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Need an apostille, authentication, or embassy legalization for documents being used in another country? Apostille Texas provides expedited international document certification services for personal, business, academic, corporate, state, and federal documents being used in foreign countries.

Browse our directory of the 98 most commonly requested document types below to find your document. Each document page explains how to prepare your document, whether it must be notarized or certified, current turnaround times (TAT), pricing, shipping instructions, and how to order.

Depending on your document type and the country where it will be used, we can help obtain the required certification through the:

• Texas Secretary of State (TXSOS) for Texas-issued documents
• U.S. Department of State (USDOS) for federal documents
• Foreign embassies and consulates in Washington, D.C., for non-Hague member countries requiring document legalization and attestations. 

Need an apostille for your college diploma, university degree, transcript, or other educational documents? Browse our directory of 189 Texas colleges and universities to find your school and view apostille requirements, processing information, pricing, and ordering instructions.

Not sure which country your documents will be used in? Browse our directory of 220 countries to view country-specific apostille, authentication, embassy legalization, and document certification requirements.

Not sure which process your document requires? Our 227 Apostille FAQ videos answer nearly every apostille question you can think of.

Not sure whether your document is recordable, non-recordable, or a corporation document? The explanations below will help you choose the correct category before selecting your document.

Find Your Apostille Document

Use the document directory below to find your document.

Click any document to view:

• Document preparation requirements
• Notarization or certification requirements
• Processing information
• Current turnaround times (TAT)
• Pricing
• Shipping instructions
• Ordering instructions

When you’re ready to place your order, open your document’s instruction page and, under Step #3, click the blue Order button to access the correct online order form.

   Apostille Recordable
Documents

No notarization required.

The Texas Secretary of State classifies the 21 documents listed below as recordable documents. These are official public records that have been filed, recorded, or issued by a Texas state or county government authority.

To qualify for a Texas universal apostille, the Texas Secretary of State generally requires either the original recordable document or an official certified copy issued by the appropriate Texas government agency.

Because these are already official government records, they should not be notarized by a Texas notary public for apostille purposes. A Texas notary cannot convert a photocopy of a Texas public record into a certified document that qualifies for a Texas apostille.

The Texas Secretary of State can only issue apostilles for Texas public records. If your recordable document was issued by another U.S. state, you must obtain the apostille or authentication from the appropriate authority in that state. Documents issued by another country generally must be processed through the appropriate authorities in the country where they originated.

Although four federal document types appear in this section, they are not Texas recordable documents. Federal documents must be submitted to the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., for a federal apostille or authentication.

Apostille Non-Recordable
Documents

Texas notarization required.

The Texas Secretary of State classifies the 59 documents listed below as non-recordable documents. Unlike recordable documents, these documents are generally not officially filed, recorded, or issued by a Texas state or county government authority.

To qualify for a Texas universal apostille, an original non-recordable document must be properly signed and notarized by a commissioned Texas notary public. The notarization must include the required signer statement, signature, notarial certificate, Texas notary signature, seal, and date of notarization.

Properly completed Texas Remote Online Notarizations (RON) may also qualify for a Texas apostille when they meet the Texas Secretary of State’s requirements. However, some foreign countries or receiving authorities may not accept remotely notarized documents. Please check with the foreign country before you place an order with us.

The Texas Secretary of State may reject a non-recordable document that is improperly notarized or does not contain the required signatures and notarial certificate.

The notarization must be performed by a Texas notary public for the Texas Secretary of State to issue a Texas apostille. If your document was notarized by a notary commissioned in another U.S. state, you must obtain the apostille or authentication from that state’s appropriate authority rather than Texas.