COVID-19 ALERT
The Secretary of State’s Office has suspended all in-person services until further notice in an effort to protect
employees and customers from the spread of COVID-19. Please do not come to our office location. Our staff is
working remotely to assist you. We apologize for any inconvenience this change in operation may cause.
Send authentication requests via the United States Postal Service only. Other forms of mail may not be received.
Please be patient, as we are processing these requests as fast as we can under the circumstances.
1. DOCUMENTS
Apostilles/authentications cannot be issued for the United States and U.S. territories:
American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands
2. FEES
Fee is $5 per authenticated signatureTotal number of notary or public official signatures to be authenticated
No cash accepted. We only accept checks or money orders.
Make checks and money orders payable to: Colorado Secretary of State
3. preparid accountant only
4. contact information
5. MAIL COMPLETED DOCUMENTS TO
A prepaid waybill or label must be included if you would like us to send back your document(s) using FedEx
or UPS. Please note we cannot accept labels that include our office name and/or address as the return
address; your document will be processed and returned by standard mail.
6. customer checklist