Notary related services and Apostilles are our specialty. Too often we find that clients are calling us because other notaries incorrectly notarized their important documents which in turn resulted in the rejection of these documents by the Secretary of State. We have found that many notaries are often doing notary work as a “side job” in addition to other jobs such as income taxes and insurances services. This often results in a lack of procedural knowledge on behalf of that notary or “sloppy” work.

An “apostille” is a form of authentication issued to documents for use in countries that participate in the Hague Convention of 1961. A list of countries that accept apostilles is provided by the US State Department.

If the country of intended use does not participate in the Hague Convention, documents being sent to that country can be “authenticated” or “certified”.

The Office of the Secretary of State provides apostille and authentication service to U.S. citizens and foreign nationals on documents that will be used overseas. Types of documents include corporate documents such as company bylaws and articles of incorporation, power of attorney, diplomas, transcripts, letters relating to degrees, marital status, references and job certifications, home studies, deeds of assignments, distributorship agreements, papers for adoption purposes, etc. The U.S. State Department provides general information about document authentications and apostilles under the Hague Convention of 1961.

Call Donna for all Apostille rates.
(310) 592-6859

Email: donnalerckman@gmail.com