Los Angeles Office

The Los Angeles office distributes forms and informational materials and provides the following drop-off services:

• Apostilles: Authenticating a public official’s signature including notaries public.
• Domestic Partners: Filing Domestic Partnership forms (to register, terminate or revoke a termination). 

Requests for services other than those identified above must be directed to the Sacramento office.

Please note: Substituted Service of Process Service is not available in the Los Angeles office.

Following are a few important points to remember when submitting requests to the Los Angeles office:

• All requests must be submitted in person (mail requests are not accepted).
• Special handling fees are charged for all in-person requests. Special handling fees are in addition to regular fees for such services and are applicable each time a request is submitted.
  • Special handling fee for processing an Apostille request: $6.00 for each different public official's signature to be authenticated.
  • Special handling fee for filing a domestic partnership document: $15.00

Fees collected at the Los Angeles office location may be submitted by credit card (Visa or Mastercard), check, or money order. Checks should be made payable to the Secretary of State. Cash is not accepted at the Los Angeles Office.

Office hours are Monday through Friday - 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., excluding state holidays.

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Los Angeles Office
300 South Spring Street, Room 12513
Los Angeles, CA 90013
(213) 897-5310

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Sacramento Main Office
1500 11th Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 657-5448

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