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Apostille & International
Nevada Cannot Apostille FBI or Federal Documents
The Nevada Secretary of State handles qualifying Nevada public documents and Nevada notarizations—not records issued by the FBI or another federal authority. Federal agency, federal court, and U.S. consular records must follow the route assigned to that document type.
Which authority handles the document?
Nevada documents
Qualifying Nevada records and documents notarized by a Nevada notary are routed through the Nevada competent authority.
Federal agency documents
FBI background checks and most records issued by U.S. federal agencies use the U.S. Department of State federal authentication route rather than the Nevada route.
Federal court or consular records
Federal court documents and certain U.S. consular vital records may be handled by separately designated federal authorities.
What happens with an FBI background check?
The FBI authenticates an Identity History Summary when it is issued. When the destination uses the Hague Apostille Convention, the U.S. Department of State may issue a federal apostille for that authenticated result. A non-Hague destination may require a different federal authentication and legalization sequence.
- Do not notarize the FBI report itself. Notarization does not convert a federal record into a Nevada document and may make the federal original unusable for the intended route.
- Use the correct FBI-issued result. The FBI states that it will not add authentication later to a previously processed result.
- Confirm the destination route. Hague and non-Hague destinations do not use the same final authentication sequence.
How Lake Mead Mobile Notary coordinates mixed packets
Lake Mead Mobile Notary can review the document list and destination, separate Nevada and federal items, coordinate qualifying Nevada notarization and office processing, and coordinate federal stages when included in the service scope. Final issuance and foreign-recipient acceptance remain decisions of the responsible authorities.
Federal and Nevada Document Coordination
Make sure every document follows the correct authority
Share the document names and destination country so Lake Mead Mobile Notary can review the apparent jurisdiction and coordinate the applicable service route.
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