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The Authentication Office of the South Dakota Department of the Secretary of State is responsible for providing authentication services on South Dakota documents that will be used in foreign countries.

We provide authentication ( legalization) services to corporations, law firms, U.S. citizens and foreign nationals on all documents that will be used in foreign countries..
obtain Apostilles for documents intended for use in the Hague Convention countries.
obtain foreign certification (State, Federal and Embassy levels) for non Hague Convention countries.
Embassy (Consulate) legalization.

To complete the order, please complete and submit our Online Application Form Online Application Form

The Hague Legalization Convention is in force in the following countries.

  • ALBANIA*
  • AMERICAN SAMOA
  • ANDORRA
  • ANGOLA
  • ANGUILLA
  • ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
  • ARGENTINA
  • ARMENIA
  • ARUBA
  • AUSTRALIA
  • AUSTRIA
  • AZERBAIJAN*
  • BAHAMAS
  • BARBADOS
  • BELARUS
  • BELGIUM
  • BELIZE
  • BERMUDA
  • BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA
  • BOTSWANA
  • BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
  • BRUNEI
  • BULGARIA
  • CAYMAN ISLANDS
  • CHINA (Hong Kong SAR)
  • CHINA (Macau SAR)
  • COLOMBIA
  • COMOROS ISLANDS
  • COOK ISLANDA
  • CROATIA
  • CYPRUS
  • CZECH REPUBLIC
  • DENMARK
  • DJIBOUTI
  • DOMINICA
  • ECUADOR
  • EL SALVADOR
  • ESTONIA
  • FALKLAND ISLANDS
  • FIJI
  • FINLAND
  • FRANCE
  • FRENCH POLYNESIA
  • GEORGIA*
  • GERMANY
  • GIBRALTAR
  • GREECE
  • GRENADA
  • GUAM (TERRITORY OF)
  • GUERNSEY
  • HONDURAS
  • HONG KONG SAR (China)
  • HUNGARY
  • ICELAND
  • INDIA*
  • IRELAND
  • ISLE OF MAN
  • ISRAEL
  • ITALY
  • JAPAN
  • JERSEY
  • KAZAKHSTAN
  • KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
  • LATVIA
  • LESOTHO
  • LIBERIA*
  • LIECHTENSTEIN
  • LITHUANIA
  • LUXEMBOURG
  • MACAU SAR (China)
  • MACEDONIA
  • MALAWI
  • MALTA
  • MARSHALL ISLANDS
  • MAURITIUS
  • MEXICO
  • MOLDOVA*
  • MNACO
  • MONTSERRAT
  • MOZAMBIQUE
  • NAMIBIA
  • NETHERLANDS
  • NETHERLANDS ANTILLES (Curacao, Bonaire, St. Martin, St. Eustatius and Saba)
  • NEVIS
  • NEW CALEDONIA
  • NEW ZEALAND
  • NIUE
  • NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS (COMMONWEALTH OF)
  • NORWAY
  • PANAMA
  • POLAND
  • PORTUGAL
  • PUERTO RICO
  • ROMANIA
  • RUSSIAN FEDERATION
  • SAMOA
  • SAN MARINO
  • SERBIA
  • SEYCHELLES
  • SLOVAKIA
  • SLOVENIA
  • SOLOMON ISLANDS
  • SOUTH AFRICA
  • SPAIN
  • ST. CHRISTOPHER (Kitts) AND NEVIS
  • ST. GEORGIA AND SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS
  • ST. HELENA
  • ST. KITTS
  • ST. LUCIA
  • ST. PIERRE AND MIQUELON
  • ST. VINCENT
  • ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
  • SURINAME
  • SWAZILAND
  • SWEDEN
  • SWITZERLAND
  • TONGA
  • TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
  • TURKEY
  • TURKS AND CAICOS
  • TUVALU
  • U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
  • UKRAINE*
  • UNITED KINGDOM
  • UNITED STATES
  • VANUATU
  • VENEZUELA
  • VIRGIN ISLANDS, BRITISH
  • WALLIS AND FUTUNA
  • YUGOSLAVIA

 

The following countries are not a party to the Convention and need "Embassy (Consular) Legalization" ( "Chain Authentication").

Afghanistan
Algeria
Angola
Australia
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Brazil
Burkina Faso
Burma
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Congo (Brazzaville)
Congo (Kinshasa)
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominican Republic
East Timor
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia, The
Ghana

Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Holy See
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Jamaica
Jordan
Kenya
Kiribati
Korea, North
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Lebanon
Libya
Madagascar
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Mauritania
Micronesia
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Nauru
Nepal
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Oman

 >Pakistan
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Qatar
Rwanda
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Somalia
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Syria
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Tunisia
Turkmenistan
Uganda
United Arab Emirates
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
 




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