An Apostille may be affixed to original documents issued in the State of
Florida and bearing an official signature and seal of a valid commissioned
notary public, current Florida State Registrar, probate judge, or any
document issued by one of the departments of the State of Florida.
Please find below a list of all the different departments of the State of
Florida.
- Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA)
- Florida
Board of Governors
- Florida
Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS)
- Florida
Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR)
- Florida
Department of Children and Families (DCF)
- Florida
Citrus Commission
- Florida
Department of Citrus (FDOC)
- Florida
Department of Corrections (FDC)
- Florida
State Board of Education
- Florida
Department of Education (FLDOE)
- Florida
Department of Elder Affairs (DOEA)
- Florida
Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)
- Florida
Department of Health (DOH)
- Florida
Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ)
- Florida
Department of Lottery (Lottery)
- Florida
Department of Management Services (DMS)
- Florida
Division of Administrative Hearings
- Florida
Commission on Human Relations (FCHR)
- Florida
Department of Military Affairs (DMA) (National Guard)
- Florida
Department of State (Secretary of State of Florida)
- Florida
Department of Transportation (DOT)
- Florida
Executive Office of the Governor
- Florida
Division of Emergency Management (FDEM)
- Florida
Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWCC)
- Florida
Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (DHSMV)
- Florida
Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE)
- Florida
Department of Revenue (DOR)
- Florida
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
- Florida
Commission on Offender Review (FCOR)
- Florida
State Board of Administration (SBA)
- Florida
The Apostille certification only certify the capacity of the person who has signed the public document, and the authenticity of the signature.
An Apostille certification does not certify the content of the public document to which it relates.
Documents issued by a different state can not be apostilled by the State of Florida. They must be apostilled from the same issuing state.
Documents issued by the Federal government for individuals or companies located in Florida must obtain the Apostille from the U.S. Department of State.
To order an Apostille, you must include a "Submittal Form" with your request. To download the State of Florida form please click here.
Complete the form and attach it with your document (s).
Apostille Services for Federal Documents.
The Secretary of State of Florida will only issue an Apostille strictly for use in Hague Participating Countries.
All documents issued for Non-Hague Participating Countries will be certified, not apostilled.
Apostille services are not necessary within the United States or any of its territories or possessions; Therefore the Secretary of State of Florida will not issue an Apostille for use in American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Florida Secretary of State charges $10 per document. A document may have multiple pages.
Apostille service processing time is 5 business days.
