- The Florida Secretary of State is the only competent authority authorized to issue notarial and apostille certifications in the state of Florida. The Division of Corporations issues the certificates. The Florida Secretary of State office is located at 2415 N. Monroe Street, Suite 810, Tallahassee, Florida 3230. The United States of America has competent authorities to issue the apostille certificate. The US Department of State Authentication Office affixes apostilles to documents issued by Federal agencies of the United States.
- The US Department of State, Office of Consular Affairs, Passport Services, Vital Records Section affixes apostilles to Consular Reports of Birth, Death and Marriage or US Citizens and Government.
- The Clerks and Deputy Clerks of the United States of America are authorized to issue apostilles on documents issued by those courts. As an alternative, the US Department of Justice may authenticate the US Department of State’s Authentications Office for an apostille on that seal.
- Public documents issued by US states, the District of Columbia and other US jurisdictions may be legalized with an apostille by designated authorities in any jurisdiction, generally the state Secretary of State’s office.
- I. Authentication Officer, Acting Authentication Officer and Assistant Authentication Officer, United States Department of State.
- The government office verifies the authenticity of the a Florida Notary Public’s signature by comparing it to their current notary public database. The notary’s commission number, expiration date and name are all verified. For a Florida document to be used abroad, it needs to be authenticated. If translations are required, the Florida Secretary of State office does not do the translating. The certification/notarization for any translated document must adhere to the requirements of the SOS office. The notary cannot be the same person who translates the document.
Authentications (Apostilles & Notarial Certifications)
PROVEN TRACK RECORD
5.00
Overall rating of 103 1st-party reviews
2025-04-28
John Maggio
I highly recommend Mindy at Florida Notary Public for all of you document needs. I needed an Apostille from Florida asap and she was able to get it for me in record time with no issues. If you want a verbal or written recommendation from me please feel free to reach out to Mindy and ask for my info. She will be doing all of my document work going forward, she is the best!
2025-04-23
Tel Shaff
Mindy was great! She was very helpful from the start, to the end of the apostille process. She explained clearly the whole process, and assisted in making everything go smoothly.
2025-04-21
Sonia Chauhan
I was absolutely a stranger to what appostile is and never had been to US. but I had to get my documents appostile from USA. It was near to imossible task for me. I started putting quotations and questions to many appostile services in USA. My one such request went to Mindy, She immediately reached me on my watsup and explained me the process. I was still very doubtful and I paid half the amount. She made payment easy for me via paypal. She got my documents done very fast. She called me and convinced me. and shared a copy of the appostile documents. On satisfaction I paid her in full. Then I was facing problem how to import documents, she offered to book via Fedex to which I agreed. She kept tracking my documents and my so important documents reached on time, all fully done. I am amazed and thankful I landed meeting up Mindy. Very fast 200 percent reliable person. Thank you Mindy for the impossible (seemed to me) work that you did in quick few days. I will recommend her for all her good work.