Foreign estates, repatriation, insurance claims, pension matters — handled quickly and with the care these situations deserve. $190 per certificate, 5 business days. Serving West Palm Beach from our West Palm Beach office, by appointment.
For the 11,500 people who call West Palm Beach home, getting a death certificate accepted abroad comes down to one certification: the Florida apostille. Whenever a Florida death has consequences overseas — an estate to close, property to retitle, a pension to collect, remains to bring home — foreign authorities freeze everything until they see an apostilled death certificate.
These requests arrive at difficult moments, and we treat them that way: straight answers, zero runaround, and a firm 5-day timeline. Death certificates in Florida come from the Bureau of Vital Statistics via local health department vital records offices; we confirm your certified copy qualifies, file it personally at the Florida Department of State, and return the apostilled certificate without delay. For West Palm 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.
To stop payments and start survivor benefits, foreign pension systems require apostilled proof of death.
When a citizen dies abroad, many countries require the death registered at home — and the apostilled U.S. certificate is the document that opens that file.
Before succession proceedings open or inherited assets are released, foreign courts and notaries require the apostilled death certificate.
Selling or transferring real estate the deceased held abroad begins with the apostilled certificate.
West Palm Beach is home to roughly 120,000 residents. West Palm Beach is our home base — our office sits at 500 S Australian Ave, Suite 600, just off Okeechobee Boulevard at the edge of downtown. Residents book a time and hand off their documents at the office — same-day and next-day appointments are usually available.
We serve clients throughout West Palm Beach's neighborhoods including Downtown, Northwood Village, El Cid, Flamingo Park, Grandview Heights, and SoSo (South of Southern), as well as nearby communities such as Palm Beach, Riviera Beach, and Lake Clarke Shores. Landmarks like Clematis Street, Rosemary Square, and the Norton Museum of Art put us on familiar ground — this is home-turf service, not a mail-order processor.
Our office is right here on Australian Avenue — book an appointment and hand the documents off in minutes. We also handle death certificate apostilles for clients in nearby Boca Raton, and Boynton Beach.
The rules are specific, and they are where West Palm Beach filings most often go wrong: Florida death certificates come in two forms: a public version omitting cause of death, and a restricted version that includes it (family members and legal representatives only). Either can be apostilled — the question is which one your foreign recipient wants. Estate and property filings generally take the standard version, while insurance claims usually insist on cause of death. Check before you order, or describe your situation and we'll steer you right.
The copy must be a certified copy issued by the Florida Bureau of Vital Statistics or a county health department vital records office — in Palm Beach, the Florida Department of Health in Palm Beach County. Funeral home paperwork and photocopies cannot be apostilled. When your death certificate is ready, bring it to our office — about 0 minutes — our office is on Australian Avenue from West Palm Beach — appointments usually available same day or next day.
Book an appointment at our West Palm Beach office — we confirm your time within one business hour, with same-day and next-day slots usually available.
Before anything is filed, we vet the document itself — the certification, the notarization, and what your destination country expects — so rejections don't happen.
We hand-carry your paperwork to the Florida Department of State counter ourselves. No mail-in pile, no batch processing, nothing left to chance.
Your apostilled originals come back in 5 business days, ready for office pickup or local return delivery — and you get a call the minute they arrive.
One flat number, nothing bolted on afterward. What we quote is what you pay, and the Florida Department of State's filing fee is already inside it.
Every price covers the $10-per-document Florida Department of State filing fee, in-person submission at the state counter, and complete document handling. If your paperwork needs notarization first, we offer that as a separate add-on service.
Grab the Apostille and Notarial Certificate Request Form from the Florida Department of State here. There's no need to fill it out ahead of time — we'll complete it with you at your appointment.
Because West Palm Beach is the county seat and its largest city, with the courthouse, the consular traffic, and the highest concentration of immigration attorneys in the county, the death certificates we apostille here are most often bound for Haiti, Cuba, Colombia, and Brazil. 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 West Palm Beach clients the most time.
Yes — we serve every city in Palm Beach County, West Palm Beach included. Service is by appointment at our West Palm Beach office at 500 S Australian Ave, Suite 600; requests before 2 PM are routinely scheduled the same day, and every request gets a confirmed time within one business hour.
Right in the neighborhood — 500 S Australian Ave, Suite 600, on Australian Avenue itself. Visits are by appointment; call and we will usually have a same-day slot.
Drop-off to return runs 5 business days anywhere in the county — the identical in-person filing schedule for every city we serve. Facing a tighter deadline? Call and we'll give you a straight answer about what rush handling can realistically deliver.
In most cases yes — non-English-speaking destinations generally want certified translations of the certificate and the apostille both. We fold certified translation into the same order.
Yes, so long as you obtain a certified copy issued today by the Bureau of Vital Statistics. It's the registrar's current signature that the Department of State verifies.
Anyone may order the version without cause of death — it's a public record. The cause-of-death version stays restricted to the spouse, parents, children, siblings, grandchildren, or a legal representative for 50 years following the death.
Standard certificates satisfy most foreign probate and property matters; foreign life insurers usually demand the cause-of-death version. When the receiving institution hasn't said which, we'll help you figure it out so you don't order twice.
Yes, and it happens often. A relative, attorney, or funeral director in the area can deliver the certificate to us on your behalf. Once apostilled, the certificate can be shipped anywhere internationally.
Local office for certified Palm Beach death certificates.
Florida Bureau of Vital StatisticsStatewide death record ordering.
Florida Department of StateThe office that issues the apostille itself.
One flat rate, volume bundles, and the few things that add cost.
Processing timeThe 5-day timeline vs the mail-in queue.
Same-day & rush serviceA straight answer on what a tight deadline allows.
Book an appointmentBy appointment at 500 S Australian Ave, Suite 600.
Same-day appointments available for West Palm Beach — call and we'll confirm your window within one business hour.
