California Apostilles - Authentications - Apostille a birth certificate

Sun Document Filings can obtain California apostilles and California authentications for your birth certificate, notarized document, notarized transcipt, or legal documents. Since we are located in Sacramento, we submit your document to the California Secretary of State the same day we receive it. The Secretary of State will take an average of 3-5 business days to apostille or authenticate most documents for international use in accordance with the Hague Convention. 24 HOUR RUSH OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE.

Our service fee for a routine 3-5 business days is $55.00 per document plus the Secretary of State fee of $26.00 ($20.00 filing fee + $6.00 counter fee). Our service fee for a 24 hour rush filing is $155.00 per document plus the Secretary of State fee of $26.00. Per document.

How do I start the process of obtaining an apostille or autenticatoin from the Secretary of State?

Please follow the steps below:

STEP 1: Download and Complete our ORDER FORM by clicking here. SERVICE AND STATE FEES ARE OUTLINED ON THE ORDER FORM

STEP 3: Have your document NOTARIZED OR CERTIFIED by the appropriate official. Call the CA Secretary of State at 916-653-3365 if you have questions or ar unsure if your document will be accepted.

STEP 4: Send the original notarized document AND our order form with payment to:

Sun Document Filings, Inc.
Attn: Apostille Unit
7700 College Town Drive, Suite 205
Sacramento, CA 95826
800-498-2822

Please make sure that your document will be accepted by the Secretary of State prior to sending us your document by calling 916-653-3365 and press option #3. Sun Document Filings cannot determine if your document will be accepted for filing and we charge a service fee for delivering the document in person regardless if the document is apostilled or rejected.

**IF you need to obtain certified copies of a Secretary of State document to be apostilled or authenticated, please complete this order form and fax (800-498-3611) or e-mail it to us at order@sundocuentfilings.com. Also send our apostille order form from:
STEP 1 above so we will have authorization to obtain an apostille after we obtain the requested documents from the CA State.

The California Secretary of State provides authentication of public official signatures on documents (international certificates) to be used outside the United States of America. The country of destination determines whether an Apostille or Authentication is applied per the Hague Convention. Please check the Hague Convention list of countries to make sure your country is included prior to requesting a Hague apostille.

The most common types of documents submitted for legalization include:

These documents must be current certified copies or must have been notarized by a California Notary Public. For school records you must obtain a notarized copy of record from the high school, college, or university, etc. prior to forwarding to the Notary Public Section for authentication.