Apostille, Notary & Translation Services at 113 S Monroe Street — Tallahassee, Florida
Every Florida apostille in the state is issued here in Tallahassee, and our office at 113 S Monroe St, 1st Floor, Suite #101 sits a short walk from the building that issues them. We provide expedited state-level apostilles, federal apostilles, notary public services and certified translation — the full chain under one roof, so a document that needs all four does not have to travel between four vendors.
Where Florida’s Apostilles Are Actually Issued
A Miami birth certificate, an Orlando power of attorney and a Jacksonville corporate resolution all end up in the same place: the Florida Department of State, here in the capital. Everyone else mails their documents to this city and waits. Being in it means a filing can be lodged the day it is ready rather than the day it arrives.
The other reason to start here is sequence. Documents bound abroad usually need more than one thing done to them — notarization, then translation, then an apostille, and for some countries a consular step after that. Each hand-off between separate vendors is a chance for the order to go wrong. This office does all four, in the right order, as one job.
Start My ApostilleServices at the Tallahassee Office
Expedited Florida Apostille
State-level apostilles issued by the Florida Department of State. Because we file in person in Tallahassee rather than mailing from elsewhere in the state, expedited handling is a matter of walking the document over.
Federal Apostille
FBI background checks, naturalization and citizenship certificates, federal court records, IRS Form 6166 and DD-214s. These are issued only by the U.S. Department of State, so we route them to our Washington office for hand-delivery.
Notary Public
Affidavits, powers of attorney, single-status declarations, consent-to-travel letters and corporate signings — notarized on site and prepared in the form the state will accept for an apostille afterwards.
Certified Translation
Translations with a signed certificate of accuracy, accepted by consulates, immigration authorities and foreign registries. Translated where the document will also be notarized and apostilled, so nothing has to be redone.
Florida Vital Records
Birth, marriage, divorce and death certificates for use abroad. The state will only apostille a certified copy issued by the Bureau of Vital Statistics or a county clerk — we check yours qualifies before filing.
Corporate & Commercial
Certificates of status, articles of incorporation, bylaws, resolutions and commercial invoices for foreign registration, tenders and cross-border transactions — plus the consular step where the destination is outside the Hague Convention.
How a Document Moves Through This Office
The first question is always what the document needs and in what order — translation before notarization or after, state or federal, apostille or full consular legalization. Get that wrong and the work has to be repeated from the beginning. We settle it at intake. Downtown Tallahassee, the Capitol complex and FSU are all within a short walk, and documents arrive by mail and through the portal from across Florida.
Start My ApostilleSubmit & Plan the Route
Drop off at 113 S Monroe St, Suite #101, mail originals, or upload. We confirm which authority issues the certificate and what has to happen first.
Notarized, Translated, Filed
Whatever the document needs — notarization, certified translation — happens here, then it is filed with the Florida Department of State or routed to Washington.
Returned or Collected
Tracked courier to any address in the U.S. or abroad, or pickup on the first floor.
Why the Capital Is the Fast Place to File
Florida has one apostille office and it is in this city. Everything that makes a filing quick follows from being here rather than mailing into it.
- Filed in person, not posted in A document mailed from South Florida spends days getting here before anyone opens it. Ours are walked in, which is where the expedited turnaround comes from.
- Notary, translation and apostille in one place No posting an original to a translator and hoping it comes back in time, and no discovering that the notarization was done in a form the state will not accept.
- State and federal both handled Florida documents are filed here; FBI reports and other federal records go to our Washington office for hand-delivery. You do not have to work out which is which.
- Destination checked before anything is filed Countries outside the Hague Convention need consular legalization, not an apostille. We confirm which your destination requires at the start, not after.
113 S Monroe Street Office — Common Questions
Where is the Tallahassee office?
What does “expedited” actually mean here?
Is my document a Florida apostille or a federal one?
What does it cost?
Do you translate the document as well?
Can you notarize something for me here?
My destination country isn’t in the Hague Convention. What then?
We’re Here to Help
Bring documents to the first floor, mail them, or upload through the portal. We confirm what the destination requires, handle the notarization and translation, file with the right authority, and return the originals to you.
Tallahassee, FL Office
Start Your Apostille
- Expedited Florida apostilles, filed in person in Tallahassee
- Federal apostilles hand-delivered in Washington, DC
- Notary public and certified translation on site
- Submit online, by mail, or in person
