Skip to content
Notaryzer
Issued in France

Apostille for a death certificate from France

A death certificate from France is apostilled by Since 2025 the chambers of notaries (conseils régionaux des notaires) are the competent authorities. We organise it for you – including the fresh original and any pre-certification – add a sworn translation if needed, and deliver worldwide.

Start your death certificate apostille

No payment before quote
Get my quote
  • Upload a scan, 2 min
  • Verify with your phone
  • Delivered by courier or download

Let us get this done for you

  • Apostille from 8 hours
  • Written quote before you pay
  • Encrypted, no account needed
Start now
  1. 1
    Upload a scan
    We pre-check it and confirm the route
  2. 2
    Verify with your phone
    ID + selfie, ~3 minutes, then your quote
  3. 3
    We obtain the apostille
    Competent authority + sworn translation
  4. 4
    Delivered
    Courier worldwide or protected download

Who issues it, who apostilles it

Issued by

Mairie (état civil) of the place of the event; Service central d’état civil in Nantes for events abroad

Apostille by

Since 2025 the chambers of notaries (conseils régionaux des notaires) are the competent authorities

Ask for an extrait plurilingue for CIEC states; inside the EU no apostille (Reg. 2016/1191).

Where a France death certificate with apostille is accepted

Not accepted in Bangladesh and Kosovo (Article 12 objection) – documents for these countries are legalised or verified instead.

What we need from you

  • Recent original death certificate (we can order it with proof of your entitlement)
  • Country of issue, destination and purpose
  • Optional: inheritance documents for a joint apostille request

Sworn translation into the language of the probate court is almost always required outside the EU.

France death certificate apostille: questions

Since 2025 the chambers of notaries (conseils régionaux des notaires) are the competent authorities. Issued by: Mairie (état civil) of the place of the event; Service central d’état civil in Nantes for events abroad – Ask for an extrait plurilingue for CIEC states; inside the EU no apostille (Reg. 2016/1191).

Yes. The apostille must be issued in France, but you do not have to be there: we organise a suitable original where possible, the submission to the competent authority and delivery of the apostilled death certificate anywhere. The notary reviews your application first.

An Article 12 objection is in force between France and Bangladesh and Kosovo; documents for these countries are legalised or verified instead. Non-Convention countries such as the UAE, Qatar and Kuwait always need legalisation.

The HCCH record lists: Pour les apostilles délivrées par les conseils régionaux et les chambres interdépartementales de notaires Pour les personnes physiques - 10 euros par acte si la demande de délivrance concerne jusqu’à trois actes (20 euro. Official fees are passed through 1:1 and shown separately in your quote.

In most countries only relatives in the direct line, spouses and persons with a legal interest can obtain it. With your authorisation and proof of kinship we order it from the registry and take it straight to the apostille authority.

Usually yes when it is used abroad. It is a court or notarial document, so it is apostilled by the authority responsible for judicial documents in the issuing country. We submit both documents in parallel to save time.

Where the registry issues certificates online and the country has e-apostilles, within days. Elsewhere the bottleneck is obtaining a fresh certificate, which we start on the day you order.

France death certificate, apostilled and delivered

Fresh original, authority, translation and courier in one request – quoted before you pay.

Get my quote
Questions? Write to [email protected]