Public Services

Notarial Services

The American Citizens Services (ACS) unit of the U.S. Consulate General in Monterrey provides notarial services on an appointment basis to U.S. citizens and foreign nationals for documents destined to be used in the United States.  Notarial services are executed by Consular officers and may include documents to be signed before them, statements made under oath, powers of attorney, affidavits and acknowledgements.

Appointments for notarials can be scheduled through our online appointment system or by calling the ACS unit at (81) 8345-2120 between 2:00 pm and 4:00 pm, Monday through Friday, excluding U.S. and Mexican holidays and the first business day of the month.

To have a document notarized, you must come in person with the following documents:

1. An official photo ID issued by a government agency in the U.S., a Mexican passport, or voter registration card;
2. The document(s) to be notarized;
3. The cost for a notarial is 30 US dollars. Customers requiring multiple notarials as part of a single transaction on the same day -- such as notarization of a bill of sale and five copies, or notarization of three documents required for a single real estate transaction will be charged 30 USD for the first seal and 20 USD for each subsequent seal;
4. To ensure you understand the document, a translation might be requested by the officer;
5. If your document needs to be witnessed, please bring your witness(es) with you.

Because the U.S. and Mexico are both parties to the Hague Convention on the Legalization of Foreign Public Documents, there is an alternative to notarizing Mexican documents destined for use in the U.S.  This notarization procedure is called an Apostille and is a service provided by the Mexican government.  This Apostille process legalizes Mexican documents for use in the United States.  Documents originating in the Consular District of Monterrey (Nuevo León, Coahuila, Zacatecas, Durango, and San Luis Potosí) may be apostilled at the respective states’ legalization offices.

Updated December 17, 2007