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Authentications

Fees

Adoption related Apostille, Authentication or Authority

  • Fee for Original - $10.00 (U.S.)
  • $5.00 (U.S.) for each original duplicate original ordered at the same time as the 1st original.
  • $10.00 for each duplicate original ordered at a different time than the 1st original.
  • If you are requesting duplicate original authentications, you need to include all original documents for processing, we don’t authenticate copies of an original for duplicate purposes.
  • Makes checks payable to "North Carolina Secretary of State".

Non-Adoption related Apostille, Authentication or Authority

  • Fee for Original - $10.00 (U.S.)
  • $10.00 (U.S.) for each original duplicate
  • Makes checks payable to "North Carolina Secretary of State".