California record
Official records connected to California stay with the California review, certified-copy, apostille, or legalization handling.
Contact
If you know the document type and destination country, the request form is fastest. For active requests, written support is usually better than a phone call because it keeps the document facts attached to the case.
State document handling
California Apostille helps with California documents. If the same order also includes a signer-created document, that document may use a Florida online notary public through Notary Geek, while the California record stays with the California apostille handling.
Official records connected to California stay with the California review, certified-copy, apostille, or legalization handling.
Signer-created documents in the same order may use Notary Geek's online notary workflow, commonly through Florida online notarization, before their own authentication step.
We confirm how each document will be handled before final payment so the package is transparent.
Public verification
Use official records and public profiles to verify the service. Florida online notaries handle the online notary step. Signers outside the U.S. can use a non-U.S. passport and do not need a Social Security Number. Use the official state source for document requirements, then use the business and Florida verification links if the package also includes an online notary step.
Use the official state source for the document requirements themselves. If the order also includes an online notary step, use both Florida records together: one covers the online notary and provider record, and the other covers the underlying notary commission. More background on Greg Lirette is on the Founder page.
Operating experience
These figures come from Notary Geek's own records. Use them as background, then verify the public sources above when you want independent proof.
How it works
Most questions about price, timing, and next steps can be answered once the document source, destination country, and deadline are clear.
Start with the document type, issuing authority, destination country, deadline, and shipping needs.
California requests depend on whether the document needs state-level, county-level, notarized, or federal handling. For eligible California apostille requests, Notary Geek uses the in-person California handling method, so handled turnaround is usually 1-2 business days once the document is received in California and the route is confirmed.
We separate apostille and non-Hague legalization requirements before payment so the next step is clear.
Official source
Use the linked government page to compare current fees, forms, and mailing rules. Use HCCH for the destination-country side. The destination country and the issuing authority determine whether the route is apostille or legalization. Then send your document details if you want help with the correct handling.
California Secretary of State apostille request pageHCCH Apostille Convention resources
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Preferred mailing address for document handling and correspondence.
Notary Geek
440 N Barranca Ave #9021
Covina, CA 91723
Include a cover sheet with your name, email, phone number, destination country, and deadline so we can match the package quickly.
For completed records or documents that do not need notarization first, we can often provide a FedEx label so you can drop the package off at FedEx for delivery to us.