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Death Certificate Apostille

Death Certificate Apostille

If you are looking to apostille a Death Certificate, neither Chula Vista nor San Diego county have a local branch of the Secretary of State that will provide this service. You have three options to obtain a death certificate apostille.

Option 1: Mail your documents to Sacramento and wait to see when they come back, this process usually takes about 3 weeks.

Options 2: Drive three hours up to Los Angeles and get it stamped yourself, then drive three hours back. Seven hours of your day, plus a full tank of gas, spent on getting one piece of paper. Think about it this way 7 hours times a minimum $10/hr plus at least $50 in gas equals $120. All that, plus the headache of LA traffic!

Option 3: We do the leg work for you. At least once a week, we make the trip to the Los Angeles branch of the Secretary of State to process apostilles for many Chula Vista residents and businesses. It is the easiest and most cost-effective way to get your apostille processed in a quick and easy manner.

Valid Death Certificates for Apostille

Death certificates that are to be apostilled must contain a valid signature in order to be processed.

The California Secretary of State provides authentication of public official signatures on documents to be used outside the United States of America.

An Authentication Certificate only certifies the authenticity of the signature of the official who signed the document, the capacity in which that official acted, and when appropriate, the identity of the seal or stamp which the document bears. The Authentication Certificate does not validate the other contents of the document.

The California Secretary of State authenticates signatures only on documents issued in the State of California signed by a notary public or the following public officials and their deputies:

  • County Clerks or Recorders
  • Court Administrators of the Superior Court
  • Executive Clerks of the Superior Court
  • Officers whose authority is not limited to any particular county
  • Executive Officers of the Superior Court
  • Judges of the Superior Court
  • State Officials

death certificate apostille

Notarial and Authentication (Apostille) by Travel.State.Gov

death certificate apostille, seal of californiaAn Apostille is a certificate issued by a designated authority in a country where the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement for Legalization of Foreign Public Documents, Apostille Convention, is in force. See a model Apostille. Apostilles authenticate the seals and signatures of officials on public documents such as birth certificates, notarials, court orders, or any other document issued by a public authority, so that they can be recognized in foreign countries that are parties to the Convention. In the United States, there are multiple designated Competent Authorities to issue Apostilles, the authority to issue an Apostille for a particular document depends on the origin of the document in question. Federal executive branch documents, such as FBI background checks, are authenticated by the federal Competent Authority, the U.S. Department of State Authentications Office. State documents such as notarizations or vital records are authenticated by designated state competent authorities, usually the state Secretary of State.

The Hague Conference on Private International Law, the international organization that created the Apostille Convention, maintains an Apostille Section on its website with helpful information such as a user brochure The ABCs of Apostilles, and links to competent authorities for every country, including the United States, where the Convention is in force.

If you have a document that needs to be authenticated for use in a country where the Apostille Convention is not in force, the U.S. Department of State Authentications Office has useful information on its website about the process.

What is an Apostille

The California Secretary of State provides authentication of public official signatures on documents to be used outside the United States of America. The country of destination determines whether the authentication is an Apostille or Certification.

Apostilles and Certifications only certify to the authenticity of the signature of the official who signed the document, the capacity in which that official acted, and when appropriate, the identity of the seal or stamp which the document bears. The Apostille or Certification does not validate the contents of the document.

The California Secretary of State authenticates signatures only on documents issued in the State of California signed by a notary public or the following public officials and their deputies:

  • County Clerks or Recorders
  • Court Administrators of the Superior Court
  • Executive Clerks of the Superior Court
  • Officers whose authority is not limited to any particular county
  • Executive Officers of the Superior Court
  • Judges of the Superior Court
  • State Officials

What is an Apostille and when do I need one?

An Apostille is a certificate that authenticates the origin of a public document (eg birth,
marriage or death certificate, a judgment, an extract of a register or a notarial attestation.)

Apostilles can only be issued for document issued in one country party to the Apositlle
convention and that are to be used in another country which is also a party to the
convention

You will need an Apostille if all of the following apply;

  • The country where the document was issued is party to the Apostille convention; and
  • The country in which the document is to b used is party to the Apostille Convention; and
  • The law of the country where the document was issued considers it to be a public document; and
  • The country I which the document is to be used requires an Apostille in order to recognize it as a foreign public document.

An apostille may not be required if the laws, regulation or practice in force in the country where the public document is to be used have abolished or simplified the requirement of an apostille or have exempted the document from any legalization requirement. Such simplification or exemption may also result from a treaty or other agreement that is in force between the country where the pubic document is to be used and the country that issued it (e.g. some other Hague Conventions exempt documents from legalization or any analogous formality, including an Apostille).

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1680 Broadway Ave, Suite D, Chula Vista, CA 91911
Tel: 619-425-9388

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