Texas
Texas apostilles go through the Secretary of State in Austin, and the office is one of the more efficient in the country when your paperwork is right and one of the least forgiving when it isn’t. We prepare Texas documents so they clear on the first pass, submit them in Austin, and courier them back to you tracked.
Vital records: Texas birth and death certificates must be recent certified copies. Austin checks the certifying signature against the registrar names it has on file, so a certified copy signed by a registrar who’s since left the office can bounce back unprocessed. Marriage licenses are county documents in Texas, so the county clerk’s certified copy is what gets apostilled, and the county clerk’s signature is what Austin checks.
Notarized documents: Texas accepts notarized documents directly at the state level, no county certification required. The notary’s commission must be current on the date of notarization, which sounds obvious until an expired-commission document surfaces, and they do.
School records: transcripts and diplomas need a notarized statement from the registrar before Austin will apostille them. Students overseas needing degrees certified for foreign employers are half our Texas mail.
Texas charges $15 per apostille (adoption cases run $10 each, capped at $100 per child). Standard processing runs 5 or more weeks door to door. If you need it faster, expedited service comes back in about two and a half weeks. Our service price sits on the rates page, one flat number per document.
Mexico leads by a mile: property, family law, and business filings under the apostille system both countries share. Then come oil and gas assignments for the Middle East, which often need embassy legalization instead, since the UAE, Qatar, and Kuwait still sit outside the Hague Convention even though Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Oman have joined. We check the destination before anything ships.
How much is a Texas apostille?
The state fee is $15 per document, and our flat service price is on the rates page.
Where do Texas apostilles come from?
The Texas Secretary of State in Austin. There’s no other office, and no county or city can issue one.
Does Texas require county certification for notarized documents?
No. Properly notarized Texas documents go straight to Austin, which keeps Texas timelines shorter than states with a county step.
Can you handle my Texas marriage license apostille for Mexico?
Yes, it’s one of our most common orders. It must be the county clerk’s certified copy, and we’ll confirm yours qualifies from a photo.
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