Apostille, Notary & Translation Services at 1390 Market Street — San Francisco
Suite 200 at 1390 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94102 sits in Civic Center, a few blocks from City Hall — where most San Francisco vital records and county-certified documents originate. We handle California apostilles, federal apostilles, notary public services and certified translation, so a document that needs several of those does not have to make the rounds between vendors.
California Apostilles Aren’t Issued in San Francisco
They come from the Secretary of State, which means Sacramento or the regional office in Los Angeles. No amount of being in the Bay Area changes that — so the useful question is not where the office is, but who makes the trip. We do, as part of the price, and you never deal with the state directly.
What being at Civic Center does give you is the other end of the process. San Francisco birth and marriage certificates, county-certified copies and recorded documents come from City Hall a few blocks from this door, and a notarization that has to happen before any of it can be done here rather than somewhere else first.
Start My ApostilleServices at the San Francisco Office
California Apostille
Filed with the California Secretary of State. A document notarized by a California notary goes straight there — no separate county-clerk certification, unlike several other states — which is why California filings are usually simpler than people expect.
Federal Apostille
FBI reports, N-550 and N-560 certificates, district court records, Form 6166 and discharge papers. Washington is the only place these can be authenticated, so our DC team files them in person while the rest of your file moves here.
Notary Public
Affidavits, powers of attorney, single-status declarations, travel consent letters and corporate signings — notarized on site, in the wording the Secretary of State will accept if an apostille is going on top.
Certified Translation
Translations with a signed certificate of accuracy, in the form consulates, immigration authorities and foreign registries ask for — produced alongside the notarization and apostille rather than as a separate errand.
California Vital Records
Birth, marriage and death certificates for use overseas. The state will only apostille a certified copy carrying a registered county or state signature — we confirm yours qualifies before it goes anywhere.
Corporate & Tech Documents
Certificates of status, formation documents, resolutions, IP assignments and distribution agreements for opening an entity abroad or closing a cross-border deal — plus the consular step where the destination is outside the Hague Convention.
What Happens After You Drop It Off
Two things get settled before anything moves: which government issues the certificate, and whether the destination country accepts an apostille at all. Both are decided at intake, because getting either wrong means starting the whole sequence again. Civic Center, Hayes Valley, SoMa and the Tenderloin are all a short walk from the lobby, and documents arrive by mail and through the portal from across the Bay Area and beyond.
Start My ApostilleSubmit & Plan the Route
Drop off at 1390 Market St, Suite 200, mail the originals, or upload. We confirm the issuing authority and what has to happen first.
Notarized, Translated, Filed
Whatever the document needs happens here, then it goes to the California Secretary of State or to Washington for federal records.
Returned or Collected
Couriered back with tracking to wherever you need it, at home or overseas — or held for pickup in Suite 200.
Why Bay Area Clients Route It Through One Office
The apostille itself is routine. What costs people weeks is everything that has to be true about the document before the state will look at it.
- The trip to Sacramento is ours, not yours California apostilles are issued by the Secretary of State, not locally. You hand the document over here; getting it to the state and back is part of the job.
- Notarization, translation and apostille in one place No mailing an original to a translator and hoping it returns in time, and no discovering that the notary wording will not survive the state’s review.
- State and federal both covered A California marriage certificate and an FBI report often travel together in the same visa file. They take different routes; neither has to leave us.
- The destination is checked first Countries outside the Hague Convention need consular legalization, not an apostille — and San Francisco’s consular corps handles a large share of those chains.
1390 Market Street Office — Common Questions
Where is the San Francisco office?
Can I get a California apostille in San Francisco?
Does a notarized document need a county step first, like in some states?
Is my document a California apostille or a federal one?
What does it cost?
Do you translate documents as well?
What if the country doesn’t recognize apostilles?
We’re Here to Help
Suite 200 takes walk-ins, mail and portal uploads alike. From there it is ours: the destination requirement, any notarization or translation, the filing itself, and the trip back.
San Francisco, CA Office
Start Your Apostille
- California apostilles filed with the Secretary of State
- Federal apostilles hand-delivered in Washington, DC
- Notary public and certified translation on site
- Submit online, by mail, or in person
