Apostille of Florida court documents
We coordinate the apostille of documents certified by the Clerk of the Circuit Court of any Florida county: civil judgments, probate orders and letters of administration, adoption records, and other court records. If you need a divorce decree or marriage certificate apostilled, we have dedicated pages for those specific documents. Free initial review.
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The apostille is statewide, the certified copy is countywide
Documents certified by the Clerk of the Circuit Court of any Florida county, civil judgments, probate orders and letters of administration, adoption records, or other court records, are apostilled before the same authority: the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations. That part of the process doesn't change regardless of which county issued the document.
What does change is where the certified copy itself must come from: only the clerk of court in the specific county where the case was filed, not any other Florida county. This is different from vital records, birth, death and marriage certificates or the summary divorce certificate, which are requested from the Bureau of Vital Statistics at the state level. A court document such as a judgment, a probate order or an adoption record doesn't pass through the Bureau of Vital Statistics; its certified copy must be requested directly from the clerk of court in the correct county.
What to confirm before requesting a copy
What counts as a court document
Civil judgments, probate orders and letters of administration, adoption records, and generally any record certified by the clerk of court of a Florida county.
Different from vital records
Birth, death and marriage certificates and the summary divorce certificate come from the Bureau of Vital Statistics. Court records like judgments, probate orders and adoption records come only from the clerk of court in the county where the case was filed.
Why the correct county matters
A certified copy requested from the wrong county's clerk of court will not exist, the case file lives only in the county where it was filed, regardless of where you currently reside.
Certified copy, not a photocopy
Florida's apostille authority requires an original certified copy issued by the clerk of court. A photocopy is not eligible for apostille.
Three steps for your court document
Send us the details
The Florida county where the case was filed, the type of document (judgment, probate order, adoption record, etc.), the destination country, and what the receiving authority specifically requested.
We confirm the county and the document
We confirm that the certified copy you have, or need to request, comes from the clerk of court in the correct county, not the Bureau of Vital Statistics or another county.
We coordinate the apostille
Once we have the certified copy, we coordinate the apostille before the Florida Department of State and, if your destination country requires it instead, consular legalization.
Questions about Florida court document apostilles
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Send us the county, the type of court document, and what the receiving authority requested. The initial review is free.