Every Florida apostille request starts with the same one-page form: the Florida Department of State’s Apostille and Notarial Certificate Request Form. Below is exactly what it asks for, the current fee, where it gets mailed, and how to skip filling it out entirely by ordering through us instead.
The official form
The current version is published directly by the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations: Apostille and Notarial Certificate Request Form (PDF). We link to the state’s own copy rather than hosting one ourselves so you always get the current version.
What the form actually asks for
It’s a single page with nine basic contact fields, plus the destination country and the number of documents. Specifically: requestor name, mailing address, city, state, and ZIP. Rounding out the form: a phone number and an inbox for confirmation, plus the destination country and document count. There’s no field for describing the document type or explaining why you need the apostille — the state processes what you send.
The fee and how to pay it
The form states the fee directly: ten dollars per document, or twenty dollars per document for documents certified by any Florida Clerk of Court (this covers most vital records like marriage certificates and court orders). Checks or money orders are made payable to “Florida Department of State” — the state does not accept cash by mail.
What to mail with it
Per the form’s own instructions, a complete mail-in submission needs all of the following in one envelope: the completed request form, your original document(s) — photocopies are not accepted — a prepaid self-addressed envelope or air bill for the return, and payment for the correct fee amount. Everything goes to the Division of Corporations Apostille Section: 2415 North Monroe Street, Suite 810, Tallahassee, FL 32303. Mailed this way, current state processing runs about 25–35 business days before anything is mailed back — the form itself takes five minutes to fill out; the wait is what most people underestimate.
Mistakes that slow this down
Sending a photocopy instead of the original certified document is the most common one — the state returns these unprocessed. Underpaying the fee is the second: Clerk of Court-certified documents (most vital records) cost more than a standard document, and an underpayment gets the whole package held or returned. A missing return envelope or prepaid air bill leaves nothing to mail the apostille back in. And leaving the destination country blank matters more than it seems — it’s a required field, and Hague-member vs. non-Hague status can change what the receiving country needs on top of the apostille.
Skip the form — we fill it out and hand-walk it in
When you order through Online Florida Apostille, you don’t fill out this form yourself. We generate the request, pay the state fee on your behalf out of your flat order price, and our Tallahassee agent hand-walks your document into the Division of Corporations counter in person instead of mailing it — which is what turns a 25 to 35 business day mail-in wait into about 6 business days for our Standard Florida Apostille service — 199 dollars for the first document, all Florida state fees included, plus 75 dollars for each additional document. If your document still needs notarizing, our Online Notarization and Express Apostille service handles the notarization and the apostille together in about 3 business days, with overnight return shipping included in the lower 48 states, for 299 dollars first document, same 75 dollar add-on price. Call 954-999-4933 or order online and we handle the paperwork.
Related guides
See our Florida apostille cost breakdown, our main Florida apostille service page, or our document requirements guide to check your document qualifies before you submit.