Apostille Insights

Florida corporate records come in three kinds, and each has to be in a different condition before it can be apostilled: state certificates as issued, internal company documents after a Florida notarization, and IRS letters through a separate federal process. What a foreign bank, registry or partner usually asks for, and how we handle the whole package. $275 per document.

Any document issued by the State of Florida or notarized by a Florida notary can be apostilled, and the apostille always comes from Tallahassee, not from an office in Boca Raton. The catch is that each type of document has to be the right copy before the state will touch it. Here is the full list by group, what has to be true for each, and what cannot be apostilled in Florida at all. $275 per document.

A Florida court document is apostilled on a certified copy with the clerk's stamp and seal. It is never notarized, and federal court records follow a separate federal process. Which copy works, the divorce-record trap, and how we handle it from Boca Raton. $275 per document.

No office in Boca Raton issues apostilles. Every Florida death certificate apostille comes from the Secretary of State in Tallahassee, and the certificate has to be the right copy: certified, signed by the State Registrar. Which copy works, what gets rejected, and how we handle it from Boca Raton. $275 per document.

A Florida marriage certificate is apostilled on the certified copy, never on the keepsake from your ceremony. Which copy works, the three mistakes that get certificates rejected, what to do if you were married in another state, and how the order runs. $275 per document, 2 to 8 business days.

A Florida apostille takes 2, 3 to 5, or 6 to 8 business days with us, versus 30 days or more by mail from the Secretary of State. $275 per document. Here is when the clock starts and the one thing that turns a two-day order into a two-week one.