Apostille South Carolina Services

• pre-addressed, pre-paid return envelope or shipping label must be provided)
• Self-addressed stamped envelope
• Overnight delivery envelope and a pre-paid typed air bill that has been printed
• from the UPS or Fed-Ex website. Please make sure the information on the airbill is typed and not hand written.

Personal or company check or money order made payable to the Secretary of State’s Office

hours of 8:30 am and 4:30 pm

All vital records must be certified by the issuing government agency.

• All documents that are notarized in a foreign language must be accompanied by an English translation signed by the translator with the translator’s signature notarized
• The document must be signed by the elected official, NOT a Deputy or Assistant.
• documents that have been notarized by a commissioned South Carolina Notary Public may be certified with an apostille.
• The Secretary of State’s Office can verify the signature of any elected or appointed official whose signature is filed with the Office. The document must be signed by the elected official, NOT a Deputy or Assistant.
• Certified copies obtained from the county must bear the original signature of the elected official of that office (i.e. County Probate Judge or County Clerk of Court).
  Addresses and telephone numbers for County Government Offices are available at: http://www.sccounties.org/counties/default.asp
• If the county official is not an elected or appointed one, his or her signature must be notarized.

• Official Website
• Official Website
• South Carolina Notary Search