Maintenance Notice: Various applications including SOSDirect and SOSUpload may be intermittently unavailable on Friday, August 1, from 7:00 pm. to 10:00 p.m.

Apostille/Authentication services available by appointment on Tuesdays and Fridays starting August 5.

EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1, 2023, OUR LOBBY WALK-IN HOURS WILL BE 9 A.M. - 4 P.M. (CENTRAL), MONDAY - FRIDAY.

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