Is an apostille the
same as a notary?
No.
An apostille can only be issued by state secretaries of state offices in the United States or the United States Department of State in Washington D.C.
A state or federal apostille certificate is nothing like a notary stamp or seal and it’s an 8 1/2 x 11 letter with a state or federal seal on it which gets attached to your documents.
No notary public can create or make an apostille on a document in the U.S.
An American notary only verifies an individual’s identity and then watches a person sign said documents physically in front of them.
Then the notary public places the date and their notary signature and stamp on the document.
