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Apostille in Texas
The Texas Secretary of State apostilles documents that Texas issued. It cannot apostille a federal document, and that distinction is where most people lose a month.
Verified 2026-08-04
| Fee | $15 per document, not per page. Adoption apostilles are $10 per document, capped at $100 per adoption. |
| In person | Appointments Tuesday to Thursday, walk-ins Monday to Friday. One appointment per person or company per day, and a maximum of ten documents per visit. More than ten can be dropped off and are processed within 72 hours. |
| By mail | Up to two weeks from the day of receipt, and it moves with volume. |
| Mail to | Authentications Unit, 400 West 15th Street, Austin, TX 78701 |
Source: Texas Secretary of State. Checked 2026-08-04. Fees and backlogs change, so confirm before you send anything.
Texas 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 Texas, it will come back unprocessed. How to recover →
What Texas can apostille
- ✓Birth and death certificates issued by Texas
- ✓Marriage certificates recorded in Texas
- ✓Texas court records
- ✓Documents notarised by a Texas 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.