Texas notary apostilles: How do you prepare a Texas power of attorney, affidavit, consent, copy of passport or ID, etc. for an apostille?

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important The document must be signed. The signature must be original.

The document must be dated within the last five years.

The document must be properly notarized by a Texas Notary Public. The notary must use a notarial certificate, otherwise the document cannot be apostilled.

Recordable documents that are issued by a statewide agency/officer and are not permitted to be certified by a notary public. This recordable documents include

-Documents issued by a county official, city or local registrar
• Certified copies of Marriage licenses, Divorce decrees, Probated wills, Judgments, Birth/death certificates, etc.
- Vehicle title histories

- Documents issued by Texas Secretary of State: Articles of Incorporation/Organization, Certificates of Status, etc.

Sample notarial certificates

Jurat:

(for powers or attorney, affidavits, statements, letters, etc.)

State of Texas

County of _________

Sworn to and subscribed before me on (date) by (name of the signer) .

(Notary Public's signature)

Notary Public

(Personalized seal)

Acknowledgment (individual capacity):

(for powers or attorney, affidavits, statements, letters, etc.)

State of Texas

County of _________

Before me, (name of the Notary Public) , Notary Public, on this day personally appeared (name of the signer) , known to me (or proved to me on the oath or through description of identity card or other document) to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed.

Given under my hand and seal of office this day of , 20 .

(Notary Public's signature)

Notary Public

(Personalized seal)

Acknowledgment (representative capacity):

(for corporate powers or attorney, affidavits, statements, letters, etc.)

State of Texas

County of _________

This instrument was acknowledged before me on (date) by (name of the signer) as (title, position, e.g. President, Vice President, etc.) of (name of the company) .

(Notary Public's signature)

Notary Public

(Personalized seal)

Vertification:

(for powers or attorney, affidavits, statements, letters, etc.)

State of Texas

County of _________

Before me, a notary public, on this day personally appeared (name of the signer) , known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing document and, being duly sworn, declared that the statements therein contained are true and correct.

(Notary Public's signature)

Notary Public

(Personalized seal)

Acknowledgment (individual capacity) II:

(for powers or attorney, affidavits, statements, letters, etc.)

State of Texas

County of _________

This instrument was acknowledged before me on (date) by (name of the signer) .

(Notary Public's signature)

Notary Public

(Personalized seal)

Certified copy of a non-recordable document:

State of Texas

County of _________

On this day of , 20 , I certify that the preceding or attached document, is a true, exact, complete, and unaltered copy made by me of (description of the document) presented to me by the document custodian, (name of the document custodian) , and that, to the best of my knowledge, the photocopied document is neither a public record nor a publicly recordable document, certified copies of which are available from an official source other than a notary.

(Notary Public's signature)

Notary Public

(Personalized seal)

What is a "personalized Seal"?

question answer "Personalized Seal" the the above and below examples means a seal containing the words "Notary Public, State of Texas" around a star of five points, the notary public's name, and the date the notary public's commission expires. For notaries commissioned and recommissioned on and after January 1, 2016, the seal must also contain the notary public's Secretary of State ID number.

Can a Texas notary certify a copy of a document?

question answer Yes, the State of Texas allows copy certification by notaries public. However, the following documents cannot be copy-certified:

vital records (birth, marriage, death certificates)
court issued documents (divorce records)
vehicle titles

Copies of diploams and transcripts can be copy certified. 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:

Certified copy of a non-recordable document:

State of Texas

County of _________

On this day of , 20 , I certify that the preceding or attached document, is a true, exact, complete, and unaltered copy made by me of (description of the document) presented to me by the document custodian, (name of the document custodian) , and that, to the best of my knowledge, the photocopied document is neither a public record nor a publicly recordable document, certified copies of which are available from an official source other than a notary.

(Notary Public's signature)

Notary Public

(Personalized seal)

Texas notary apostilles: How do you prepare a Texas power of attorney, affidavit, consent, copy of passport or ID, etc. for an apostille?

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