Customer Alert: Effective as of June 13, 2025

Our Los Angeles office will be open beginning Friday, June 13 for in-person apostille and domestic partnership services. Due to the demonstrations in downtown Los Angeles, availability of services is subject to change. Click the link to see upcoming Apostille Pop-Up Shop events in communities near you.

Please continue to check this page for any new updates. If you have questions, contact us at (213) 897-5310.

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California Electronic Filing Format (CAL) Version 2.20

The California Secretary of State has released Version 2.20 (07/01/16) of the California Electronic Filing Format (CAL) (DOCX) for political disclosure forms. Changes to the filing format are described in the CAL 2.20 errata document (DOCX).

For information and instructions for building "CAL" files (vers. 6), please see the California Electronic Filing Format Guide (PDF).

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