Two offices, $38 in official fees and no expedited option. How an FBI Identity History Summary becomes an apostille, and the step the FBI skips.

Nevada charges $20 per document for an apostille; non-Hague destinations get a Certification instead. Expedite tiers, county records, return-mail catch.

Washington DC has no Secretary of State. ONCA issues the apostille for $15 per document, same day in person or five business days by mail.

Delaware charges $30 for any personal-use apostille documents filed together; mail is processed the same business day, walk-ins within 2 hours.

Georgia's apostille comes from the GSCCCA, not the Secretary of State. Fee $3 per document, mail-in 1–2 business days, walk-in same day in Atlanta.

The signatory decides it: federal officials go to the US Department of State, everyone else to a state Secretary of State. Fees and the notarization trap.

Only a long-form certified copy from the state vital records office can be apostilled. Official state fees run $6 to $20 per document.

The Secretary of the Commonwealth is the only office that issues Massachusetts apostilles: $6 per document, three walk-in offices, no expedited service.

Florida apostille guide: the $10 fee, the $20 clerk-of-court tier, the Tallahassee walk-in office, no expedited service, and the Chapter 117 rule.

Texas apostille guide: the $15 fee, Austin walk-in days, the recordable vs non-recordable rule, and what Texas cannot authenticate.

California apostille guide: the $20 fee, the $6 special handling fee, Sacramento and Los Angeles offices, and the step most applicants get wrong.