Tampa Bay
Pasco County, Florida apostille filing
Every Pasco County paper that needs a foreign-use stamp still goes to Tallahassee. We cover 11 cities and 23 ZIP codes in this county.
Pasco County, without the jargon
Pasco County is in Tampa Bay. 11 cities and towns and 23 ZIP codes here still use one Tallahassee office for the foreign-use stamp.
Tampa, St. Petersburg, Clearwater, and Brandon use overnight FedEx. A large share of files here go to Colombia, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic. Hillsborough and Pinellas court documents must be stamped by that county’s clerk first.
If the document is a court file — divorce, name change, adoption — the Pasco County clerk has to certify it first. We cannot take a website printout to the state.
How documents leave Pasco County
Inbound shipping from this county is overnight to our Tallahassee desk. We drop the original at the state office and send it back with tracking.
Birth and marriage records still come from Florida vital records. Powers of attorney still need a Florida notary. An FBI report still cannot be stamped here.
Latin America from this county
Families in Pasco County send documents to Mexico, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Brazil, and Central America more than anywhere else. Those countries take the Florida stamp. Cuba does not.
Cities and towns in Pasco County
AripekaDade CityHolidayHudsonLand O LakesNew Port RicheyPort RicheySan AntonioSpring HillWesley ChapelZephyrhills
Questions people ask
Can the Pasco County clerk add the apostille?
No. The clerk can certify a court copy. Only the Florida Department of State in Tallahassee can add the foreign-use stamp.
Do I have to visit the county seat?
Only if you still need a certified court copy. Once you have that document, you can ship it to us from anywhere in the county.