How do you prepare a California high school, college, university transcript for an apostille?
The transcript must be signed by a school official (principal, registrar, counselor, etc.) The signature of the school official must be original.
Sample certification:
This is the original transcript issued to [ name of the student ].
[ Original signature of the school official ] [ Date ]
The signature of the school official must be notarized by a California Notary Public. The notary must use a notarial certificate, otherwise the document cannot be apostilled.
Here is a sample of the correctly certified and notarized school transcript:
