MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE APOSTILLE

NYC MARRIAGE CERTIFICATES

How do I get my Marriage Certificate Apostille?

Depending on your requirements, you can get the Short form or the Extended (Long) form Marriage Certificate. Whatever one you choose it must have an Original Hand Signature and the Certification Stamp of the City Clerk on the back of your marriage certificate in order for your Marriage Certificate to be Apostille. The Extended form has additional information on it (i.e. info about the groom & bride parents, the father name, mother name, their occupation, the ministers name, church, witnesses, previously marriages, etc) this information is not on the short form.

NYC Marriage Certificate Retrieval Service

If you want Notary & Apostille Service to get your Short or Extended Form Marriage Certificate then you need to submit the following documents to Notary & Apostille Service:
  1. Service order form cover sheet -  what you want me to do?
  2. A Notarized Authorization Letter * (PDF) authorizing Alan Murray to receive your Marriage  record.  *
  3. The Draft copy of the APPLICATION FOR A MARRIAGE RECORD or a copy of your marriage certificate that you want to get Apostille.

If you already have your NYC Marriage Certificate

  1. Once you have your Marriage Certificate make sure it has an Original Hand Signature and the Certification Stamp of the City Clerk on the back. Then send it to Notary & Apostille Service along with your Service order form cover sheet. 
  2. Notary & Apostille Service will get your Apostille processed when it is received and have your Apostille back in 48 hours. See our special mail only Apostille price.
  3. If your marriage Certificate does not have the an Original Hand Signature and the  stamp of the City Clerk on the back, you have to options. 

What can I do if my Marriage Certificate does not have an  Original Hand Signature and the stamp of the City Clerk on the back?

  1. You can allow Notary & Apostille Service to get it for you, by following the procedure above or you can order it yourself online, then send it to Notary & Apostille Service.
  2. Or, I can place a special cover letter on the marriage certificate. This is necessary in order for Notary & Apostille Service to get an Apostille.  Using this last procedure may or may not be acceptable to the party who is receiving your marriage certificate.

Note:

A valid Identification (ID) is one with your photograph & signature. ID must be issued by an officially recognized organization or agency and includes the following types of ID: Driver's License, Employment ID, Government ID, Social Services ID, and a Passport. ID must show an expiration date that has not passed. ID without an expiration date must have been issued within the past 12 months.

* Please make sure the Signature on the notarized letter matches the signature on photo ID. The marriage License bureau may not honor any request if there is a question about the signatures not matching.

* If you are outside of the USA make sure you get your document notarize at the USA Embassy otherwise you will need to get an Apostille on your letter so it will be acceptable for me to use it in the USA. 

Note: I have been told getting your documents notarize at the USA Embassy is no longer a requirement, you could use any notary outside the country and NO Apostille is needed.

In addition to the Apostille fee, there is an additional fee to get a Certified Extended form Marriage Record for foreign use, (Extended Certificate for Foreign Use), which is list in my on Fee Page.

The City of New York
Office of the City Clerk
Marriage License Bureau
141 Worth Street
New York, NY 10007
Tel. (212)-669-8090

NEW YORK STATE MARRIAGE RECORDS NOT ISSUED IN NYC

All marriage records issued outside of the five counties of NYC can be obtained from the

New York State Department of Health
Vital Records Section
PO Box 2602
Albany, NY 12220


Or this documents may also be obtained directly from the local registrar or town clerk of the city, town or village where the marriage occurred.

Getting your Marriage Certificate Apostille

  1. Obtain a certified copy of the certificate with an Original Hand Signature and stamp of the Clerk on the back of the document or the signature of Director of Vital Records, or by a Local Registrar if the marriage was registered outside New York City.
  2. Once you have your certified document send it to Notary & Apostille Service with an order form to:
  3. Notary & Apostille Service
    PO BOX 633
    Copiague, NY 11726-0633
  4. If you're using FedEx, FedEx does not ship to a Post Office Box, so call me for my physical office address.
  5. Notary & Apostille Service will process your Apostille in 24 hours and send it back to you via FedEx or your choice of postal service.
  6. Please inform Notary & Apostille Service when your document has been shipped and to what address it was sent to (PO Box or Office).

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PLEASE NOTE: NOTARIZED DOCUMENTS ACCEPTABLE FOR APOSTILLE ARE DOCUMENTS NOTARIZED BY A NYS NOTARY PUBLIC WHICH MUST CONTAIN THE JURAT IN ORDER TO BE ACCEPTABLE FOR AN APOSTILLE.

New York counties served: Albany, Allegany, Bronx, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Chemung, Chenango, Clinton, Columbia, Cortland, Delaware, Dutchess, Erie, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Genesee, Greene, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Kings (Brooklyn), Lewis, Livingston, Madison, Monroe, Montgomery, Nassau, New York City, New York (Manhattan), Niagara, Oneida, Onondaga, Ontario, Orange, Orleans, Oswego, Otsego, Putnam, Queens, Rensselaer, Richmond (Staten Island), Rockland, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, St. Lawrence, Suffolk, Sullivan, Tioga, Tompkins, Ulster, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Westchester, Wyoming, Yates

DISCLAIMER: We will make every attempt to get your document Apostille or Legalized. However, if the document does not meet official requirements, we will give you the option of correcting the problem and resubmitting your document again. An additional service charge, document processing and/or mailing fees may apply.

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