Official mail-in queue
Florida DOS reports apostille requests received on 05/15/26. Mail or FedEx-in routes follow this ordinary state queue and can be slow.
Official sources
Check the state source and HCCH first
Use the state source for fees, forms, and mailing rules. Use HCCH for the destination-country side. The destination country and the issuing authority determine whether the route is apostille or legalization, including whether the handling stays at the state level or moves through a federal authority.
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Official Florida apostille queue
Florida DOS says it is processing apostille requests received on 05/15/26.
Florida's official processing page was updated 06/05/26. This is the official received-on date being processed, not a completion guarantee.
Florida apostille queue
05/15/26
Official DOS received-on date currently being processed
Verify at Florida DOS
Handled Florida route
The state fee is only one piece of a Florida apostille request.
The official processing date shows the mail-in queue behind the state fee. The handled route adds document-path review, notary-quality control, runner support where eligible, and shipping coordination.
Impacted-person counter lane
Florida can be while-you-wait at the Secretary of State counter when the eligible impacted person presents the request and the document route fits.
Handled Florida support
For eligible Florida online-notarized documents handled by Notary Geek, the practical customer takeaway is usually about three business days until the apostilled packet is ready for scan-back and outbound carrier handoff after the signer completes the needed steps. That is not destination delivery time.
FedEx and DHL coordination
FedEx supports predictable movement when physical documents must move. DHL is available for many completed international deliveries once the apostille package is ready.
Last checked 06/07/26 11:15 PM UTC.
State document handling
Florida records stay with Florida handling.
Florida Apostille helps with Florida documents. If the same order also includes a signer-created document, that document may use a Florida online notary public through Notary Geek, while the Florida record stays with the Florida apostille handling.
Florida record
Official records connected to Florida stay with the Florida review, certified-copy, apostille, or legalization handling.
Notarized document
Signer-created documents in the same order may use Notary Geek's online notary workflow, commonly through Florida online notarization, before their own authentication step.
One quote, clear handling
We confirm how each document will be handled before final payment so the package is transparent.
Public verification
Proof you can check.
Use official records and public profiles to verify the service. Florida online notaries handle the online notary step. Signers outside the U.S. can use a non-U.S. passport and do not need a Social Security Number. Use the official state source for document requirements, then use the business and Florida verification links if the package also includes an online notary step.
Official state source
Florida Department of State apostille and notarial certification page
Check the current state source for document requirements, fees, and filing rules.
Official Florida record
Florida online notary and provider record
Use this when the package includes an online notary step through Notary Geek.
Official Florida record
Florida notary commission record
Check the underlying Florida notary commission alongside the online-notary record.
International source
HCCH Apostille Convention resources
Use HCCH when the destination-country question is whether apostille or legalization applies.
Business profile
BBB Accredited Business profile
Open BBB to verify the current business profile and accreditation.
Google profile
Google Business Profile
Open the Google listing for current reviews and business details.
Use the official state source for the document requirements themselves. If the order also includes an online notary step, use both Florida records together: one covers the online notary and provider record, and the other covers the underlying notary commission. More background on Greg Lirette is on the Founder page.
Operating experience
Operating background.
These figures come from Notary Geek's own records. Use them as background, then verify the public sources above when you want independent proof.
15,000+
clients or documents served through Notary Geek
180+
countries where Notary Geek has served clients or document requests
50
U.S. states covered for apostille support
In-house notary team
Notary Geek runs the service and the online notary workflow, with partner help only when a document genuinely needs an outside step that cannot be handled in the normal flow
How it works
Simple details first, then a clear answer.
Most questions about price, timing, and next steps can be answered once the document source, destination country, and deadline are clear.
1. Send the document facts
Start with the document type, issuing authority, destination country, deadline, and shipping needs.
2. We check the right fit
Florida requests depend on whether the document is a state agency record, clerk or court document, vital record, school record, vehicle title, or document notarized by a Florida notary. Mail or FedEx-in follows the official queue. For eligible Florida online-notarized documents handled by Notary Geek, the practical takeaway is usually about three business days until the apostilled packet is ready for scan-back and outbound carrier handoff after the document is accepted and the signer completes the needed steps. That is not destination delivery time. If a customer truly needs faster, support can discuss whether an e-apostille option is appropriate. Wet-ink or physical-original work usually adds about one working day before Florida submission.
3. You get one quote
We separate apostille and non-Hague legalization requirements before payment so the next step is clear.
State source and HCCH
Use the state source and HCCH together.
Start with the linked state government page for current fees, forms, and mailing rules. Then use HCCH for the destination-country side. The customer is not deciding apostille versus legalization. The destination country and the issuing authority determine the correct route, including whether the handling stays with a state office or moves through a federal authority.
State source
Florida Department of State apostille and notarial certification page
Check the current state source for forms, fees, mailing rules, and document requirements.
International source
HCCH Apostille Convention resources
Check the destination-country side of the route. The issuing authority still determines whether the handling is state or federal.
Machine-readable source
Official resources JSON
Use the structured feed for state source URLs, site contexts, law links, and related source notes.
Watch an educational video on Florida apostille security features
Contact and mailing address
Preferred mailing address for document handling and correspondence.
Notary Geek
100 South Belcher Road #5148
Clearwater, FL 33758
Include a cover sheet with your name, email, phone number, destination country, and deadline so we can match the package quickly.
For completed records or documents that do not need notarization first, we can often provide a FedEx label so you can drop the package off at FedEx for delivery to us.
What to expect
See what a real apostille from the issuing state can look like.
These examples help customers picture the finished certificate and the kind of official cues to look for when the document comes back. Layout, seals, borders, paper treatment, and attachment style can vary by state. What matters is that the apostille was issued by the proper state authority for the underlying document.
Florida notary source note
Use Chapter 117 when the issue is a Florida notary act.
For Florida, Chapter 117 and Florida Department of State notary resources matter when the question turns on a Florida acknowledgment, jurat, online-notary procedure, identity-confirmation rule, journal or recording requirement, conflict issue, or signer-created document that actually uses a Florida notary step. They do not replace destination-country sources or general apostille-routing analysis.
Florida Notary Law, Chapter 117
Use Chapter 117 when the question is Florida notary authority, online-notary procedures, identity standards, records, fees, or guardrails on the notarial act.
Florida Department of State notary resources
Use Florida's official notary resources together with Chapter 117 when the issue is practical Florida notary or online-notary procedure.
Only if the issue is Florida notary law
The destination country and the issuing authority still determine apostille versus legalization. This Florida note is about whether a Florida notarial act or Florida online-notary step was handled correctly.