Apostilles

We can assist you with requesting and obtaining an Apostille from the Secretary of State. 

Same day Apostille service is often obtainable 

Apostilles required for some foreign transactions.

An Apostille is a certificate that authenticates the origin 

of a public document for example:  

• Birth

•  Marriage 

• Death Certificate

•  A judgment

•  Extract of a register 

• Notarial attestation

The Secretary of State may only authenticate and issue an Apostille for original certified copies issued by a Colorado notary, a Colorado county clerk and recorder, Colorado Secretary of State, Colorado State Archives, or Colorado vital records (Colorado birth certificates, Colorado death certificates, etc.)

A Noatary cannot certify a copy of a record that can be obtained from any of the following offices in Colorado:

• A clerk and recorder of public documents

• The secretary of state

• The state archives

• School Transcripts

• Adoption papers

• An office of vital records

A Colorado Notary cannot attest that a person is alive.  If there is a request for proof of being alive, A solution is to revise the document so that it is the individual or someone else swears to or affirms and signs a written statement in the presence of a notary that the individual is alive. The notary can then notarize the statement. Check with the requesting country if this is acceptable.