GUIDELINES FOR YOUR APOSTILLE OR CERTIFICATION
1. DESTINATION COUNTRY:
State Apostilles can only be issued for countries that belong to the Hague Convention. If your destination country is not a member, you
will most likely need a U.S. Department of State Certification and/or Embassy Legalization.
2. DOCUMENT PREPARATION:
A. Required Signature
i. All documents for a California Apostille service are limited to documents with specific signatures. Make sure that your document
has the qualifying signature.
ii. If you are producing your own document, such as a Power of Attorney, contract bids or any printed document that requires your
signature,we will notarize your signature at no additional charge when we pick up your document. (Local Only)
iii. Documents mailed to us that require a California notarization for counties other than Orange, LA or Riverside must be
notarized before sending them to us.
iv. Other California documents such as High School/College Diplomas, transcripts, etc., should also be notarized before you submit
them to us.
v. If your document has multiple signatures, verify whether or not each signature requires an Apostille authentication; remember, it
is the signature that is authenticated, not the document.
vi. All documents should have a certification date within the past five years.
B. Translation: If your document is in a foreign language, it must be accompanied by the proper notorial statement in English.
C. If you need a updated Birth or Death Certificate, Marriage or Divorce Record, your may consider ordering one from the web site
www.vitalchek.com or obtain it yourself. We are prohibited by law to obtain one for you.
PICKUP/DELIVERY SERVICE PRICING FOR ORANGE, LA AND RIVERSIDE COUNTIES (WE ALSO PROCESS MAIL-IN APOSTILLE REQUESTS FOR ALL 50 STATES)
APOSTILLES (Complete - No Additional fees for California Notarizatons)
$390.00 - Same Day pickup and delivery service for one document
$290.00 - 1st Document picked up/delivered by us with maximum of two signatures
$180.00 - 1st Document mailed to us instead of pick and delivery
$ 90.00 - 2nd Document of same type
$ 70.00 - Each Additional Document of same type (no limit)
U.S. DEPT. OF STATE AUTHENTICATIONS (No Additional fees for required state certifications)
$320.00 - 1st Document (Maximum of two signatures for authentication on same document)
$150.00 - 2nd Document of same type
$100.00 - Each Additional Document of same type
EMBASSY LEGALIZATION
$55 Processing in addition to Embassy fee and Apostille/Department of State Authentications
OUR COMPLETE APOSTILLE/AUTHETICATION SERVICE INCLUDES:
1. Pick up and delivery service (Orange, South LA, and West Riverside counties only)
2. Twenty Four - Forty Eight Hour Turnaround Service for most Apostilles
3. U.S. Department of State Authentication if needed (Non-Hague Convention Countries)
4. Eight to fourteen business days processing for U.S. Department of State Authentications
5. Discount for multiple documents of same type
6. Local, State, Federal, FEDEX charge included in fee (USA only)
7. Free: Notarize applicable documents at pick-up if needed
8. Guarantee of Service:
If your Apostille is rejected by the country of detinationt due to an error on our part, we will correct our error and process a
new Apostille for you, free of any additional charges.