Space Coast
Brevard County, Florida apostille filing
Every Brevard County paper that needs a foreign-use stamp still goes to Tallahassee. We cover 16 cities and 27 ZIP codes in this county.
Brevard County, without the jargon
Brevard County is in Space Coast. 16 cities and towns and 27 ZIP codes here still use one Tallahassee office for the foreign-use stamp.
Brevard contractors sometimes mix Florida documents with federal documents. Florida can stamp a Florida birth record. Florida cannot stamp an FBI report or a NASA/federal form.
If the document is a court file — divorce, name change, adoption — the Brevard County clerk has to certify it first. We cannot take a website printout to the state.
How documents leave Brevard County
Inbound shipping from this county is 2 business days 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 Brevard 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 Brevard County
Cape CanaveralCocoaCocoa BeachGrantIndialanticMalabarMelbourneMelbourne BeachMerritt IslandMimsPalm BayPatrick AfbRockledgeSatellite BeachSebastianTitusville
Questions people ask
Can the Brevard 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.