Which documents actually need a notary first
- Needs a notary first: powers of attorney, single status affidavits, minor travel consents, notarized letters and affidavits, passport copies, corporate bylaws, and diplomas and transcripts (notarized as a true copy).
- Apostilled directly, no notary: certified birth, marriage and death certificates, divorce decrees, clerk-certified court records, and Division of Corporations records such as a certificate of status.
- Florida notaries cannot certify copies of vital records (Fla. Stat. §117.05(12)). A notarized photocopy of a birth certificate is not a substitute for a certified copy from the issuing office.
- Federally issued documents, such as an FBI background check, are apostilled by the US Department of State rather than Florida, and should not be notarized first.
- An apostille is a physical certificate attached to your original, so the paper document always comes back to you. A scan alone is not accepted abroad.
This is general process information, not legal advice. LuroDocs is not a law firm; you're responsible for confirming what your situation requires — check with the receiving authority or a licensed attorney.
How it works
Tell us the document and the country
First we check whether your document should be notarized at all. Some must be. Others are apostilled directly, and notarizing them can get the filing rejected.
We notarize it
Online over video in minutes, or a mobile notary comes to you. It stays in the same case, so the notarized original moves straight to the apostille step.
We apostille it and ship it back
On to the Florida Secretary of State, then the physical apostilled original comes back to you, ready to file abroad.
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Documents we notarize and then apostille
These are the ones where the notary genuinely comes first. Don't see yours? Call and we'll tell you which path it takes.
Documents you should not notarize
A certified record is apostilled as it is. Adding a notary doesn't help, and it can cost you the filing.
Only need one half of it?
Plenty of people need the notary or the apostille, not both. Either is a service on its own.
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