Our cutting-edge IT crew has come up with another cool service for Washington residents and others who want to use our Apostilles service.

It’s an e-Register/Apostille look-up service. Check it out by going to the Apostilles page  here and then clicking on the e-Register and Certificate Authenticity Search link. It’s consistent with what The Hague Conference on Private International Law is encouraging.

This makes Washington the seventh state in the nation and the 18th certificated authority in the world to offer the service.

An “apostille” is an authentication issued to documents for use in countries that participate in the Hague Convention of 1961. If the country of intended use does not participate in the Hague Convention, documents being sent to that country can be “certified.” Types of documents include corporate documents such as company articles of incorporation, power of attorney, diplomas, transcripts, letters relating to degrees, marital status, references and job certifications, home studies, papers for adoption purposes, etc.