Apostille Authorization of Agent

How To Apostille Texas
Authorization of Agent

We only need three things from you to complete the rush Texas Authorization of Agent apostille service process.

First, email us a photocopy of your Texas Authorization of Agent paperwork. You cannot mail or drop off this document to us to rush apostille because the Texas Secretary of State corporations division does not accept or apostille documents that people and companies try to give them in person or by mail. 

The Texas Secretary of State will only issue new certified copies of corporation documents that have already been filed with them in the past and then subsequently issue and attach a Texas apostille or authentication certificate on the new Texas Authorization of Agent certified copy that they issued.

If you don’t have your Texas Authorization of Agent document available just email us the unique SOS file number that you were given by the Texas Secretary of State and the full legal name of your corporation along with our completed apostille order form and a prepaid return shipping label to place your order.

Please note our Texas apostille prices for rush obtaining documents at the Texas Secretary of State corporations unit side are higher then what is listed on the website because the corporations unit government document filing fees are almost four times higher then the non-corporations state government filing fees on the authentications unit side.

Also, you must complete a separate Texas apostille order form for these types of corporation unit documents if you are also ordering non-corporate documents to rush apostille at the same time.

Meaning two separate apostille order forms will be needed to be completed by you –  one apostille order form for all corporation unit documents and one apostille order form for all other types of documents.

Second, email, mail, or drop off at our office a prepaid FedEx or UPS return shipping label (we do not accept air waybills) that you can create and purchase online at FedEx.com or UPS.com without needing to have an existing account set up with them. You can also visit any UPS Store or FedEx Office location to purchase a prepaid shipping label as well. 

Do not use the United States Postal Service (USPS) because they lose things constantly
(potentially your Authorization of Agent documents) and are completely unreliable and slow.

The reason we require a prepaid return shipping label is so we can mail your documents back to you or to wherever and whomever in the world that you want your documents shipped to. 

On the prepaid return FedEx or UPS shipping label that you must provide us please list the senders (from) mailing address as your name/address or any U.S address because you cannot list our company name or address as the from/sender for liability reasons. Then for the receiver’s address (to) just list the name/address of where and who you want your documents mailed back to. 

Click on the below links for easy step-by-step screenshot directions on how to create a prepaid return FedEx or UPS shipping label online in only a few minutes.

https://www.apostilletexas.org/faqs/shipping/how-and-where-do-i-create-and-purchase-a-prepaid-fedex-return-shipping-label/

https://www.apostilletexas.org/faqs/shipping/how-and-where-do-i-create-and-purchase-a-prepaid-ups-return-shipping-label/

If you want your documents shipped back to you or to someone else internationally (USA to another foreign country) please also provide us with a customs invoice (see the two links below to download and sign the custom prefilled out for you templates) that shipping companies (FedEx, UPS) will normally require you to include whenever you ship documents internationally to certain countries.

If you or someone on your behalf will be returning to our office the following business day to pick up your apostilled or authenticated documents you of course won’t need to provide us with a prepaid return shipping label.

https://www.apostilletexas.org/faqs/shipping/where-do-i-download-a-fedex-shipping-invoice-template-to-use-for-international-shipping/ 

https://www.apostilletexas.org/faqs/shipping/where-do-i-download-a-ups-shipping-invoice-template-to-use-for-international-shipping/ 

For the fastest possible return time, we can hand deliver your documents right to your home, office, business or hotel anywhere in Texas the very same day that we apostilled or authenticated them for an additional courier fee.

The courier cost will depend on what city and zip code in Texas you need us to travel to. This is for situations where you don’t have the time to travel back to our office to pick up your documents or you don’t want your documents mailed anywhere for some reason.

Third, you will need to download, sign, and email our rush Texas corporations apostille service order form that can be instantly downloaded by clicking on the Texas apostille order form button below.

We cannot accept or process your documents by mail, email, or drop off until we receive a properly completed apostille order form from you.

Please also understand your documents will not and cannot be apostilled or authenticated onsite at our office so this isn’t walk-in service.

The only legal and government entity in Texas that can issue apostille and authentication certificates is the Texas Secretary of State office which is where we will rush file your Texas Authorization of Agent at on your behalf.

The Texas Secretary of State corporations unit is somewhat erratic unlike the authentications unit side when it comes to the speed of apostilling and authenticating documents.

If we receive your Texas Authorization of Agent order by email on say a Monday the state “normally” will have it ready for us to pickup and mail back to you by Tuesday end of business day.

But on rare occassions it can take the Texas Secretary of State up to 48-72 hours to issue apostille or authentication certificates on your Authorization of Agent documents please understand.