Georgia transcript apostille requirements

How do you prepare a Georgia high school, college, university transcript for an apostille?

The transcript must be certified/signed by a school official (principal, registrar, counselor, etc.) The signature of the school official must be original.

Sample certification:

This is the original transcript issued to [ name of the student ].

[ Original signature of the school official ] [ Date ]

The signature of the school official must be notarized by a Georgia notary public.

When documenting a notarial act, the notary public completes a notarial certificate (i.e. notary language block that identifies the type of notarial act performed) and signs by hand in ink, exactly the name indicated on the notary’s commission.
The notary must include the exact date of notarization on the notarial certificate.
The notary’s signature must match the name as it appears on the notary commission and must match the signature as it appears on the commission.
The notary seal/stamp must match the name as it appears on the notary commission.
The seal must contain the notary’s name, the name of the county in which the notary is commissioned, the words “Notary Public,” and the name of the state.
The document must have a clear impression of the notary seal/stamp.

Acceptable notarial certificates:

This acknowledgment pertains to a page document dealing with/entitled (document) and signed on (date)

Acknowledgment for an individual

State of Georgia

County of _________

This record was acknowledged before me on (date) by (name of the school official who signed the document) who is personally known or provided to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person who appeared before me.

(Signature of Notary Public)

Notary Public, Sate of Georgia [ Stamp/seal ]

My commission expires:

This acknowledgment pertains to a page document dealing with/entitled (document) and signed on (date)

Acknowledgment in a representative capacity

State of Georgia

County of _________

This record was acknowledged before me on (date) by (name of the school official who signed the document) as (position of the school official, e.g. Principal, Registrar, etc.) of (name of the school) who is personally known or provided to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person who appeared before me.

(Signature of Notary Public)

Notary Public, Sate of Georgia [ Stamp/seal ]

My commission expires:

This acknowledgment pertains to a page document dealing with/entitled (document) and signed on (date)

Witness signature certificate

State of Georgia

County of _________

Signed or attested before me on (date) by (name of the school official who signed the document) who is personally known or provided to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person who appeared before me.

(Signature of Notary Public)

Notary Public, Sate of Georgia [ Stamp/seal ]

My commission expires:

This acknowledgment pertains to a page document dealing with/entitled (document) and signed on (date)

Jurat certificate

State of Georgia

County of _________

Signed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me on (date) by (name of the school official who signed the document) who is personally known or provided to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person who appeared before me.

(Signature of Notary Public)

Notary Public, Sate of Georgia [ Stamp/seal ]

My commission expires:

Can a notary certify a copy of a transcript?

Yes (Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority and the Superior Court Clerks of Georgia).

However, please check with the receiving foreign school / agency if they will accept a notarized copy. Many foreign schools require an original transcript signed by the school principal or registrar.

In case a notarized copy is acceptable, the notary should use the following notarial certificate:

Copy certification

State of Georgia

County of _________

On this day of (date)

I certify that this is a true, correct and complete copy made by me from the original record titled or pertainign to (document) consisting of (number of pages) pages and in the possession of (name of document custodian) , and that, to the best of my knowledge, the original record is neither a public record nor a publicly recordabel document, certified copies of which are available from an official source other than a Notary Public.

(Signature of Notary Public)

Notary Public, Sate of Georgia [ Stamp/seal ]

My commission expires:

How do you prepare a Georgia high school, college, university transcript for an apostille?

Acceptable notarial certificates:

Can a notary certify a copy of a transcript?

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