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Apostille in Florida
The Florida Secretary of State apostilles documents that Florida issued. It cannot apostille a federal document, and that distinction is where most people lose a month.
Verified 2026-08-04
| Fee | $10 per document. $20 where a Florida Clerk of the Court certified it, because that needs a $10 certificate of incumbency alongside the $10 apostille. |
| In person | Walk-ins are usually handled while you wait. There is no expedited service of any kind, and requests are worked in the order received. |
| By mail | Florida does not publish a mail turnaround. The only official statement is that documents are processed in the order received. |
| Mail to | Division of Corporations, ATTN: Apostille Section, P.O. Box 6800, Tallahassee, FL 32314-6800 |
| Courier / in person | 2415 N. Monroe Street, Suite 810, Tallahassee, FL 32303 |
| Payment | Check or money order payable to the Florida Department of State, in U.S. currency drawn on a U.S. bank. No cash and no credit cards. |
Source: Florida Secretary of State. Checked 2026-08-04. Fees and backlogs change, so confirm before you send anything.
Florida cannot apostille an FBI background check. That is a federal document and goes to the U.S. Department of State, Office of Authentications in Washington instead. If you have already sent one to Florida, it will come back unprocessed. How to recover →
What Florida can apostille
- ✓Birth and death certificates issued by Florida
- ✓Marriage certificates recorded in Florida
- ✓Florida court records
- ✓Documents notarised by a Florida notary
What it cannot
- ×FBI background checks
- ×Naturalisation and citizenship certificates
- ×Federal court records and IRS documents
- ×Documents issued by any other state
Need the federal one instead?
If your document is an FBI background check, we handle the whole chain including the trip to Washington. About three weeks, $299 all in.