For foreign estates, repatriation, insurance claims, and pension matters — handled promptly and with care. $250 per certificate, 5 business days. Serving Weston from our Fort Lauderdale office, by appointment.
In Weston — home to about 68,000 residents — the need for a death certificate apostille usually arrives with a deadline attached: a consulate appointment, a visa window, a foreign closing date. When a death in Florida has legal consequences abroad — an estate to settle, property to transfer, a pension to claim, remains to repatriate — foreign authorities require an apostilled death certificate before anything can move forward.
We know these requests come at a hard time, and we handle them accordingly: clear answers, no runaround, and a defined 5-day timeline. Florida death certificates are issued by the Bureau of Vital Statistics through local health department vital records offices; we verify that your certified copy qualifies, file it in person at the Florida Department of State, and return the apostilled certificate promptly. For Weston residents, that means one handoff — at your door or at our office — and the apostilled original back in your hands on a defined timeline.
Foreign pension systems require apostilled proof of death to stop payments and initiate survivor benefits.
Many countries require citizens' deaths abroad to be registered at home — the apostilled U.S. certificate is the founding document.
Courts and notaries abroad require an apostilled death certificate before opening succession proceedings or releasing inherited assets.
Transferring or selling real estate the deceased owned in another country starts with the apostilled certificate.
Weston is home to roughly 68,000 residents. Weston is famously home to one of the largest Venezuelan communities in the country — apostilled birth certificates, marriage records, and powers of attorney for use in Venezuela, Colombia, and Spain are among our most frequent requests from Weston families.
We serve clients throughout Weston's neighborhoods including Weston Hills, Savanna, The Falls, Bonaventure, and Emerald Estates, as well as nearby communities such as Sunrise, Davie, Southwest Ranches, and Pembroke Pines. Landmarks like the Weston Town Center, Cleveland Clinic Florida, and Markham Park's western edge put us on familiar ground — this is home-turf service, not a mail-order processor.
From Weston, our Fort Lauderdale office is about 30 minutes away — visits by appointment — and appointments are usually available same day or next day. Also serving death certificate apostille clients in nearby Pembroke Pines, Davie, and Sunrise.
This is the section that saves Weston clients the most time: Florida issues two versions of the death certificate: one without cause of death (available to anyone) and one including cause of death (restricted to family members and legal representatives). Both can be apostilled — but foreign institutions differ on which they require. Estates and property matters usually accept the standard version; insurance claims often demand the cause-of-death version. Confirm before ordering, or ask us and we'll advise based on the use case.
The copy must be a certified copy issued by the Florida Bureau of Vital Statistics or a county health department vital records office — in Broward, the Florida Department of Health in Broward County. Funeral home paperwork and photocopies cannot be apostilled. When your death certificate is ready, bring it to our office — about 30 minutes from Weston — appointments usually available same day or next day.
Reserve a time that works — a scheduled office visit at 6750 N Andrews Ave, Ste 288E. Confirmed inside one business hour.
Nothing gets filed unchecked. We confirm certification, notarization, and country-specific requirements up front so your filing is not the one that bounces.
Your documents go to Tallahassee with a person, not a postmark, and are filed at the Department of State counter the same trip.
Five business days from handoff, the apostilled originals are ready. Collect at the office or take local delivery; we call as soon as they land.
No hourly rates, no hidden charges, no surprise add-ons. The price you see is the price you pay — including the Florida Department of State filing fee.
All prices include the Florida Department of State filing fee ($10 per document), in-person filing at the Department of State, and full document handling. Notarization available as a separate service when your documents require it.
Download the Florida Department of State Apostille and Notarial Certificate Request Form. We can fill it out for you at your appointment — no need to complete it in advance.
Because Weston is home to one of the largest Venezuelan communities in the country, the death certificates we apostille here are most often bound for Venezuela, Colombia, Spain, and Argentina. That matters practically: each destination has its own quirks — whether a certified translation is required, whether the receiving registry wants a recently issued copy, and whether the apostille needs to be translated along with the document.
We handle those details as part of the job rather than leaving you to discover them at a consulate window. Tell us the destination country when you call and we’ll confirm exactly what your death certificate needs before anything is filed — including whether a translation should be ordered before or after the apostille, which is the sequencing mistake that costs Weston clients the most time.
Yes — we serve every city in Broward County, Weston included. Service is by appointment at our Fort Lauderdale office at 6750 N Andrews Ave, Ste 288E; requests before 2 PM are routinely scheduled the same day, and every request gets a confirmed time within one business hour.
We're at 6750 N Andrews Ave, Ste 288E in Fort Lauderdale — about 30 minutes from Weston. Office visits are by appointment, and same-day slots are usually available.
5 business days, drop-off to return — the same in-person filing timeline countywide. Rush handling is available when your deadline is tighter; call us and we'll tell you honestly what's achievable.
Yes — this is common. A local family member, attorney, or funeral director can bring us the certificate on your behalf. The apostilled certificate can then be forwarded internationally.
Usually yes — most non-English-speaking jurisdictions require a certified translation of both the certificate and its apostille. We coordinate certified translation as part of the same order.
Yes, provided you obtain a certified copy issued now by the Bureau of Vital Statistics. The registrar's current signature is what the Department of State authenticates.
The version without cause of death is a public record anyone can order. The cause-of-death version is restricted to the spouse, parent, child, sibling, grandchild, or legal representative for 50 years after death.
Foreign probate and property matters usually accept the standard certificate; foreign life insurance claims typically require cause of death. If the receiving institution hasn't specified, we can help you determine which to order so you don't pay twice.
