Secretary
of State Branch Office
San Francisco
The California Secretary of State also has
branch offices in Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco and Fresno.
However, these branch offices do not maintain a database of Notaries
Public, only County Officials. Therefore, while one may obtain certification/apostille
for vital records (birth and marriage certificates, divorce decrees
- documents signed by a County Official), documents that have been
notarized by a California Notary Public must either go to the main
office in Sacramento or first be verified in the county where the
Notary Public is registered before going to a branch office for
certification/apostille.
State fees for certification/apostille at branch offices
are the same as the main office in Sacramento: $20.00 per document
and an additional $6.00 per notary/county official for documents
carried in on a while-you-wait basis. The California Secretary of
State's office (main or branch) accept personal checks made out
to California Secretary of State.
Note: If sending in documents, send to the Secretary
of State's Main Office in Sacramento Address: Notary Public Section
11th Street 2nd Floor Sacramento, CA 95814
Fees for Courier Services
in and around San Francisco:
| *Certification/Apostille at the Secretary
of State's Branch Office in San Francisco (vital record): |
$75 |
*Certification/Apostille at the Secretary
of State's Branch Office in San Francisco (vital record)
AND authentication at SF Consulate: |
$90 |
*Certification/Apostille at the Secretary
of State's Branch Office in San Francisco (Notarized documents)
AND County* verification: |
$100 |
*Certification/Apostille at the Secretary
of State's Branch Office in San Francisco (Notarized document)
AND County* verification AND authentication at SF Consulate: |
$130 |
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*Alameda, San Francisco, San Mateo and other Bay Area Counties
by arrangement.
County verification fees vary from $3.00 to $15.00 per document.
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