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Parties to Hague Convention #12
The Hague Conference on Private International Law is an intergovernmental organization, the purpose of which is to work for the progressive unification of the rules of private international law. There are presently 36 conventions (or agreements) among countries who are both members and non-members of the Hague Conference. Hague Convention #12 abolishes the requirement of legalization for foreign public documents. Parties to Hague convention #12 accept an apostille as certification of a document and do not require legalization.

If you have a public document from country which is party to Hague convention #12 and you need this document legalized for use in another country that is party to convention #12, the document requires only an apostille. In the United States, the apostille is affixed to the document by the Secretary of State or its equivalent in the jurisdiction in which the document originates.

The following is a list of the countries which are party to Hague Convention #12:
Affars and the Issas
Andorra
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Aruba
Australia
Austria
Bahamas
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Bermuda
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Botswana
British Antarctic Territory
British Virgin Islands
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
Cayman Islands
Colombia
Comoros Islands
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Djibouti
Dominica
El Salvador
Estonia
Falkland Islands
Fiji
Finland
France
French Guyana
French Polynesia
Germany

Gibraltar
Greece
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Guam
Guernsey
Hong Kong
Hungary
Ireland
Isle of Man
Israel
Italy
Japan
Jersey
Kazakstan
Kiribati
Latvia
Lesotho
Liberia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macau
Macedonia
Malawi
Malta
Marshall Islands
Martinique
Mauritius
Mexico
Monaco
Montserrat
Mozambique
Nambia
Netherlands
Netherlands Antilles
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Niue

Northern Mariana Islands
Norway
Panama
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Reunion
Romania
Russian Federation of
Independent States
Samoa
San Marino
Seychelles
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
South Africa
Southern Rhodesia
Spain
South Georgia and The
    South Sandwich Islands
St. Helena
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lucia
St. Pierre and Miquelon
St. Vincent and Grenadines
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Turkey
Turks and Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
U.S. Virgin Islands
United Kingdom
United States
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Wallis + Futuna Islands
Yugoslavia