Powers of attorney, affidavits, authorization letters, corporate documents — we notarize on the spot and apostille in 5 business days. $250 per document. Serving Deerfield Beach from our Fort Lauderdale office, by appointment.
In Deerfield Beach — home to about 86,000 residents — the need for a notarized document apostille usually arrives with a deadline attached: a consulate appointment, a visa window, a foreign closing date. Not every document that needs an apostille is a government record. Powers of attorney for property abroad, single-status affidavits for foreign marriage, travel consent letters for a child flying with one parent, corporate resolutions for an overseas subsidiary — these are private documents, and the route to an apostille runs through a Florida notary first.
This is where we have a structural advantage: we are a notary service. Bring the unsigned document to your appointment at our Fort Lauderdale office and we notarize it correctly for apostille purposes on the spot, then file it in person at the Florida Department of State. One handoff covers both steps. $250 per document, 5 business days. For Deerfield Beach residents, that means one handoff — at your door or at our office — and the apostilled original back in your hands on a defined timeline.
Board resolutions, certificates of incumbency, distribution agreements, and commercial invoices for foreign use are notarized and apostilled routinely.
Foreign banks require apostilled, notarized signature authorizations and account instructions from U.S.-based holders.
Sworn statements for foreign courts, immigration cases, and civil registries — notarized in Florida, apostilled for use abroad.
Selling, buying, or managing real estate in another country without traveling — the apostilled POA (or procuración/procuração) lets a representative act for you before a foreign notary.
Deerfield Beach is home to roughly 86,000 residents. Deerfield Beach anchors one of South Florida's best-known Brazilian communities — apostilles for Brazilian dual nationality, foreign marriage, and property procurations (procurações) are a weekly occurrence for our Deerfield Beach clients.
We serve clients throughout Deerfield Beach's neighborhoods including The Cove, Deer Creek, Century Village East, Crystal Lake, and Little Harbor, as well as nearby communities such as Boca Raton, Pompano Beach, Lighthouse Point, and Coconut Creek. Landmarks like the Deerfield Beach International Fishing Pier, Quiet Waters Park, and Deerfield Island Park put us on familiar ground — this is home-turf service, not a mail-order processor.
From Deerfield Beach, our Fort Lauderdale office is about 20 minutes away — visits by appointment — and appointments are usually available same day or next day. Also serving notarized document apostille clients in nearby Pompano Beach, and Coconut Creek.
For Deerfield Beach residents, the requirements below decide whether a filing succeeds or bounces: The Florida Department of State authenticates the notary's commission — which means the notarization itself has to be flawless. The notarial certificate must be complete and in proper Florida form, the notary's commission current, the seal legible, and the signer identified as Florida law requires. A notarization that's fine for domestic use can still bounce at the apostille counter over a missing venue line or an ambiguous certificate.
Because our notaries handle apostille-bound documents daily, we notarize with the state's checklist in mind — and when the document is destined for a specific country, we format accordingly (Spanish-language POAs for Latin America, dual-column documents, foreign notary requirements layered on top). If your document was already notarized elsewhere, bring it in: we'll review it before filing and re-notarize on the spot if it wouldn't survive review. When your notarized document is ready, bring it to our office — about 30 minutes from Deerfield Beach — appointments usually available same day or next day.
Start with a two-minute call or the request form. We schedule your office appointment and confirm within one business hour.
Documents are inspected first: is the copy certified, is the notarization complete, does the destination country need something extra? Problems surface now, not later.
We hand-deliver your file to the Florida Department of State. In-person filing is the difference between five business days and several weeks.
Your apostilled originals are back in five business days — office collection or local delivery, and a phone call the moment they arrive.
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 Deerfield Beach is an anchor of South Florida’s Brazilian community, where procurações and dual-nationality files are weekly work, the notarized documents we apostille here are most often bound for Brazil, Portugal, and Canada. 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 notarized document needs before anything is filed — including whether a translation should be ordered before or after the apostille, which is the sequencing mistake that costs Deerfield Beach clients the most time.
Yes — we serve every city in Broward County, Deerfield Beach 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 20 minutes from Deerfield Beach. 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, if the notarization is complete and the notary's Florida commission is verifiable. We review before filing — and if there's a defect that would cause rejection, we'll tell you and can re-notarize immediately.
Yes — Florida notarization requires the signer to appear before the notary (in person, or via approved online notarization for some document types). For POAs used abroad, in-person ink notarization is the safest route; many foreign registries reject electronic notarizations.
We're not a law firm and don't draft legal instruments — but foreign consulates and receiving attorneys usually supply the required text. Bring their template to your appointment and we handle execution, notarization, and apostille.
Yes — that's the core of this service. Book an appointment, bring the unsigned document and your government-issued ID to our Fort Lauderdale office, we notarize on the spot, and the apostille comes back in 5 business days.
Yes — foreign-language and dual-column POAs are notarized daily here. The notarial certificate is executed in English per Florida law; the document body can be in any language your foreign notary requires.
