Marriage Certificate Apostille and Embassy Attestation

Marriage Certificates in the United States are recorded on local and state level. There is no such thing as a national marriage index in the US and therefore each individual state maintains their marriage records in the way they seem fit.

For apostille authentication and Embassy Attestation purposes the Marriage Certificate must be recently issued certified copy. Keep in mind that in some states the Certified Marriage Certificate may be issued on a county level or on state level. In other states, it is possible to get on either level. 

Many foreign countries will require that apostille marriage certificate apostille is not older than 6 months, whiles others may not care at all as long as apostille is present.  Some US states maintain that documents may not be older than a set period to be eligible for apostille certificate of authentication. In Virginia, marriage certificate must be not older than 1 year to be acceptable and in Texas documents issued more than 5 years ago will be rejected for apostille and authentication. 

Some state specific marriage record information:

Florida Marriage Certificates

May be obtained from the County Clerk with the red seal certification. Such copies are attested as true and signed by the County Clerk or Deputy Clerk. County issued FL Marriage Certificates are perfectly fine for apostille with proper certification. 

In Florida, it is also possible to obtain the Marriage Certificate certified copy from the State Vital Records Office. These records are certified and printed on the security paper and contain seal and signature of the FL State Registrar. 

Pennsylvania Marriage Certificates

To be eligible for apostille authentication certificate PA Marriage Records must be recently issued triple-seal certified/exemplified copies from the County Court where the marriage was registered. Without the triple-seal certification marriage license will not be eligible for apostille or authentication processing.

New York Marriage Certificates

In New York marriage records filed in New York City (Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens & Staten Island) are maintained separately from those filed elsewhere in the New York State. NYC Marriage Certificate must come from NYC Marriage Bureau. For apostille authentication NYC Marriage Certificate must be extended form with live signature and stamp on the reverse of the document. For apostille the document must go to County Clerk and then State Department. 

Certified Copies from NYS Department of Health (Albany) are certified and ready for apostille authentication as is, bypassing the County Clerk requirements. 

Nevada Marriage Certificates

Certified copies of the Marriage Certificates in Nevada may only be obtained from the County where the marriage was registered. NV State Office of Vital Records may only provide marriage verification certificates. 

In cases where the Marriage Records are private records, DOXNOW will require notarized authorization allowing the document to be issued to a third party to provide Vital Records Apostille services with retrieval. 

Following marriage certificate apostille services are provided:

Alabama marriage certificate apostille

Alaska marriage certificate apostille

Arizona marriage certificate apostille

Arkansas marriage certificate apostille

California marriage certificate apostille

Colorado marriage certificate apostille

Connecticut marriage certificate apostille

Delaware marriage certificate apostille

Florida marriage certificate apostille

Georgia marriage certificate apostille

Hawaii marriage certificate apostille

Idaho marriage certificate apostille

Illinois marriage certificate apostille

Indiana marriage certificate apostille

Iowa marriage certificate apostille

Kansas marriage certificate apostille 

Kentucky marriage certificate apostille

Louisiana marriage certificate apostille

Maine marriage certificate apostille

Maryland marriage certificate apostille

Massachusetts marriage certificate apostille

Michigan marriage certificate apostille

Minnesota marriage certificate apostille

Mississippi marriage certificate apostille 

Missouri marriage certificate apostille

Montana marriage certificate apostille

Nebraska marriage certificate apostille

Nevada marriage certificate apostille

New Hampshire marriage certificate apostille

New Jersey marriage certificate apostille

New Mexico marriage certificate apostille

New York marriage certificate apostille

North Carolina marriage certificate apostille

North Dakota marriage certificate apostille

Ohio marriage certificate apostille

Oklahoma marriage certificate apostille

Oregon marriage certificate apostille

Pennsylvania marriage certificate apostille

Rhode Island marriage certificate apostille

South Carolina marriage certificate apostille

South Dakota marriage certificate apostille

Tennessee marriage certificate apostille

Texas marriage certificate apostille

Utah marriage certificate apostille

Vermont marriage certificate apostille

Virginia marriage certificate apostille

Washington marriage certificate apostille

West Virginia marriage certificate apostille

Wisconsin marriage certificate apostille

Wyoming marriage certificate apostille