's Office	1,340 KGS	13.74	14.97	For documents from this office. [270] Fee is 1,340 KGS for 2-day service, 3,760 KGS for 1-day service, or 8,460 KGS for 3-hour service. [273]
	Court Department	1,340 KGS	13.74	14.97	For judicial documents. [270] Fee is 1,340 KGS for 2-day service, 3,760 KGS for 1-day service, or 8,460 KGS for 3-hour service. [273]
	Ministry of Internal Affairs	1,340 KGS	13.74	14.97	For documents from this ministry. [270] Fee is 1,340 KGS for 2-day service, 3,760 KGS for 1-day service, or 8,460 KGS for 3-hour service. [273]
Latvia	Notaries	25.34 EUR	25.34	27.60	[274]
Lesotho	Attorney General
	Permanent Secretaries
	Registry of the High Court
	Magistrate courts
Liberia	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	25 USD	22.95	25.00	[275]
	Ministry of Justice
	Supreme and Circuit Courts
	Liberia Maritime Authority and its special agents
Liechtenstein	Government Chancellery	30 CHF	31.19	33.98	[276]
Lithuania	Notaries	18.15 EUR	18.15	19.77	Including value added tax of 21%. [277] [278]
	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	20 EUR	20.00	21.79	Only for documents submitted by consular posts and courts. [279]
Luxembourg	Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs	20 EUR	20.00	21.79	[280]
Malawi	Attorney General and Solicitor General
	Permanent Secretaries
	Registry of the High Court
	Department of the Registrar General
	Government agents
	Notaries
	Magistrate courts
Malta	Ministry for Foreign and European Affairs and Trade	12 EUR	12.00	13.07	No fee for adoption documents, 12 EUR for other personal documents, or 20 EUR for other documents. [281]
Marshall Islands	Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade
	Office of the Attorney General
	Clerk and Deputy Clerk of the High Court
	Register of Corporations
	Office of the Maritime Administrator and its special agents
	International Registries office in Switzerland
Mauritius	Defence and Home Affairs Division of the Prime Minister's Office	100 MUR	2.01	2.19	100 MUR for personal documents of Mauritian citizens, or 500 MUR for other documents. [282]
Mexico	Secretariat of Governance of Mexico	1,959.54 MXN	107.72	117.34	For federal documents. [283]
	General Secretariat of Government of Aguascalientes	545 MXN	29.96	32.63	For documents from this state. [284]
	General Secretariat of Government of Baja California	1,008.52 MXN	55.44	60.39	For documents from this state. [285]
	General Secretariat of Government of Baja California Sur	536 MXN	29.46	32.10	For documents from this state. [286]
	Secretariat of Government of Campeche	759.99 MXN	41.78	45.51	For documents from this state. [287] [288]
	General Secretariat of Government of Chiapas	1,166 MXN	64.10	69.82	For documents from this state. [289]
	General Secretariat of Government of Chihuahua	1,511 MXN	83.06	90.48	For documents from this state. [290]
	Secretariat of Government of Coahuila	495 MXN	27.21	29.64	For documents from this state. [291]
	General Secretariat of Government of Colima	235 MXN	12.92	14.07	For documents from this state. [292]
	General Secretariat of Government of Durango	304 MXN	16.71	18.20	For documents from this state. [293] [288] [294]
	Secretariat of Government of Guanajuato	147 MXN	8.08	8.80	For documents from this state. [295]
	General Secretariat of Government of Guerrero	429.94 MXN	23.63	25.74	For documents from this state. [296] [288]
	Secretariat of Government of Hidalgo	423.42 MXN	23.28	25.35	For documents from this state. [297] [288]
	General Secretariat of Government of Jalisco	260 MXN	14.29	15.57	For documents from this state. Fee is 260 MXN for 4-day service, 520 MXN for 1-day service, or 780 MXN for 6-hour service. [298]
	Secretariat of Government of Mexico City	117 MXN	6.43	7.01	For documents from this city. [299]
	General Secretariat of Government of Mexico State	412 MXN	22.65	24.67	For documents from this state. [300]
	Secretariat of Government of Michoacán	127 MXN	6.98	7.60	For documents from this state. Fee is 127 MXN normal, 254 MXN urgent or 381 MXN extraurgent, for documents in general; 385 normal, 770 MXN urgent or 1,155 MXN extraurgent, for diplomas and professional titles; 1,012 MXN normal, 2,024 MXN urgent or 3,036 MXN extraurgent, for curricula. [301]
	Secretariat of Government of Morelos	651 MXN	35.79	38.98	For documents from this state. Fee is 651 MXN for normal service or 1,303 MXN for urgent service. [302]
	General Secretariat of Government of Nayarit	340 MXN	18.69	20.36	For documents from this state. [303]
	General Secretariat of Government of Nuevo León	108.57 MXN	5.97	6.50	For documents from this state. Fee is 108.57 MXN for documents in general, 217.14 MXN for secondary school certificates or criminal records, 434.28 MXN for warrants, 542.85 MXN for notarial documents or technical certificates, 1,139.99 MXN for higher education certificates, or 1,682.84 MXN for professional titles. [304] [288]
	Secretariat of Government of Oaxaca	1,070.07 MXN	58.82	64.08	For documents from this state. [305] [288] [306]
	Secretariat of Governance of Puebla	370 MXN	20.34	22.16	For documents from this state. [307]
	Secretariat of Government of Querétaro	651.42 MXN	35.81	39.01	For documents from this state. [308] [288]
	Secretariat of Government of Quintana Roo	651.42 MXN	35.81	39.01	For documents from this state. [309] [288]
	General Secretariat of Government of San Luis Potosí	629.71 MXN	34.62	37.71	For documents from this state. [310] [288]
	General Secretariat of Government of Sinaloa	119.43 MXN	6.57	7.15	For documents from this state. Fee is 119.43 MXN for documents in general or 298.57 MXN for professional titles. [311] [288]
	Secretariat of Government of Sonora	676 MXN	37.16	40.48	For documents from this state. [312]
	Secretariat of Government of Tabasco	325.71 MXN	17.90	19.50	For documents from this state. [313] [288]
	General Secretariat of Government of Tamaulipas	543 MXN	29.85	32.51	For documents from this state. [314]
	Secretariat of Government of Tlaxcala	217 MXN	11.93	12.99	For documents from this state. [315]
	Secretariat of Government of Veracruz	1,191.43 MXN	65.49	71.34	For documents from this state. [316] [288] [317]
	General Secretariat of Government of Yucatán	228 MXN	12.53	13.65	For documents from this state. [318]
	General Secretariat of Government of Zacatecas	432 MXN	23.75	25.87	For documents from this state. [319]
Moldova	Ministry of Justice	100 MDL	5.22	5.68	For documents requested by individuals and companies. Fee is 100 MDL for individuals or 150 MDL for companies, for 5-day service. For 3-day service, additional fee of 30 MDL, or 15 MDL for disabled applicants. [320]
	Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration	–	0.00	0.00	For documents requested by the government. [321]
Monaco	Directorate of Judicial Services	5 EUR	5.00	5.45	[322]
Mongolia	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	22,500 MNT	6.11	6.66	22,500 MNT for 3-day service or 42,500 MNT for 1-day service. [323]
Montenegro	Ministry of Justice	4 EUR	4.00	4.36	For criminal records. Fee is 2 EUR per request plus 2 EUR per document. [324]
	Basic courts	12 EUR	12.00	13.07	For other documents. [325]
Morocco	Ministry of Justice	–	0.00	0.00	For documents from this ministry. [326] [327]
	Court of Cassation	–	0.00	0.00	For documents from this court. [326] [327]
	Courts of first instance	–	0.00	0.00	For other judicial and notarial documents. [326] [327]
	Regional, provincial and prefectural governments	–	0.00	0.00	For administrative documents from the respective government. [326] [327]
Namibia	Registrar of the Supreme and High Court	50 NAD	2.45	2.67	Only for judicial and notarial documents. [328]
	Ministry of Justice	150 NAD	7.36	8.02	100 NAD for Namibian citizens intending to study abroad, 150 NAD for other Namibian citizens, or 200 NAD for foreign nationals, if applied in Namibia; 250 NAD if applied at a diplomatic mission. [329]
Netherlands	Courts in the European Netherlands	25 EUR	25.00	27.23	For judicial documents from the respective court and other documents from the European Netherlands. [330]
	Lieutenant Governor and Acting Lieutenant Governor of Bonaire				For documents from this island.
	Department of Civil Affairs of Bonaire				For documents from this island.
	Governor and Acting Governor of Saba				For documents from this island.
	Government Commissioner and Deputy Government Commissioner of Sint Eustatius				For documents from this island.
	Department of Legislation and Legal Affairs of Aruba				For documents from this island.
	Ministry of Administration, Planning and Services of Curaçao	15 ANG	7.69	8.38	For documents from this island. [331]
	Ministry of General Affairs of Sint Maarten	25 ANG	12.82	13.97	For documents from this island. [332]
New Zealand	Department of Internal Affairs	32 NZD	17.91	19.51	32 NZD for the first document; 15 NZD per additional document in the same request. [333]
Nicaragua	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	–	0.00	0.00	[334]
Niue	Financial Secretary
	Crown Law Office
	Companies Office
	Registry of the High Court
	Secretary to Government
North Macedonia	Ministry of Justice	100 MKD	1.63	1.78	For judicial and notarial documents. Fee is 100 MKD for the first document; 50 MKD per additional document in the same request. [335]
	Basic courts	300 MKD	4.90	5.34	Except for criminal records. [335] [336]
Norway	County governors	–	0.00	0.00	[337]
Oman	Foreign Ministry	10 OMR	23.88	26.01	10, 20 or 30 OMR depending on the type of document, for personal documents. 20 to 150 OMR depending on the type or value of document, for commercial documents. [338]
Pakistan	Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Palau	Ministry of State
	Clerk of Courts of the Supreme Court
Panama	Secretary of the Supreme Court of Justice	–	0.00	0.00	For judicial documents. [339]
	Ministry of Government				For notarial documents.
	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	2 PAB	1.84	2.00	Plus stamp fee of up to 8 PAB. [340]
Paraguay	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	206,150 PYG	25.96	28.28	[341]
Peru	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	31 PEN	7.71	8.40	31 PEN if issued on paper, or 18 PEN if issued electronically. [342]
Philippines	Department of Foreign Affairs	100 PHP	1.65	1.80	100 PHP for 3-day service, or 200 PHP for 1-day service. [343]
Poland	Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange	60 PLN	13.94	15.19	For university documents. [344] [345]
	Polish Episcopal Conference				For church university documents. [344]
	Polish Academy of Sciences				For documents from this academy and international scientific institutes. [344]
	Ministry of Education and Science				For documents from Polish schools located abroad or supplementing foreign education. [346] [347]
	Boards of Education	–	0.00	0.00	For school documents from the respective area. [348]
	District Examination Commissions	–	0.00	0.00	For certificates issued by the respective commission. [349]
	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	60 PLN	13.94	15.19	For other documents. [346]
Portugal	Office of the Attorney General of the Republic	10.20 EUR	10.20	11.11	For documents from any region. [350] Fee may be waived due to financial hardship. [351]
	Regional Attorney General Offices of Porto, Coimbra and Évora	10.20 EUR	10.20	11.11	For documents from the respective region, and in some cases from other regions. [350] Fee may be waived due to financial hardship. [351]
	County Attorney Offices of Azores and Madeira	10.20 EUR	10.20	11.11	For documents from the respective region, and in some cases from other regions. [350] Fee may be waived due to financial hardship. [351]
	Court of Appeal of Guimarães	10.20 EUR	10.20	11.11	For documents from the respective region, and in some cases from other regions. [350] Fee may be waived due to financial hardship. [351]
Romania	County courts and Court of Bucharest	20 RON	4.02	4.38	For judicial documents from the respective court area. Fee is 10 RON per request plus 10 RON per document. [352]
	Chambers of Notaries Public	59.50 RON	11.95	13.02	For documents executed by a notary from the respective chamber. Fee includes value added tax of 19%. [353]
	Offices of the prefects	–	0.00	0.00	For other documents. [354]
Russia	Ministry of Internal Affairs	2,500 RUB	24.65	26.85	For criminal records. [355] [356]
	Ministry of Defense	2,500 RUB	24.65	26.85	For military documents. [355] [356]
	Office of the Prosecutor General	2,500 RUB	24.65	26.85	For documents from this office. [355] [356]
	Federal Archival Agency	2,500 RUB	24.65	26.85	For federal archives. [355] [356]
	Archival agencies of federal subjects	2,500 RUB	24.65	26.85	For archives of the respective federal subject. [355] [356]
	Registry offices of federal subjects	2,500 RUB	24.65	26.85	For civil status documents. [355] [356]
	Ministries of education of federal subjects	2,500 RUB	24.65	26.85	For educational documents. [355] [356]
	Ministry of Justice	2,500 RUB	24.65	26.85	For other documents. [355] [356]
Rwanda	Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	55 XCD	18.70	20.37	[357]
	Attorney General's Office and Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs
	Legal Department of Nevis
	Ministry of Finance of Nevis
Saint Lucia	Ministry of External Affairs, International Trade, Civil Aviation and Diaspora Affairs	50 XCD	17.00	18.52	[358]
	Ministry of Finance, Economic Development and the Youth Economy
	Registry of Companies and Intellectual Property
	Registry of the Supreme Court
	Solicitor General
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade
	Registry of the High Court
	Ministry of Legal Affairs	–	0.00	0.00	[359]
	International Financial Services Authority
Samoa	Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade	30 USD	27.54	30.00	[360]
San Marino	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	3 EUR	3.00	3.27	3 EUR for documents issued by a public official, or 5 EUR for documents issued by a lawyer or notary. [361]
São Tomé and Príncipe	Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Communities
Saudi Arabia	Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Senegal	Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Senegalese Abroad
Serbia	Ministry of Justice
	Basic courts	2,090 RSD	17.93	19.53	For documents from the respective court area. [362] Fee is 190 RSD per request plus 1,900 RSD per document; 490 RSD to certify translation. [363] [364]
Seychelles	Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Tourism
	Office of the Attorney General
	Secretary of State for Cabinet Affairs
	Registry of the Supreme Court	250 SCR	16.28	17.73	[365]
Singapore	Singapore Academy of Law	10.70 SGD	7.33	7.99	87.20 SGD for notarial documents, or 10.70 SGD for other documents. [366]
Slovakia	Ministry of Justice	10 EUR	10.00	10.89	For judicial documents. [367] [368]
	Regional courts	10 EUR	10.00	10.89	For notarial documents from the respective region. [367] [368]
	Ministry of the Interior	10 EUR	10.00	10.89	For citizenship, personal status and license documents. [367] [368]
	District offices	10 EUR	10.00	10.89	For civil registry and residence documents. [367] [368]
	Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport	10 EUR	10.00	10.89	For educational documents, except medical. [367] [368]
	Ministry of Health	10 EUR	10.00	10.89	For medical educational documents. [367] [368]
	Ministry of Defence	10 EUR	10.00	10.89	For military documents. [367] [368]
	Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs	20 EUR	20.00	21.79	For other documents. [367] [368]
Slovenia	Ministry of Justice	3 EUR	3.00	3.27	For notarial documents. [369]
	District courts	2.46 EUR	2.46	2.68	2.46 EUR for documents in Slovene; 5 EUR for documents in other languages. [370]
South Africa	Magistrates' courts
	Registries of superior courts
	Department of Justice and Constitutional Development
	Department of International Relations and Cooperation	–	0.00	0.00	[371]
South Korea	Ministry of Foreign Affairs
	Overseas Koreans Agency	–	0.00	0.00	For administrative documents. No fee if requested electronically, or 1,000 KRW if requested in person or by mail. [372]
	Ministry of Justice	–	0.00	0.00	For judicial and notarial documents. No fee if requested electronically, or 1,000 KRW if requested in person or by mail. [372]
	National Court Administration
Spain	Ministry of Justice	–	0.00	0.00	For administrative and judicial documents, except from the Supreme and National courts. [373] [374]
	Governance secretaries of the high courts of justice	–	0.00	0.00	For administrative and judicial documents, except from the Supreme and National courts. [373] [374]
	Governance secretaries of the Supreme Court and National Court				For documents from the respective court.
	Notarial College of Andalusia				For administrative and notarial documents.
	Notarial College of Aragon				For administrative and notarial documents.
	Notarial College of Asturias				For administrative and notarial documents.
	Notarial College of the Balearic Islands				For administrative and notarial documents.
	Notarial College of the Basque Country	18.15 EUR	18.15	19.77	For administrative and notarial documents. Fee is 18.15 EUR for normal service or 39.93 EUR for urgent service. [375]
	Notarial College of the Canary Islands				For administrative and notarial documents.
	Notarial College of Cantabria				For administrative and notarial documents.
	Notarial College of Castile and León				For administrative and notarial documents.
	Notarial College of Castile-La Mancha				For administrative and notarial documents.
	Notarial College of Catalonia	20 EUR	20.00	21.79	For administrative and notarial documents. Fee is 20 EUR for normal service or 35 EUR for urgent service. [376]
	Notarial College of Extremadura				For administrative and notarial documents.
	Notarial College of Galicia				For administrative and notarial documents.
	Notarial College of La Rioja				For administrative and notarial documents.
	Notarial College of Madrid	18 EUR	18.00	19.61	For administrative and notarial documents. Fee is 18 EUR for normal service or 37 EUR for urgent service. [377]
	Notarial College of Murcia				For administrative and notarial documents.
	Notarial College of Navarre				For administrative and notarial documents.
	Notarial College of Valencia				For administrative and notarial documents.
Suriname	Registry of the Court of Justice	10 SRD	0.26	0.29	[378]
Sweden	Notaries	325 SEK	28.69	31.25	Fee varies by notary, at least from 325 to 1,000 SEK. [379] [380] A municipal employee notary does not charge a fee. [381]
Switzerland	Federal Chancellery	20 CHF	20.79	22.65	For federal documents. [382]
	Identification Center of Aargau	40 CHF	41.59	45.30	For documents from this canton. [383]
	Cantonal Chancellery of Appenzell Ausserrhoden	25 CHF	25.99	28.31	For documents from this canton. [384]
	Council Chancellery of Appenzell Innerrhoden	20 CHF	20.79	22.65	For documents from this canton. [385]
	State Chancellery of Basel-Landschaft	20 CHF	20.79	22.65	For documents from this canton. [386]
	Justice and Security Department of Basel-Stadt	20 CHF	20.79	22.65	For documents from this canton. [387]
	State Chancellery of Bern	25 CHF	25.99	28.31	For documents from this canton. [388]
	State Chancellery of Fribourg	5 CHF	5.20	5.66	For documents from this canton. Fee is 5 CHF for civil status documents, or 10 to 30 CHF for notarial documents. [389] [390]
	Cantonal Office of Population and Migrations of Geneva	30 CHF	31.19	33.98	For documents from this canton. Additional fee of 8 CHF per signature after the first signature in the same document. [391]
	State Chancellery of Glarus	25 CHF	25.99	28.31	For documents from this canton. [392]
	State Chancellery of Grisons	10 CHF	10.40	11.33	For documents from this canton. Fee is 10 CHF for civil status or educational documents, or 20 to 35 CHF for commercial documents. [393]
	Passport and Legalisation Office of Jura	30 CHF	31.19	33.98	For documents from this canton. Fee is 30 CHF for personal documents, or 36 CHF for commercial documents. Maximum fee of 150 CHF for set of documents regarding adoption or deceased person. [394]
	State Chancellery of Lucerne	30 CHF	31.19	33.98	For documents from this canton. Fee is 30 CHF per document in general, or 10 CHF per document regarding adoption or child support. [395]
	State Chancellery of Neuchâtel	25 CHF	25.99	28.31	For documents from this canton. [396]
	State Chancellery of Nidwalden	25 CHF	25.99	28.31	For documents from this canton. [397]
	State Chancellery of Obwalden	20 CHF	20.79	22.65	For documents from this canton. [398]
	State Chancellery of Sankt Gallen	50 CHF	51.98	56.63	For documents from this canton. [399]
	State Chancellery of Schaffhausen	40 CHF	41.59	45.30	For documents from this canton. [400]
	State Chancellery of Schwyz	25 CHF	25.99	28.31	For documents from this canton. Plus 8 CHF for postage. [401]
	State Chancellery of Solothurn	30 CHF	31.19	33.98	For documents from this canton. [402]
	Cantonal Identification Office of Thurgau	40 CHF	41.59	45.30	For documents from this canton. Additional fee of 10 CHF per document, for 5 or more documents requested on the same day. [403]
	State Chancellery of Ticino	18 CHF	18.71	20.39	For documents from this canton. Fee is 18 CHF for civil status documents, 35 CHF for notarial documents, or 30 CHF for other documents. [404]
	State Chancellery of Uri	20 CHF	20.79	22.65	For documents from this canton. [405]
	State Chancellery of Valais	30 CHF	31.19	33.98	For documents from this canton. [406]
	Legalisation Office of Lausanne District	30 CHF	31.19	33.98	For documents from Vaud. [407]
	State Chancellery of Zug	30 CHF	31.19	33.98	For documents from this canton. [408]
	State Chancellery of Zürich	23 CHF	23.91	26.05	For documents from this canton. Fee is 23 CHF for civil status documents, or 30 CHF for other documents. [409]
Tajikistan	Ministry of Justice	99.77 TJS	8.36	9.11	For civil registry, judicial and notarial documents. Fee is 45 TJS plus the equivalent of 5 USD in TJS for individuals, or 90 TJS plus the equivalent of 10 USD in TJS for companies. [410] [411] [412]
	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	99.77 TJS	8.36	9.11	For other documents. Fee is 45 TJS plus the equivalent of 5 USD in TJS for individuals, or 90 TJS plus the equivalent of 10 USD in TJS for companies. [410] [411] [412]
Tonga	Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Trinidad and Tobago	Registrar General's Department	–	0.00	0.00	[413]
	Ministry of Education
	Ministry of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs
Tunisia	Notaries	20 TND	5.94	6.47	10 TND for notarial documents, or 20 TND for other documents. [414]
Turkey	Provincial and district governments	–	0.00	0.00	For administrative documents. For apostilles issued electronically, the fee is 50 TRY for identity register documents. [415] [416]
	Presidencies of judicial commissions in locations with high criminal courts	–	0.00	0.00	For judicial documents. For apostilles issued electronically, the fee is 50 TRY for criminal records or 100 TRY for court decisions. [415] [416]
Ukraine	Ministry of Education and Science	51 UAH	1.22	1.33	For educational documents. Fee is 51 UAH for individuals or 85 UAH for companies, plus 240 to 1,290 UAH for expedited service. [417]
	Ministry of Justice	51 UAH	1.22	1.33	For judicial, civil status and notarial documents. Fee is 51 UAH for individuals or 85 UAH for companies. [418]
	Ministry of Internal Affairs				For criminal records. [419]
	State Migration Service				For migration documents. [419]
	State Tax Service				For tax documents. [419]
	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	150 UAH	3.60	3.92	For other documents. Fee is 150 UAH for individuals or 450 UAH for companies, for 10-day service; or 300 UAH for individuals or 900 UAH for companies, for 5-day service. [420]
United Kingdom	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office	45 GBP	52.56	57.25	For documents from England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Fee is 45 GBP for standard service, 40 GBP for next-day business service, or 100 GBP for same-day business service, for paper apostille; 35 GBP for electronic apostille. [421]
	Office of the Governor of Anguilla	60 XCD	20.40	22.22	For documents from this territory. [422]
	Parliamentary Registry of Bermuda	56 BMD	51.41	56.00	For documents from this territory. [423]
	Office of the Commissioner for the British Antarctic Territory				For documents from this territory.
	Office of the Deputy Governor of the British Virgin Islands	50 USD	45.90	50.00	For documents from this territory. [424]
	Passport and Corporate Services Office of the Cayman Islands	150 KYD	165.24	180.00	For documents from this territory. Fee is 150 KYD for normal service, or 200 KYD for express service. [85]
	Chambers of the Attorney General of the Falkland Islands	36 FKP	42.05	45.80	For documents from this territory. [425]
	Civil Status and Registration Office of Gibraltar	15 GIP	17.52	19.08	For documents from this territory. Fee is 15 GIP for normal service, or 30 GIP for same-day service. [426]
	Greffe of the Royal Court of Guernsey	40 GBP	46.72	50.89	For documents from this dependency. Fee is 40 GBP for normal service, or 81 GBP for immediate service. [427]
	Courts of Justice of the Isle of Man	29.50 GBP	34.45	37.53	For documents from this dependency. Fee is 29.50 GBP for 2-day service, or 99.70 GBP for 90-minute service. [428]
	Legalisation Office of Jersey	30 GBP	35.04	38.17	For documents from this dependency. Fee is 30 GBP for standard service, or 75 GBP for same-day service. [429]
	Record Office of Montserrat	50 XCD	17.00	18.52	For documents from this territory. [430]
	Office of the Governor of Saint Helena				For documents from this territory.
	Office of the Administrator of Ascension Island				For documents from this territory.
	Office of the Administrator of Tristan da Cunha				For documents from this territory.
	Office of the Commissioner for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands				For documents from this territory.
	Office of the Registrar General of the Turks and Caicos Islands	100 USD	91.80	100.00	For documents from this territory. [431]
United States	United States Department of State	20 USD	18.36	20.00	For federal administrative documents. [432] No fee for consular documents. [433]
	Supreme Court of the United States				For documents from this court.
	United States courts of appeals	50 USD	45.90	50.00	For documents from the respective court. [434]
	United States district courts	50 USD	45.90	50.00	For documents from the respective court. [435]
	United States Court of Federal Claims	50 USD	45.90	50.00	For documents from this court. [436]
	United States Court of International Trade				For documents from this court.
	Alabama Secretary of State	5 USD	4.59	5.00	For documents from this state. [437]
	Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Alaska	5 USD	4.59	5.00	For documents from this state. [438]
	Office of the Secretary of American Samoa	25 USD	22.95	25.00	For documents from this territory. [439]
	Arizona Secretary of State	3 USD	2.75	3.00	For documents from this state. Additional fee of 25 USD for expedited service, per request up to 6 documents. [440]
	Arkansas Secretary of State	10 USD	9.18	10.00	For documents from this state. [441]
	California Secretary of State	20 USD	18.36	20.00	For documents from this state. Additional fee of 6 USD for expedited service in person, per official whose signature will be authenticated. [442]
	Colorado Secretary of State	5 USD	4.59	5.00	For documents from this state. [443]
	Office of the Secretary of the State of Connecticut	40 USD	36.72	40.00	For documents from this state. Fee is 40 USD for documents in general, or 15 USD for documents related to adoption. [87]
	Delaware Department of State	30 USD	27.54	30.00	For documents from this state. Fee is 30 USD per request, regardless of the number of documents, for personal use; or 30 USD per document, for commercial use. [444]
	Office of the Secretary of the District of Columbia	15 USD	13.77	15.00	For documents from this district. [445]
	Florida Department of State	10 USD	9.18	10.00	For documents from this state. Fee is 10 USD for documents in general, or 20 USD for documents certified by the clerk of a county court. [446]
	Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority	3 USD	2.75	3.00	For documents from this state. [447]
	Guam Department of Administration	50 USD	45.90	50.00	For documents from this territory. [448]
	Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii	1 USD	0.92	1.00	For documents from this state. Additional fee of 3 USD for notarial documents. [449] [450]
	Idaho Secretary of State's Office	10 USD	9.18	10.00	For documents from this state. [451]
	Office of the Illinois Secretary of State	2 USD	1.84	2.00	For documents from this state. [452]
	Indiana Secretary of State	2 USD	1.84	2.00	For documents from this state. No fee for birth or death certificates, adoption documents, student transcripts or diplomas. [86]
	Iowa Secretary of State	5 USD	4.59	5.00	For documents from this state. [453]
	Kansas Secretary of State	7.50 USD	6.89	7.50	For documents from this state. [454]
	Office of the Kentucky Secretary of State	5 USD	4.59	5.00	For documents from this state. Additional fee of 5 USD for notarial documents. [455] [456]
	Louisiana Secretary of State	20 USD	18.36	20.00	For documents from this state. Fee is 20 USD for documents in general, or 10 USD for documents related to adoption. [457]
	Department of the Secretary of State of Maine	10 USD	9.18	10.00	For documents from this state. [458]
	Maryland Secretary of State	5 USD	4.59	5.00	For documents from this state. Additional fee of 1 USD for notarial documents. [4] [459]
	Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts	6 USD	5.51	6.00	For documents from this state. [460]
	Michigan Department of State	1 USD	0.92	1.00	For documents from this state. [461]
	Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State	5 USD	4.59	5.00	For documents from this state. [462]
	Mississippi Secretary of State's Office	5 USD	4.59	5.00	For documents from this state. [463]
	Missouri Secretary of State	10 USD	9.18	10.00	For documents from this state. Maximum fee of 100 USD for set of documents related to adoption. [464]
	Montana Secretary of State	10 USD	9.18	10.00	For documents from this state. [465]
	Nebraska Secretary of State	10 USD	9.18	10.00	For documents from this state. [466]
	Nevada Secretary of State	20 USD	18.36	20.00	For documents from this state. Additional fee of 75, 125, 500 or 1,000 USD for expedited service in 24, 4, 2 or 1 hour, respectively, per notary to be authenticated. [467]
	New Hampshire Secretary of State's Office	10 USD	9.18	10.00	For documents from this state. Additional fee of 25 USD for expedited service for every 10 documents. [468]
	Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services of New Jersey	26 USD	23.87	26.00	For documents from this state. Fee is 25 USD for standard service or 40 USD for expedited service, plus 1 USD if paid by electronic check or 2.50 USD by credit card, for documents in general; or 5 USD for standard service or 20 USD for expedited service, for documents related to adoption. [469]
	New Mexico Secretary of State	3 USD	2.75	3.00	For documents from this state. [470]
	New York Department of State	10 USD	9.18	10.00	For documents from this state. Additional fee of 3 or 5 USD for county, municipal or notarial documents. [80] [471] [472] [473] [474]
	North Carolina Secretary of State	10 USD	9.18	10.00	For documents from this state. Fee is 10 USD for documents in general, or 5 USD for duplicate documents related to adoption if requested at the same time. [475]
	North Dakota Secretary of State	15 USD	13.77	15.00	For documents from this state. Fee consists of 10 USD plus 5 USD per record search. [476]
	Office of the Attorney General of the Northern Mariana Islands	50 USD	45.90	50.00	For documents from this territory. [477] [478]
	Ohio Secretary of State	5 USD	4.59	5.00	For documents from this state. [479]
	Oklahoma Secretary of State	25 USD	22.95	25.00	For documents from this state. Fee is 25 USD for documents in general, or 10 USD for documents related to adoption. [480]
	Oregon Secretary of State	10 USD	9.18	10.00	For documents from this state. [481]
	Pennsylvania Department of State	15 USD	13.77	15.00	For documents from this state. [482]
	Department of State of Puerto Rico	3 USD	2.75	3.00	For documents from this territory. [483]
	Rhode Island Department of State	5 USD	4.59	5.00	For documents from this state. [484]
	South Carolina Secretary of State's Office	5 USD	4.59	5.00	For documents from this state. [485]
	South Dakota Secretary of State	25 USD	22.95	25.00	For documents from this state. Additional fee of 50 USD for expedited service. [486]
	Tennessee Secretary of State	2 USD	1.84	2.00	For documents from this state. Additional fee of 5 USD for notarial documents. [81] [487]
	Texas Secretary of State	15 USD	13.77	15.00	For documents from this state. Fee is 15 USD for documents in general; or 10 USD for documents related to adoption, up to 100 USD per adoption. [488]
	Office of the Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands	25 USD	22.95	25.00	For documents from this territory. [489]
	Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Utah	20 USD	18.36	20.00	For documents from this state. Fee is 20 USD for documents in general, or 10 USD for documents related to adoption. Additional fee of 35 USD for next-day service, or 75 USD for same-day service. [490]
	Vermont Secretary of State	10 USD	9.18	10.00	For documents from this state. [491]
	Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia	10 USD	9.18	10.00	For documents from this state. Fee is 10 USD for the first document, and 5 USD for each additional document signed by the same official on the same day intended for the same state. [492]
	Washington Secretary of State	15 USD	13.77	15.00	For documents from this state. Additional fee of 100 USD for expedited service. [493]
	West Virginia Secretary of State	10 USD	9.18	10.00	For documents from this state. Fee is 10 USD for the first document, and 5 USD for each additional document. [494]
	Office of the Wisconsin Secretary of State	10 USD	9.18	10.00	For documents from this state. Fee is 10 USD for standard service or 35 USD for expedited service. [495]
	Wyoming Secretary of State	20 USD	18.36	20.00	For documents from this state. [496]
Uruguay	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	711 UYU	16.69	18.18	[497]
Uzbekistan	Regional departments of justice	68,000 UZS	4.95	5.40	For documents from the respective judicial authorities and civil registries. Fee is 68,000 UZS if applied in person, or 61,200 UZS electronically. [498] [499]
	Supreme Court	34,000 UZS	2.48	2.70	For documents from courts. Fee is 34,000 UZS if applied at the issuing authority, 68,000 UZS at a public service center, or 61,200 UZS electronically. [498] [499]
	Prosecutor General's Office	34,000 UZS	2.48	2.70	For prosecution and investigation documents. Fee is 34,000 UZS if applied at the issuing authority, 68,000 UZS at a public service center, or 61,200 UZS electronically. [498] [499]
	State Inspectorate for Supervision of Quality in Education	68,000 UZS	4.95	5.40	For educational documents. Fee is 68,000 UZS if applied in person, or 61,200 UZS electronically. [498] [499]
	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	34,000 UZS	2.48	2.70	For other documents. Fee is 34,000 UZS if applied at the issuing authority, 68,000 UZS at a public service center, or 61,200 UZS electronically. [498] [499]
Vanuatu	Department of Foreign Affairs
	Vanuatu Financial Services Commission				For business and financial documents.
Venezuela	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	187.74 VED	4.75	5.17	Equivalent of 0.08615936 petros in VED, if applied in Venezuela; [500] [501] 60 USD or 60 EUR for applicants over age 18, or no fee under age 18, if applied at a consulate. [502] [503]

Format

An apostille issued by Norway

The apostille is a stamp or printed form, placed on the document itself or attached to the document as an allonge. At the top is the title Apostille, followed by (Convention de La Haye du 5 octobre 1961) (French for "Hague Convention of 5 October 1961"). The Convention specifies that this text must be in French. After this text, the apostille contains ten numbered fields, which may be in English, French or the language of the competent authority, and may be repeated in one or more additional languages. The numbered fields contain the following information: ^{[1] [3]}

1. Country: [e.g. Hong Kong, China]
   This public document
2. has been signed by [e.g. Henry CHO]
3. acting in the capacity of [e.g. Notary Public]
4. bears the seal/stamp of [e.g. High Court of Hong Kong]
   Certified
5. at [location or authority issuing the apostille, e.g. High Court]
6. the [e.g. 16 April 2014]
7. by [e.g. Louis TANG, Registrar, High Court]
8. No. [e.g. 2536218517]
9. Seal/stamp: [of the authority issuing the apostille, e.g. Emblem of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region]
10. Signature: [of the official issuing the apostille]

Verification

An electronic apostille issued by Belgium

Each competent authority must maintain a register of apostilles issued, for verification on request by anyone. ^[1]

In 2006, the electronic apostille program (also known as e-APP) was launched to support the electronic issuance and verification of apostilles around the world. ^[504] Since then, many contracting states have implemented electronic apostilles or electronic registers for their verification. ^[505]

Validity

Apostilles never expire. However, a document certified with an apostille may have an expiration date, or the destination state may require that the document be presented by a certain time. ^[3]

Additional requirements

The apostille replaces the legalization requirement, but the destination state may have additional requirements for the document to be used there. For example, it may require that the document be translated into a certain language, although it must not require a translation of the apostille itself. ^[3]

Benefits and disadvantages

The Apostille Convention is beneficial in cases that would otherwise require certifications by both the origin and destination states, as the Convention removes the latter requirement. However, the Convention is neutral in cases that would otherwise require only a certification by the state of origin anyway, similar to an apostille, or no certification at all, and it can be disadvantageous in cases where a consular certification alone would otherwise be sufficient to legalize a document. The Convention requires that contracting states direct their embassies and consulates to no longer perform legalizations of documents where the Convention applies, ^[3] so in this case the apostille is the only method available to certify the document, not only an alternative to consular legalization, even if the latter would be simpler or less expensive.

For example, before Brazil joined the Apostille Convention, to legalize an educational document from the United States for academic use in Brazil, it was sufficient for the document to be certified by a Brazilian embassy or consulate in the United States, for a fee of 5 USD. ^[506] After the Convention entered into force in Brazil, its embassy and consulates in the United States no longer perform legalizations, so U.S. documents must have an apostille to be accepted in Brazil. ^[507] In some U.S. states, an apostille of an educational document requires more certifications or a higher fee than the Brazilian consular legalization did. ^{[4] [80] [81] [87]}

This result is an unintended consequence, as the Convention still allows states to further simplify or eliminate the legalization requirement. The Hague Conference also encourages contracting states to eliminate the need for additional certifications before issuing an apostille, and to ensure that any fees are reasonable. ^[3]

Limitations and abuse

The apostille only certifies that the signature, signer's capacity, and seal or stamp on the document are from the stated issuer. In other words, it only certifies the origin of the document, but it does not provide information about its content. ^[3] In 2008, the Hague Conference expressed serious concerns about diplomas and certificates issued by diploma mills, citing their possible use "to circumvent migration controls, possibly by potential terrorists." ^[508] The risk comes from the fact that the various government stamps give the document an air of authenticity without anyone having checked the underlying document. To address this concern, in 2009 the Hague Conference recommended that authorities add the following statement to apostilles: "This apostille only certifies the signature, the capacity of the signer, and the seal or stamp it bears. It does not certify the content of the document for which it was issued." ^[509]

Gallery of apostilles by state

• 
  Argentina
  Notarial College of Mendoza
• 
  Armenia
  Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• 
  Australia
  Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
• 
  Austria
  Upper Austria
• 
  Azerbaijan
  Ministry of Justice
• 
  Belarus
  Ministry of Justice
• 
  Belgium
  FPS Foreign Affairs
• 
  Brazil
  Registry office in Rio de Janeiro
• 
  Canada
  Ontario Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery
• 
  China
  Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• 
  Croatia
  Municipal Court in Rijeka
• 
  Ecuador
  Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility
• 
  Greece
  Attica
• 
  Hong Kong, China
  High Court
• 
  Israel
  Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• 
  Japan
  Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• 
  Moldova
  Ministry of Justice
• 
  Norway
  Governor of Hordaland
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  Romania
  Court of Bucharest
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  Spain
  Notarial College of Catalonia
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  Ukraine
  Ministry of Justice
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  United States
  U.S. Department of State
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  United States
  Alabama Secretary of State
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  United States
  California Secretary of State
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  United States
  Maryland Secretary of State

See also

• Convention on the Issue of Multilingual Extracts from Civil Status Records

Notes

1. These states were those represented at the ninth session of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, West Germany, and Yugoslavia), ^[18] Iceland, Ireland, Liechtenstein, and Turkey. ^[1]
2. The Convention entered into force between Albania and the following contracting states on different dates: Belgium on 21 December 2015, Germany on 9 December 2016, Greece on 26 February 2018, Italy on 26 May 2011, and Spain on 7 February 2017. ^[21]
3. The United Kingdom extended the Convention to the predecessor of this state effective 25 April 1965. Following its independence, the state declared itself to continue to be bound by the Convention. ^[22]
4. Argentina objected to the extension of the Convention by the United Kingdom to the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, and the British Antarctic Territory. ^[23]
5. Australia extended the Convention to all of its territories upon its accession. ^[24]
6. Austria, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Romania and Ukraine declared that they would not accept documents issued under the Convention by the Russian authorities in Crimea and Sevastopol. ^{[64] [65] [66] [42] [67] [68] [69] [57] [70] [71]} Poland and Ukraine also declared that they would not accept documents issued by the authorities of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics. ^{[69] [71]}
7. The Convention is not in force between Azerbaijan and Germany. The Convention entered into force between Azerbaijan and the following contracting states on different dates: Hungary on 10 March 2005, and the Netherlands on 10 August 2010. ^[25]
8. Belarus declared itself bound by the Convention as one of the successor states of the Soviet Union. ^[26]
9. Yugoslavia signed the Convention on 5 October 1961, ratified it on 25 September 1962, and it entered into force for Yugoslavia on 24 January 1965. ^[19] Following its dissolution, the successor states of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, and Slovenia declared themselves bound by the Convention. ^{[27] [28] [29] [30] [31]} Following the dissolution of Serbia and Montenegro, the continuator state of Serbia and the successor state of Montenegro declared themselves bound by the Convention. ^[32]
10. The United Kingdom extended the Convention to the predecessor of this state effective 25 April 1965. Following its independence, the state did not declare to continue to be bound by the Convention, but acceded to the Convention at a later date. ^[22]
11. The Convention is not in force between Burundi and the following contracting states: Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, and Poland. ^[33]
12. Portugal extended the Convention to all of its external territories on 21 December 1969. ^[57] These territories included the predecessors of Cape Verde and São Tomé and Príncipe, which did not declare to continue to be bound by the Convention following their independence but acceded to the Convention at a later date, and of Angola, East Timor, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique, which have not declared to be bound to the Convention following their independence or acceded to the Convention. ^[19]
13. Dates are for mainland China. The United Kingdom extended the Convention to Hong Kong on 25 April 1965, Portugal extended it to Macau on 21 December 1969, and the Convention remained in force in both territories following their respective transfer to China. ^{[19] [34]} The Convention is not in force between mainland China and India. ^[35]
14. Denmark extended the Convention to the Faroe Islands effective 13 December 2021. ^[36] It has not extended the Convention to Greenland. ^[37]
15. The Convention is not in force between the Dominican Republic and Germany. The Convention entered into force between the Dominican Republic and the following contracting states on different dates: Austria on 30 January 2023, Belgium on 8 March 2019, and the Netherlands on 3 November 2017. ^[38]
16. France extended the Convention to all of its territories upon its ratification. ^[39] These territories included the predecessors of Comoros and Djibouti, which have not declared to be bound to the Convention following their independence or acceded to the Convention. ^[19]
17. The Convention entered into force between Georgia and the following contracting states on different dates: Germany on 3 February 2010, and Greece on 17 December 2015. ^[40] The Convention does not apply to documents issued by Abkhazia and South Ossetia. ^[41]
18. Germany ratified the Convention as West Germany. Following its reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990, it declared that the Convention applied to the entire territory of Germany. ^[42]
19. The Convention is not in force between India and Germany. The Convention entered into force between India and the following contracting states on different dates: Belgium on 9 January 2008, Finland on 5 October 2009, the Netherlands on 16 September 2008, and Spain on 12 February 2008. ^[43]
20. The Convention is not in force between Kosovo and the following contracting states: Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Brazil, Chile, China, Cyprus, Ecuador, Georgia, Germany, Greece, India, Israel, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Namibia, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, and Venezuela. The Convention entered into force between Kosovo and Poland on 1 March 2024. ^[44]
21. The Convention is not in force between Kyrgyzstan and the following contracting states: Austria, Belgium, Germany, and Greece. ^[45]
22. The Convention is not in force between Liberia and the following contracting states: Belgium and Germany. The Convention entered into force between Liberia and the United States on 20 May 2015. ^[46]
23. The Convention is not in force between Moldova and Germany. ^[47]
24. The Convention is not in force between Mongolia and the following contracting states: Austria, Belgium, Finland, Germany, and Greece. ^[48]
25. The Convention is not in force between Morocco and Germany. ^[49]
26. Dates are for the European part. The Convention was extended to the Netherlands Antilles (predecessor of Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, as well as Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba) from 30 April 1967. ^[19]
27. New Zealand has not extended the Convention to Tokelau. ^[50]
28. The Convention is not in force between Pakistan and the following contracting states: Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Netherlands, and Poland. ^[51] Pakistan declared that its participation in the Convention would not apply to India or to parties that it does not recognize as states, ^[52] which would be Armenia and Israel.
29. The Convention entered into force between Paraguay and Germany on 6 January 2022. ^[53]
30. The Convention is not in force between Peru and Greece. The Convention entered into force between Peru and Germany on 1 January 2014. ^[54]
31. The Convention is not in force between the Philippines and the following contracting states: Finland, Germany, and Greece. The Convention entered into force between the Philippines and Austria on 1 June 2023. ^[55] The Philippines declared that its accession would not apply to contracting parties that it does not recognize as states, ^[56] which is the case of Kosovo.
32. Russia declared itself bound by the Convention as the continuator of the Soviet Union. ^[58]
33. The Convention is not in force between Senegal and the following contracting states: Austria, Germany, and the Netherlands. ^[59]
34. The Netherlands extended the Convention to Suriname on 16 May 1967. Following its independence, Suriname declared itself to continue to be bound by the Convention. ^[60]
35. The Convention is not in force between Tajikistan and the following contracting states: Austria, Belgium, and Germany. ^[61]
36. The Convention is not in force between Tunisia and the following contracting states: Austria, Belgium, Germany, and Greece. ^[62]
37. The Convention entered into force between Ukraine and the following contracting states on different dates: Belgium on 5 July 2004 and Germany on 22 July 2010. ^[63]
38. The United Kingdom extended the Convention, effective 24 January 1965, to the Crown dependencies of Guernsey, Isle of Man and Jersey, and effective 25 April 1965, to the British Overseas Territories of Anguilla, Bermuda, British Antarctic Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands (including the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, which later became a separate territory and continued to apply the Convention ^[72] ), Gibraltar, Montserrat, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, and Turks and Caicos Islands, ^[73] as well as to the predecessors of several states. These states declared themselves to continue to be bound to the Convention following their independence or later acceded to the Convention, except for Kiribati (gained independence on 12 July 1979), the Solomon Islands (7 July 1978), Tuvalu (1 October 1978), and Zimbabwe (18 April 1980). ^[22]
39. The United States has not declared territorial extensions but it has designated competent authorities in all of its permanently inhabited territories. ^[74]
40. The Convention is not in force between Uzbekistan and the following contracting states: Austria, Belgium, Germany, and Greece. ^[75]
41. France and the United Kingdom extended the Convention to the New Hebrides effective 15 February 1966. Following its independence, Vanuatu declared itself to continue to be bound by the Convention. ^{[39] [76]}
42. Notarial documents may be apostilled directly by the respective notarial college, or certified by the respective notarial college and then apostilled by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or another notarial college. University documents must be certified by the national Ministry of Education, and other educational documents must be certified by the Ministry of Education of the respective province, before an apostille is requested from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or any notarial college. Other documents with physical signatures may be apostilled directly by the notarial college of the respective jurisdiction, or certified by the Ministry of the Interior and then apostilled by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or another notarial college. Other documents with digital signatures may be apostilled directly by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or any notarial college. ^[93] The Ministry of the Interior does not charge a fee for certification. ^[94] The fees charged by notarial colleges include the fee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. ^[95]
43. Documents from anywhere in Brazil may be apostilled by any notary or registry office authorized by the National Council of Justice. ^[136] The fee is composed of various amounts and surcharges set for the state or Federal District where the office is located, ^[137] and a tax between 2 and 5% may be added to the fee depending on the municipality or district. ^[138] Due to variations in how each office calculates the surcharges and tax and whether it forwards them to the user, the total fee listed in this table for each state may not be exactly the same in all offices there.
44. The Financial Police was also specified as an authority to apostille documents from this same agency. ^[270] In 2012, the Financial Police was replaced by the State Service for Combatting Economic Crimes, ^[271] and the latter was abolished in 2021. ^[272]

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78. Information on the procedure for the authentication of documents intended for foreign use, Ministry of Justice of Hungary. (in Hungarian)
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80. Apostille or Certificate of Authentication, New York Department of State.
81. Apostille or authentication request form, Tennessee Secretary of State.
82. Overview of apostille fees, Hague Conference on Private International Law, October 2016.
83. Legalization or apostille of a French document for a foreign authority, Public Service of France. (in French)
84. Certification, Frequently Asked Questions, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.
85. Passport & Corporate Services Office, Cayman Islands Government.
86. Authentications: Apostilles and Certifications, Indiana Secretary of State.
87. Document Authentication and Apostille, Secretary of the State of Connecticut.
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90. Apostille of documents, Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (in Albanian).
91. Principality of Andorra, apostille questionnaire 2021, Hague Conference on Private International Law (in French).
92. Procedure for applications for birth, death, adoption and marriage certificates and for an apostille of a certificate, Civil Registry of Antigua and Barbuda.
93. Apostille / Legalization with international validity, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship of Argentina (in Spanish).
94. Legalize public documents, Government of Argentina (in Spanish).
95. Agreement between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship and the Federal Council of Argentine Notaries, 10 June 2016 (in Spanish).
96. Apostilles, College of Notaries of the City of Buenos Aires (in Spanish).
97. Fees, College of Notaries of the Province of Buenos Aires (in Spanish).
98. Prices, College of Notaries of Catamarca (in Spanish).
99. Notarial seals and services, College of Notaries of Chaco (in Spanish).
100. College fees, College of Notaries of Chubut (in Spanish).
101. Apostilles and legalizations, College of Notaries of Córdoba (in Spanish).
102. Update of apostilles and legalizations, College of Notaries of Corrientes (in Spanish).
103. Apostilles, College of Notaries of Entre Ríos (in Spanish).
104. New amounts valid from 21 November 2023, College of Notaries of Formosa (in Spanish).
105. Apostilles, College of Notaries of Jujuy (in Spanish).
106. Start, College of Notaries of La Rioja (in Spanish).
107. Fees and services, Notarial College of Mendoza (in Spanish).
108. Service prices, Notarial College of Misiones (in Spanish).
109. Hague apostille, College of Notaries of Salta (in Spanish).
110. Apostilles, College of Notaries of San Luis (in Spanish).
111. Service prices, College of Notaries of Santa Cruz (in Spanish).
112. Legalizations, College of Notaries of Santa Fe First District (in Spanish).
113. Apostille, College of Notaries of Santa Fe Second District (in Spanish).
114. Services, College of Notaries of Tierra del Fuego (in Spanish).
115. Joint order of the Minister of Justice of Armenia and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia on the procedure for submitting an application for verification of official documents by apostille, Armenian Legal Information System, 19 October 2021 (in Armenian).
116. International certification of documents (apostille), Ministry of Justice of Armenia.
117. Criminal record certificate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia.
118. Notarial services (legalising documents) in Australia, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Australia.
119. Notarial services (legalising documents) overseas, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Australia.
120. Contact legalization, Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs of Austria.
121. Apostille or diplomatic authentication of documents for presentation abroad, City of Vienna (in German).
122. Apostille and diplomatic authentication, State of Vorarlberg (in German).
123. Service center, District Court of Linz (in German).
124. Attestation/legalization of documents, Consular Section of the Austrian Embassy in Washington.
125. Acceptance of documents for issuance of apostille on documents intended for use abroad, State Agency for Public Service and Social Innovations of Azerbaijan (in Azerbaijani).
126. Apostille and legalization, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan.
127. Request for apostille/legalization of documents, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Bahamas.
128. Legalization, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bahrain.
129. Issuing Apostille Certificates under the Hague Convention, Supreme Court of Barbados.
130. Procedure for affixing an apostille on an official document composed in the territory of the Republic of Belarus, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus (in Russian).
131. Amount of the base unit in the Republic of Belarus, Belarusbank (in Russian).
132. Legalisation of documents, Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation of Belgium.
133. Document authentication, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Immigration of Belize.
134. List of apostille processes, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bolivia (in Spanish).
135. Court fees, Municipal Court in Kiseljak (in Serbo-Croatian).
136. Provision no. 149 of 30 August 2023, National Council of Justice of Brazil. Articles 4.1 and 6 (in Portuguese).
137. Resolution no. 228 of 22 June 2016, National Council of Justice of Brazil. Article 18 (in Portuguese).
138. Complementary law no. 116, of 31 July 2003, Presidency of Brazil (in Portuguese).
139. Code of Norms, Notarial and Registry Services of the State of Acre, Court of Justice of the State of Acre. Article 219-H (in Portuguese).
140. Table of extrajudicial fees 2024, Court of Justice of the State of Acre (in Portuguese).
141. Table of values, 1st Notary and Protest Office of Maceió, Alagoas (in Portuguese).
142. Table of fees 2024, 1st Real Estate Registry of Macapá, Amapá (in Portuguese).
143. Table of fees, 1st Real Estate and Protest Registry of Manaus, Amazonas (in Portuguese).
144. Table II – 2024, Notary acts, Court of Justice of the State of Bahia (in Portuguese).
145. Table of fees, 8th Notary Office of Fortaleza, Ceará (in Portuguese).
146. Table of fees, 1st Notary Office of the 2nd Zone of Serra, Espírito Santo (in Portuguese).
147. Table of fees, 5th Notary Office of Taguatinga (in Portuguese).
148. Table of services with final values, 8th Notary Office of Goiânia, Goiás (in Portuguese).
149. Table of fees 2024, Court of Justice of the State of Maranhão (in Portuguese).
150. Provision no. 42 of 29 December 2020, Court of Justice of the State of Mato Grosso. Article 461 (in Portuguese).
151. Provision TJMT/CGJ no. 38, of 23 December 2023, Court of Justice of the State of Mato Grosso (in Portuguese).
152. Table of fees, 5th Notary Office of Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul (in Portuguese).
153. Law no. 6183, of 26 December 2023, Government of Mato Grosso do Sul (in Portuguese).
154. Table 8 – Acts common to registrars and notaries, 1st Real Estate Registry Office of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais (in Portuguese).
155. Table of fees 2022, Court of Justice of the State of Pará (in Portuguese).
156. Table of fees of notary and registry services 2024, 2nd Office of Notary, Protests and Civil Registry of Natural Persons of Ananindeua, Pará (in Portuguese).
157. Hague apostille, First Notary Service of the District of Geisel, João Pessoa, Paraíba (in Portuguese).
158. Complete table of fees and other costs, 1st Protest Office of Maringá, Paraná (in Portuguese).
159. Table for the extrajudicial offices of the state of Pernambuco, Court of Justice of the State of Pernambuco (in Portuguese).
160. Table of fees, 1st Protest Office of Recife, Pernambuco (in Portuguese).
161. Table III – Notary (deeds), 3rd Office of Notary, Protests and Registry of Titles and Documents of Teresina, Piauí (in Portuguese).
162. Prices, 1st Notary Office of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro (in Portuguese).
163. Hague apostille, 5th Office of Civil Registry of Natural Persons of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte (in Portuguese).
164. Certificate copy, Civil Registry Office of the 4th Zone of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul (in Portuguese).
165. Hague apostille, 1st Notary Office and Civil Registry of Porto Velho, Rondônia (in Portuguese).
166. Provision/CGJ no. 1, of 1 February 2024, Court of Justice of the State of Roraima (in Portuguese).
167. Table of fees, 1st Notary and Protest Office of Itajaí, Santa Catarina (in Portuguese).
168. Hague apostille, 17th Notary Office of São Paulo, São Paulo (in Portuguese).
169. Table of fees, 3th Office of the District of Itabaiana, Sergipe (in Portuguese).
170. Provision no. 21/2023 CGJUS/ASJECGJUS, Court of Justice of the State of Tocantins (in Portuguese).
171. Registrars and Notarial Services, State Judiciary Department of Brunei.
172. Certification by apostille of documents to be presented abroad, Ministry of Justice of Bulgaria.
173. Information on provision of service, provincial administration – Sofia, Administrative Registry of Bulgaria (in Bulgarian).
174. Apostilles register, National Center for Information and Documentation of Bulgaria.
175. Information on provision of service, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Administrative Registry of Bulgaria (in Bulgarian).
176. Authentication of documents, Global Affairs Canada.
177. Document authentication for other jurisdictions and countries, Government of Alberta.
178. Document Authentication Fee, Ministry of the Attorney General of British Columbia.
179. Authenticate a document for use outside Canada, Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery of Ontario.
180. Applying for an apostille, Government of Quebec.
181. Authenticating Notarized Documents, Ministry of Justice and Attorney General of Saskatchewan.
182. Apostille, General Directorate of Records, Notary and Identification of Cape Verde (in Portuguese).
183. Resolution no. 34/2011, Official Gazette of Cape Verde, 12 September 2011 (in Portuguese).
184. Ruling no. 6/2012, Official Gazette of Cape Verde, 21 February 2012 (in Portuguese).
185. Where and how to apostille a Chilean document, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile (in Spanish).
186. What is the apostille and how is the Chilean apostille, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile (in Spanish).
187. Apostille, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China (in Chinese).
188. Legalisation of Documents/Apostille, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China.
189. Notice from the Foreign Affairs Office of the Chongqing Municipal People's Government on changes in the acceptance of consular authentication and apostilles, Chongqing Foreign Affairs Office (in Chinese).
190. Instructions for applying for apostille, Hebei Foreign Affairs Office (in Chinese).
191. Instructions for applying for certificate, Henan Foreign Affairs Office (in Chinese).
192. Notice on changes in the acceptance of consular authentication and apostille, Inner Mongolia Foreign Affairs Office (in Chinese).
193. Instructions for application, Jiangsu Foreign Affairs Office (in Chinese).
194. Apostille application guide, Qingdao Foreign Affairs Office (in Chinese).
195. Apostille service, Hong Kong Judiciary.
196. Document authentication for international use, Government of Macau (in Portuguese).
197. Costs and means of payment, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia (in Spanish).
198. Apostille Certification, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration of the Cook Islands.
199. Calendar to request appointments in the department of authentications, Ministry of Foreign Relations and Worship of Costa Rica (in Spanish).
200. Authentication (legalisation) of documents, Government of Croatia.
201. Apostille, Ministry of Justice and Public Order of Cyprus.
202. Verification of documents for abroad, Ministry of Justice of the Czech Republic (in Czech).
203. Verification of documents issued or written by a notary, for use abroad - apostilles, Notarial Chamber of the Czech Republic (in Czech).
204. Procedure for verification of documents issued or verified by a body of the Czech Republic for their use abroad, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic (in Czech).
205. Legalisation of Danish documents, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark.
206. Fees, International Business Companies (IBC), Companies and Intellectual Property Office of Dominica.
207. Guide to make your online request for apostille – legalization, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic (in Spanish).
208. Apostille and legalization of documents, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility of Ecuador (in Spanish).
209. Authentications and apostilles, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador (in Spanish).
210. Apostille, Chamber of Notaries of Estonia.
211. Apostille, Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
212. Apostille certification/legalization, Public Service Hall of Georgia.
213. Legalization and apostille, Service Agency of Georgia (in Georgian).
214. Apostille and legalization, Public Service Development Agency of Georgia (in Georgian).
215. Applying for an apostille, Federal Foreign Office of Germany (in German).
216. Information Concerning Costs, Fees and Expenses, German Patent and Trade Mark Office.
217. Judicial Administration Costs Act, Federal Ministry of Justice of Germany (in German).
218. Procedure and costs for certification of documents for submission abroad, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of Baden-Württemberg (in German).
219. Apostilles and pre-certifications for use abroad, Ministry of Science, Research and Arts of Baden-Württemberg (in German).
220. Certification of documents for use abroad / apostilles, Regional Council of Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg (in German).
221. Documents from state authorities or municipalities for use abroad; application for an apostille or pre-certification for legalization, Bavaria Portal.
222. Certification of documents for abroad (apostille/legalisation), Service Portal Berlin (in German).
223. Schedule of fees of the Ministry of the Interior and Municipal Affairs, Government of Brandenburg (in German).
224. Legalization and apostille law, Senator for the Interior of Bremen (in German).
225. Apostilles for abroad, Hamburg.de.
226. Apply for certification of documents in international legal transactions, Administration Portal Hesse (in German).
227. Certifications, Hanover Police Department (in German).
228. Certification of domestic public documents for use abroad, Schwerin.de (in German).
229. Application and costs, Regional Government of Arnsberg (in German).
230. Apostilles and certifications, Regional Government of Cologne (in German).
231. Apostilles / certifications, Regional Government of Detmold (in German).
232. Apostilles and certifications, Regional Government of Düsseldorf (in German).
233. Apostilles and certifications for legalisation purposes, Regional Government of Münster (in German).
234. Apostilles/certifications of public documents for use abroad, Supervisory and Service Directorate of Rhineland-Palatinate (in German).
235. General Schedule of Fees, Saarland.de (in German).
236. Certification of documents, State Directorate of Saxony (in German).
237. General schedule of fees of the state of Saxony-Anhalt, State Law of Saxony-Anhalt (in German).
238. Certifications, Schleswig-Holstein.de (in German).
239. Certification of documents for submission abroad (apostille/legalisation), State Administration Office of Thuringia (in German).
240. Hague Convention certificate (apostille), Decentralized Administration of Attica (in Greek).
241. Consular services – nationals, Consulate General of Grenada, Miami.
242. Information on legalization of documents: authentication and apostille, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Guatemala (in Spanish).
243. Legalisation of documents, Embassy of Guyana in Brussels.
244. Notarisation/legalisation of documents, Guyana High Commission in London.
245. List of available processes – authentications and apostilles, Secretary of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Honduras (in Spanish).
246. Information on the legalisation of public documents intended for use abroad, Hungarian National Chamber of Civil Law Notaries.
247. Legalisation procedure of documents to be used abroad, Consular Services of Hungary.
248. Consular Affairs, Government of Iceland.
249. Consular Services, Ministry of External Affairs of India.
250. Apostille legalization: online legalization of documents from Indonesia for public abroad, Ministry of Law and Human Rights of Indonesia, Regional Office of West Nusa Tenggara (in Indonesian).
251. Authentication of documents, Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland.
252. Apostille, Israeli Judicial Authority.
253. Verification of Israeli public documents, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel (in Hebrew).
254. Legalization-Apostille, Public Prosecutor at the Court of Lodi (in Italian).
255. Apostille (Hague Convention of 5 October 1961), Government of Aosta Valley (in Italian).
256. Legalization of documents, Government of Trentino (in Italian).
257. Legalization of documents, Government of South Tyrol (in Italian).
258. Legalization of documents, Territorial Office of the Government of Rome (in Italian).
259. Obtaining an apostille, Consulate General of Jamaica, Miami.
260. Apostillization of official documents outgoing from the justice authorities, Government of Kazakhstan.
261. Minimum calculated indexes, Electronic Government of Kazakhstan.
262. Apostille of official documents issued by educational organizations, Government of Kazakhstan.
263. Apostille of archive inquiries and/or copies of archival documents issued by the Special State Archive of the Informational Analytical Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan and its territorial subdivisions, Government of Kazakhstan.
264. Apostille of the archival references, copies of archival documents or archive extracts originating from the state archives of the Republic of Kazakhstan and sent abroad, Government of Kazakhstan.
265. Аpostille of official documents outgoing from court agencies, Government of Kazakhstan.
266. Apostille of documents of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Government of Kazakhstan.
267. Apostille of the official documents from the Prosecutor's Office, investigating and inquiry agencies, Government of Kazakhstan.
268. Apostillization of archive certificates and copies of archival records originating from the Central Archive under the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Government of Kazakhstan.
269. Regulation no. 19/2016 for issuing apostille certificates, Official Gazette of Kosovo.
270. Resolution of 10 June 2010 no. 75 on measures to implement the provisions of the convention abolishing the requirement of legalization of foreign official documents, Centralized Database of Legal Information of the Kyrgyz Republic, version of 28 February 2023 (in Russian).
271. Financial Police under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic liquidated, Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic, 15 March 2012 (in Russian).
272. A decision was made to liquidate the State Service for Combatting Economic Crimes under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic (Financial Police), Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic, 5 March 2021 (in Russian).
273. Resolution of 13 June 2011 no. 304 on the amount of fees for affixing an apostille, Centralized Database of Legal Information of the Kyrgyz Republic, version of 21 December 2023 (in Russian).
274. The sworn notaries in Latvia are now legalizing documents with an apostille for use in a foreign country, Latvian Council of Sworn Notaries.
275. Foreign Ministry resumes services of issuing article of incorporation, apostille, and laissez passer to boost government revenues, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Liberia.
276. Supercertification (apostille, superlegalization), Liechtenstein State Administration (in German).
277. Resolution on the approval of the amounts (rates) of notaries' remuneration for the performance of notarial acts, preparation of draft transactions, consultations and technical services and the list of cases of exemption from the payment of this remuneration, Register of Legal Acts of Lithuania (in Lithuanian).
278. Lithuania, apostille questionnaire 2021, Hague Conference on Private International Law.
279. Legalisation of documents and approval certificate (Apostille), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania.
280. Having Luxembourg documents legally certified for use abroad, Government of Luxembourg.
281. Legalisation of Documents, Ministry for Foreign and European Affairs and Trade of Malta.
282. Apostille (Legalisation of Documents), Defence and Home Affairs Division of Mauritius.
283. Apostille of documents, Government of Mexico (in Spanish).
284. Apostille, Government of Aguascalientes (in Spanish).
285. Revenue Law of the State of Baja California, Government of Baja California (in Spanish).
286. Fees of state duties, Government of Baja California Sur (in Spanish).
287. Treasury Law of the State of Campeche, Congress of Campeche (in Spanish).
288. Unit of measure and update (UMA), National Institute of Statistics and Geography of Mexico (in Spanish).
289. Apostille of state public documents that must have effect abroad in countries that are part of the International Hague Convention, Government of Chiapas (in Spanish).
290. Apostille of documents issued by any state authority or school, Government of Chihuahua (in Spanish).
291. Apostille documents, Government of Coahuila (in Spanish).
292. Legalization and/or apostille, Government of Colima (in Spanish).
293. Treasury Law of the State of Durango, Congress of Durango (in Spanish).
294. Revenue Law of the State of Durango, Congress of Durango (in Spanish).
295. Online payments, Government of Guanajuato (in Spanish).
296. Law number 419 of Treasury of the State of Guerrero, Congress of Guerrero (in Spanish).
297. State Law of Duties, Congress of Hidalgo (in Spanish).
298. Revenue Law of the State of Jalisco, Government of Jalisco (in Spanish).
299. Legalization and/or apostille of signature and seal on public documents issued by officers or notaries public of Mexico City, Government of Mexico City (in Spanish).
300. Financial Code of the State of Mexico and Municipalities, Government of Mexico State (in Spanish).
301. Revenue Law of the State of Michoacán, Congress of Michoacán (in Spanish).
302. Apostille of documents, Government of Morelos (in Spanish).
303. Apostille/legalization and/or certification of documents, Government of Nayarit (in Spanish).
304. Treasury Law of the State of Nuevo León, Congress of Nuevo León (in Spanish).
305. State Law of Duties of Oaxaca, Congress of Oaxaca (in Spanish).
306. State Law of Treasury, Congress of Oaxaca (in Spanish).
307. Apostille of official documents, Government of Puebla (in Spanish).
308. Treasury Law of the State of Querétaro, Legislature of Querétaro (in Spanish).
309. Law of Duties of the State of Quintana Roo, Congress of Quintana Roo (in Spanish).
310. Apostille of documents, Government of San Luis Potosí (in Spanish).
311. Treasury Law of the State of Sinaloa, Congress of Sinaloa (in Spanish).
312. Fees of the payment of duties, Government of Sonora (in Spanish).
313. Apostilles of documents, Government of Tabasco (in Spanish).
314. Issuance of apostille, Government of Tamaulipas (in Spanish).
315. Legalization of signatures, Civil Registry of Tlaxcala (in Spanish).
316. Code of Duties for the State of Veracruz, Legislature of Veracruz (in Spanish).
317. Financial Code for the State of Veracruz, Legislature of Veracruz (in Spanish).
318. Apostille, Government of Yucatán (in Spanish).
319. Treasury Law of the State of Zacatecas, Congress of Zacatecas (in Spanish).
320. Apostille, Government of Moldova (in Romanian).
321. Regulation regarding the application of the apostille, Government of Moldova (in Romanian).
322. Apostille a document, Government of Monaco (in French).
323. Apostille certification, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia (in Mongolian).
324. Request for certification with apostille stamp, Ministry of Justice of Montenegro (in Serbo-Croatian).
325. Notice of office work, Basic Court of Kotor (in Serbo-Croatian).
326. FAQ, Apostille, Government of Morocco (in French).
327. Kingdom of Morocco, apostille questionnaire 2021, Hague Conference on Private International Law (in French).
328. Application for authentication of public documents for use outside the borders of Namibia, Registrar of the Supreme and High Court of Namibia.
329. Issuing of apostilles by the Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Justice of Namibia.
330. Apostille and legalization, Judiciary of the Netherlands (in Dutch).
331. Legalization of documents, Government of Curaçao (in Dutch).
332. Apostille (legalization of documents), Government of Sint Maarten.
333. Use your NZ documents overseas, New Zealand Government.
334. Nicaragua, apostille questionnaire 2021, Hague Conference on Private International Law.
335. Apostille/legalization of documents for abroad, Ministry of Justice of North Macedonia (in Macedonian).
336. Civil area, Basic Court of Prilep (in Macedonian).
337. Apostille stamp on documents, County Governor of Oslo and Viken (in Norwegian).
338. Attestation of documents, Foreign Ministry of Oman.
339. Judicial Authority implements the electronic apostille project (e-apostile), Judicial Authority of Panama (in Spanish).
340. Fees for procedures and stamps, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Panama (in Spanish).
341. Legalizations/apostille, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Paraguay (in Spanish).
342. Apostille and legalization, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Peru (in Spanish).
343. Quick facts on apostille, Office of Consular Affairs of the Philippines.
344. What documents we certify, Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange.
345. What is required to obtain an apostille, Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange.
346. Apostille, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland (in Polish).
347. Educational law, Internet System of Legal Acts(in Polish).
348. Authentication of documents/apostille, Board of Education in Łódź (in Polish).
349. Rules of authentication of documents, District Examination Commission in Warsaw (in Polish).
350. Apostille, Public Prosecution Service of Portugal (in Portuguese).
351. Apostille, Court of Appeal of Guimarães (in Portuguese).
352. Romania, apostille questionnaire 2021, Hague Conference on Private International Law.
353. Apostille and legalization, Chamber of Notaries Public of Cluj (in Romanian).
354. Apostille, Office of the Prefect of the Municipality of Bucharest (in Romanian).
355. List of competent authorities authorized to affix an apostille in the Russian Federation on official documents in accordance with the established sphere of activity, Garant (in Russian).
356. Amounts of state duty for state registration, as well as for performing other legally significant actions, Consultant Plus (in Russian).
357. Authentication (Legalization) of Documents, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Saint Kitts and Nevis.
358. Processing of apostilles, Government of Saint Lucia.
359. Apostilles, Ministry of Legal Affairs of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
360. Apostille, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Samoa.
361. Legalizations, Government of San Marino (in Italian).
362. Legalization, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Serbia.
363. Republic of Serbia, apostille questionnaire 2021, Hague Conference on Private International Law.
364. Apostille, First Basic Court in Belgrade (in Serbian).
365. Services, Judiciary of Seychelles.
366. FAQ, Singapore Academy of Law.
367. Verification of documents, Ministry of Justice of Slovakia.
368. Slovakia, apostille questionnaire 2021, Hague Conference on Private International Law.
369. Application for authentication of documents for use abroad, Ministry of Public Administration of Slovenia (in Slovene).
370. Republic of Slovenia, apostille questionnaire 2021, Hague Conference on Private International Law.
371. Consular Notarial Service: Legalisation of official (public) documents, Department of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa.
372. Introduce apostille system, Overseas Koreans Agency.
373. Single legalization or Hague apostille, Ministry of Justice of Spain (in Spanish).
374. Spain, questions for contracting states, Hague Conference on Private International Law.
375. Apostille and legalization service, Notarial College of the Basque Country (in Spanish).
376. Legalizations and apostilles, Notarial College of Catalonia (in Spanish).
377. Legalization and apostilles, Notarial College of Madrid (in Spanish).
378. Legalization, Court of Justice of Suriname (in Dutch).
379. Notary public, Björn Rosengren Law Firm.
380. Luleå notary public, Norrland Lawyers (in Swedish).
381. A more modern set of regulations for legalisations, apostilles and other forms of certifications, Government of Sweden, p. 114 (in Swedish).
382. Factsheet on the legalisation of signatures by the Federal Chancellery, Swiss Federal Chancellery.
383. Certifications, Government of Aargau (in German).
384. Certifications (legalizations/apostilles), Government of Appenzell Ausserrhoden (in German).
385. Apostille/supercertification, Government of Appenzell Innerrhoden (in German).
386. Certification/apostille, Government of Basel-Landschaft (in German).
387. Certifications/legalizations, Government of Basel-Stadt (in German).
388. What do I have to do in order to get a document certified?, Government of Bern.
389. Legalizations and apostilles, Government of Fribourg (in French).
390. Rate of administrative fees, Government of Fribourg (in French).
391. Legalize a document or a signature intended for abroad, Government of Geneva (in French).
392. Certification service, Government of Glarus (in German).
393. Ordinance on fees for the State Chancellery, Government of Grisons. (in German, Romansh, and Italian)
394. Legalization of signatures, Government of Jura (in French).
395. Certifications, Government of Lucerne (in German).
396. Law setting the rate of fees, of chancellery fees and of costs in civil, penal and administrative matters, Government of Neuchâtel (in French).
397. Apostille (supercertification), Government of Nidwalden (in German).
398. Apostilles and certifications (legalizations), Government of Obwalden (in German).
399. Apostilles and legalizations, Government of Sankt Gallen (in German).
400. Ordinance on fees for certifications by the State Chancellery, Government of Schaffhausen (in German).
401. Apostille and legalisation, Government of Schwyz.
402. Certifications/apostilles, Government of Solothurn (in German).
403. Payment options/ overview of fees, Government of Thurgau (in German).
404. Legislative decree concerning the chancellery fees for legalizations of documents and for the issuance of documents or extracts, Government of Ticino (in Italian).
405. Report on the fee situation of the cantonal administration, Government of Uri (in German).
406. Legalization of documents, Government of Valais (in French).
407. Legalizations of documents for abroad (apostilles), Government of Vaud (in French).
408. Legalisations, Government of Zug.
409. Certifications and apostilles, Government of Zürich.
410. Apostille, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan (in Tajik).
411. In Tajikistan, the amount of the indicator for calculations is increased, ASIA-Plus, 28 November 2023 (in Russian).
412. Exchange rate, National Bank of Tajikistan.
413. Trinidad and Tobago, apostille questionnaire 2021, Hague Conference on Private International Law.
414. Tunisia, apostille questionnaire 2021, Hague Conference on Private International Law (in French).
415. Republic of Turkey, apostille questionnaire 2021, Hague Conference on Private International Law.
416. Frequently asked questions, e-Apostil.
417. Cost and terms, Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.
418. Procedure for affixing an apostille, Ministry of Justice of Ukraine (in Ukrainian).
419. Apostille, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (in Ukrainian).
420. Apostille and Legalization, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.
421. Get your document legalised, Government of the United Kingdom.
422. Stamp Act, Government of Anguilla.
423. Apostille Information, Parliamentary Registry of Bermuda.
424. Apostilles and notarial act fee to increase on May 1, Government of the British Virgin Islands.
425. Notarial and Commissioner for Oaths Services, Falkland Islands Government.
426. Legalisation, Gibraltar Notary.
427. Legalisation of Documents, Royal Court of Guernsey.
428. Apostille application form, Isle of Man Courts of Justice.
429. Legalisation of documents, Government of Jersey.
430. Registration and Records Act, revised edition of 1 January 2019, Government of Montserrat.
431. Recording of Deeds Ordinance and Subsidiary Legislation, Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
432. Requesting Authentication Services, United States Department of State.
433. How to Replace or Amend a Consular Report of Birth Abroad (CRBA), United States Department of State.
434. Court of Appeals miscellaneous fee schedule, United States Courts.
435. District Court miscellaneous fee schedule, United States Courts.
436. U.S. Court of Federal Claims fee schedule, United States Courts.
437. Authentications, Alabama Secretary of State.
438. Authentications and Apostilles, Lieutenant Governor of Alaska.
439. Fees, notary public, Annotated Code of American Samoa, American Samoa Bar Association.
440. Apostille and Document Authentication, Arizona Secretary of State.
441. Apostille/Certificate of Authentication Request Form, Arkansas Secretary of State.
442. Request an Apostille, California Secretary of State.
443. Fee Schedule, Colorado Secretary of State.
444. Certifications, Apostilles and Authentication of Documents, Delaware Division of Corporations.
445. Authentications, Office of the Secretary of the District of Columbia.
446. Authentications (Apostilles and Notarial Certifications), Florida Department of State.
447. General Apostille Information, Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority.
448. Notaries public, Guam Code Annotated.
449. Application for apostilles or certification of documents, Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii.
450. Circuit Court Filing Fees and Costs, Hawaii State Judiciary.
451. Forms and Fees, Idaho Secretary of State.
452. Apostilles and Certifications, Illinois Secretary of State.
453. Apostille or certification request form, Iowa Secretary of State.
454. Apostilles and Authentications, Kansas Secretary of State.
455. Apostilles, Kentucky Secretary of State.
456. How to get a notary signature certified, Fayette County Clerk.
457. Authenticate Signatures of Louisiana Officials, Louisiana Secretary of State.
458. Authentications and Apostilles, Secretary of State of Maine.
459. Summary of charges, costs, and fees of the clerks of the Circuit Court, Maryland Judiciary.
460. Apostilles and Certification of Documents, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
461. Document authentication and apostille, Michigan Department of State.
462. Apostille authentication, Minnesota Secretary of State.
463. Request for apostille/certification, Mississippi Secretary of State.
464. Certification, Authentication, and Apostilles, Missouri Secretary of State.
465. Apostille / Authentication, Montana Secretary of State.
466. Apostilles and Authentications, Nebraska Secretary of State.
467. Fee Schedule, Nevada Secretary of State.
468. Apostilles and Certificates, New Hampshire Secretary of State.
469. Apostille Request Form, Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services of New Jersey.
470. Apostille/Certifications Forms, New Mexico Secretary of State.
471. Official Verification of Name (Apostille/Certification of Authentication), New York State Unified Court System.
472. Apostilles, Erie County Clerk's Office.
473. Apostille, Suffolk County Clerk's Office.
474. Apostille, Oneida County.
475. Apostille Certificates, North Carolina Secretary of State.
476. Authentications by Apostille and Certification, North Dakota Secretary of State.
477. Apostilles and Certificates of Authentication (U.S. Documents), Eighth Army of the United States.
478. 2022 Annual Report, Office of the Attorney General of the Northern Mariana Islands.
479. Frequently Asked Questions, Ohio Secretary of State.
480. Apostille and authentication of documents, Oklahoma Secretary of State.
481. How to Get an Authentication (or Apostille), Oregon Secretary of State.
482. How Do I Obtain an Apostille or Certification?, Pennsylvania Department of State.
483. Apostilles, Department of State of Puerto Rico.
484. Apostilles and Certifications, Rhode Island Department of State.
485. Apostilles, South Carolina Secretary of State.
486. Apostilles and Authentications, South Dakota Secretary of State.
487. Notary Public, Shelby County Clerk.
488. How to request a universal apostille, Texas Secretary of State.
489. Request Form for Apostille or Certificate of Authentication, Office of the Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands.
490. Document Authentication Fees (Apostille), Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Utah.
491. Apostille or Authentication, Vermont Secretary of State.
492. How to Submit Documents, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
493. How to obtain an Apostille or Certificate of Authentication, Washington Secretary of State.
494. Apostille and certification request, West Virginia Secretary of State.
495. Apostilles and Authentications, Office of the Wisconsin Secretary of State.
496. Apostilles/Authentications, Wyoming Secretary of State.
497. Apostille and/or legalization of Uruguayan or foreign public documents to have effect abroad or in the Republic, Government of Uruguay (in Spanish).
498. Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan on measures to further improve the procedure for affixing an apostille to official documents, Government of Uzbekistan.
499. Decree on increasing the amount of wages, pensions and allowances, Government of Uzbekistan (in Uzbek).
500. Consular services, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela.
501. Reference in other currencies, Central Bank of Venezuela (in Spanish).
502. Apostille of documents, Embassy of Venezuela in the Dominican Republic (in Spanish).
503. New consular fees, Consulate General of Venezuela in Bilbao (in Spanish).
504. "E-APP". Hague Conference on Private International Law.
505. "Implementation chart of the e-APP" (PDF). Hague Conference on Private International Law.
506. Consular legalization and authentication of documents, Consulate General of Brazil in Houston. Archived from the original on 30 December 2011.
507. Apostille, Consulate General of Brazil in Houston (in Portuguese).
508. The application of the Apostille Convention to diplomas including those issued by diploma mills, Hague Conference on Private International Law, December 2008.
509. Conclusions and Recommendations of the Special Commission on the Practical Operation of the Hague Apostille, Service, Taking of Evidence, and Access to Justice Conventions, Hague Conference on Private International Law, February 2009.

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