Apostille Last Will And Testament

How To Apostille Texas
Last Will And Testament

The only need three things from you to complete the expedited Texas last will and testament apostille service process.

First, mail us or drop off your original or certified copy probated Texas last will and testament documents at our office. The Texas probated last will and testament documents that you submit to us cannot be a photocopy and you cannot fax or email us a copy of your last will and testament to apostille.

The Texas Secretary of State will only accept and issue Texas apostille certificates on an original probated Texas last will and testament or certified copy documents that are physically presented to them not photocopies.

When we say an “original last will and testament” this means you have an original or certified copy of a last will and testament that has already been through the Texas probate court system and signed by a Texas county or district clerk.

Do not send us a Texas last will and testament to apostille if it was issued before 1980. Your Texas last will and testament must be issued after 1980.

If not, you must order a new certified copy of your probated last will and testament from the Texas county of where the Will was probated at because the Texas Secretary of State won’t be able to find that old of Texas probate records in their state database.

If your original probated Texas last will and testament was issued between 1980-1999 you have roughly a 50/50 chance that it will be rejected by the Texas Secretary of State because they won’t be able to find that old of Texas probate record in their state database.

With that said we’ve successfully apostilled many Texas last will and testaments from the 1980’s and 1990’s that the TXSOS found so we’ll happily attempt to file your Texas last will and testament documents that was issued during these years.

But please be aware if the Texas Secretary of State does reject your Texas last will and testament we will mail you the original rejection letter that the Texas Secretary of State issues on all rejected documents.

You will then have to order a new certified copy Texas last will and testament and pay us our full Texas apostille service fee a second time to reattempt to apostille your Texas last will and testament for the second time.

Your Texas probated last will and testament cannot be issued from another state or foreign country and it must be issued from the State of Texas.

If your last will and testament was issued from another U.S state other than Texas you can only receive an apostille certification or authentication certification on a U.S last will and testament or any other type of recordable document from the state in which the document originated and was issued from.

For example, if the person died and had a last will and testament probated in the State of California but they legally resided in Texas you can only obtain an apostille certificate on a California probated last will and testament from the California Secretary of State. The exact same scenario applies to all recordable legal documents and the 50 U.S states.

Apostille Texas only apostilles probated last will and testament documents at the state government level for the State of Texas but if the country you’re sending your documents to is not a member nation of The 1961 Hague Convention you will need to go through two more legal document filing steps. We can assist you with these two additional steps even if we don’t obtain the state level authentication certificate for you from a non-Texas state.

The second step is to rush file your probated last will and testament documents at the United States Department of State (USDOS) office in Washington D.C but this step can only be done after you have been issued a state level authentication certificate by one of the fifty state secretary of state offices in the United States.

The third step is to rush file your probated last will and testament documents with the foreign country embassy of where your documents are being submitted to in Washington D.C. This final document legalization step can only be done after you have been issued both a state and federal authentication certification on your U.S probated last will and testament.

Either you, an attorney, or a Texas notary public can copy/paste this below notary jurat or acknowledgment verbiage (choose and only use one not both) onto a blank Microsoft Word document (DO NOT print this whole webpage out as is and get it notarized) and attach it to your Last Will and Testament or simply handwrite (print NOT cursive) this state-required notary jurat (first one) or notary acknowledgment (second one) verbiage onto your Texas Last Will and Testament paperwork.

Click on the big PDF icons below that say, “CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD” to instantly download a copy of the notary jurat or notary acknowledgment verbiage that you can print out, sign, and put on or attach to your Texas last will and testament document to receive an apostille.

State of Texas

County of ________________

Sworn to and subscribed before me on the _______ day of ______________ (month) ______ (year),
by____________________________________ (print Will signers name).

____________________________________
(Texas notary public signature)

Or…

State of Texas

County of _________________________

Before me,  _____________________________________ (print notary name), on this day personally appeared   _________________________________ (print Will signers name), known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same of the purposes and consideration therein expressed.

Given under my hand and seal of office this  ____ day of  _____________ (month), and  _________ (year).

____________________________________
Texas notary public signature

Third, you will need to download, sign, and email, mail, or drop off at our office our rush Texas apostille service order form that can be instantly downloaded by clicking on the blue Texas apostille services order button below.

We cannot accept or process your Texas last will and testament apostille request by mail or drop off until we receive a properly completed Texas apostille service order form from you.

If you will be dropping your Texas last will and testament off at our office in person you must bring this completed Texas apostille services order form in with you along with any other documents that you want us to rush apostille for you.

When you arrive at our office walk up to our front lobby receptionist desk area and tell them that you have a Texas last will and testament to dropoff for Apostille Texas. Detailed directions and pictures of our office and office building are on our contact us page as well for you to view.

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

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

We must receive your Texas last will and testament by mail or dropped off at our office by noon CST Monday-Friday (excluding all federal and state holidays) to be able to provide you with same day Texas apostille services. If we receive your Texas last will and testament after that cutoff time don’t worry we’ll simply attempt to file it on the next business day. 

Lastly, we do not have these Texas apostille services order forms available at our front desk receptionist area.

So if you choose to drop your Texas last will and testament off at our office please make sure to print out and bring this Texas apostille service order form in with you or alternatively you can email us the completed Texas apostille services order form ahead of time.