Apostille Arkansas

A document intended for use in a foreign country has to be legalized and various seals and signatures are placed on the document in the process of chain authentication. If the target country has joined the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents (“The Hague Convention”) the simplified procedure of standard authentication by Apostille certificate/seal is applied. (Apostille is a French word which means a certification). A document bearing an Apostille is valid in all of the Hague countries. United States has been a party to the 1961 Hague Convention since October 15, 1981.

ARKANSAS APOSTILLES: The State of Arkansas can only certify or authenticate documents which were issued in the State of Arkansas by the following public officials: County Officials, State Officials, District Officials, Notaries, Registrar of the Arkansas Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. More specifically, Documents notarized by a currently commissioned Arkansas Notary Public Certified copies of Birth Certificates, Death Certificates or Marriage Certificates issued by the Arkansas Department of Health. Certified copies of Divorce Records issued by Arkansas courts. Certified copies of corporation documents: Articles of Incorporation, Articles of Amendment, Articles of Merger, Articles of Dissolution, Certificate of Status issued by Arkansas government office.