North Carolina transcript apostille requirements

How do you prepare a North Carolina 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 North Carolina notary public. The notary must use a notarial certificate, otherwise the document cannot be apostilled. The best notarial certificate would be the Acknowledgment (G.S. § 10B-41):

Acknowledgment (individual capacity):

_____________ County, North Carolina

I certify that the following person personally appeared before me this day acknowledging to me that he/she signed the foregoing document:

(name of the school official who signed the document) .

Date: (date)

(Official Signature of Notary)

[ Notary's printed or typed name ] , Notary Public

My commission expires: ______

(Official Seal)

OPTIONAL (for loose certificates)

This certificate is attached to the transcript of [name of the student]) , signed by (name of the school official who signed the document) on (date) , and includes ____ pages.

Other acceptable notarial certificates:

Jurat (notarial certificate for an oath or affirmation):

_____________ County, North Carolina

Signed and sworn to before me this day by (name of the school official who signed the document) .

Date: (date)

(Official Signature of Notary)

[ Notary's printed or typed name ] , Notary Public

My commission expires: ______

(Official Seal)

OPTIONAL (for loose certificates)

This certificate is attached to the transcript of [name of the student]) , signed by (name of the school official who signed the document) on (date) , and includes ____ pages.

Can a North Carolina notary certify a copy of a transcript?

IMPORTANT! The State of North Carolina does not alow copy certification! (Note: The document custodian can make a written statement that the document is a true copy, and sign that statement. That signature can be notarized.) Here is a sample True Copy affidavit with notary acknowledgment:

TRUE COPY

I, (document owner) , do hereby swear or affirm that the attached is a true copy of the transcript and that this copy contains no alterations from the original.

(Signature of the owner of the document)

Date: (date)

_____________ County, North Carolina

I certify that the following person personally appeared before me this day acknowledging to me that he/she signed the foregoing document:

(name of the document owner) .

Date: (date)

(Official Signature of Notary)

[ Notary's printed or typed name ] , Notary Public

My commission expires: ______

(Official Seal)

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

Other acceptable notarial certificates:

Can a North Carolina notary certify a copy of a transcript?

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