加利福尼亚州-State of California 州务卿公证认证自助办理说明

邮寄办理：

Visit in person or mail documents to:
California Secretary of State
Notary Public Section/Authentications
1500 11th Street, 2nd Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814

办公室办理：

Los Angeles office for walk-in service
California Secretary of State
Notary Public Section/Authentications
300 South Spring Street, Room 12513
Los Angeles, CA 90013

Website: http://www.sos.ca.gov/business/notary/authentication.htm

加利福尼亚州公证认证办理提醒

Alex Padilla's office at the California Secretary of State issues apostilles on birth, marriage, divorce and death certificates, articles of incorporation, business bylaws, powers of attorney, diplomas and transcripts that meet the following requirements:

Signed documents by county clerks, state registrars Department of Health Services (DHS) and recorders as well as authorized signatures for the superior court.

Please note that if your document has been signed by a Medical Doctor (MD) or "health officer", the birth certificate will not be acceptable and a new copy must be requested.

Some documents have bar-codes, this feature varies from county to county and bears no effect for apostille purposes, the documents will be acceptable.

Documents must be originals and copies will not be accepted.

Divorce documents must be stamped as FILED and sealed by the superior court to be acceptable for apostille. Divorce decrees, agreements, and certificates of no marriage record, need to be certified by the court and signed by the clerk of the court including an affixed court certified copy seal.

Notarized documents such as letters, certificates of origin, powers of attorney, statements, declarations, assignments or affidavits should contain an acknowledgement statement printed or stapled to the document like the one below.
(click here to download a sample acknowledgement )

School diplomas transcripts or school records issued Stanford University, University of California Berkeley, University of California Los Angeles, University of California San Diego, University of Southern California Los Angeles, California Institute of Technology Pasadena, University of California Santa Barbara, University of California Riverside, University of California San Francisco, University of California, San Diego State University, San Francisco State University among others, must be notarized by the school registrar before requesting an apostille.