Certified Document Translation for Duluth, Minnesota
For document translation in Duluth, Minnesota, Apostille Authentications prepares certified translations from $65 per page and completes most of them in 1 to 2 business days. A signed certificate of accuracy is included with each one. We do this remotely from the Portland, Oregon area and have no location in St. Louis County. You send your document through the online quote form, and the finished translation comes back electronically or by mail.
Upload your document below as a PDF, JPEG, PNG or Word file, or call (971) 514-3743 for a quote.
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How Duluth residents place an order
Photograph or scan the full document, including stamps and the reverse side, and upload it through the quote form in PDF, JPEG, PNG or Word format. You get a firm price and a delivery date before any work starts. The certified translation is emailed to you, and a paper original can be mailed on request. Our translators cover 100 languages; Spanish, Russian, Hindi, Urdu, Chinese, Vietnamese, Arabic and Czech are requested most often, and you should ask if yours is not on that list. Call (971) 514-3743 between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. with questions.
St. Louis County Recorder: vital records in Duluth
Certified copies of Minnesota vital records are what foreign authorities and the Secretary of State expect to see. In Duluth they come from the St. Louis County Recorder’s Office.
| Duluth office | 100 N. 5th Ave. W, #101, Duluth, MN 55802 |
|---|---|
| Mailing address | PO Box 157, Duluth, MN 55801-0157 |
| Hours | 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday, except holidays |
| Vital records phone | (218) 726-2559 |
| Certified birth certificate | $26.00; additional copies of the same record $19.00 |
| Non-certified birth certificate | $13.00 |
| Mail requests | Notarized application; the county says processing takes 1 to 2 weeks |
| Also handled here | Death certificates, marriage licenses and records, notary commissions |
State and federal courts in Duluth
St. Louis County District Court in Duluth is at 100 N. Fifth Avenue W., in the Sixth Judicial District, and is open Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. It hears civil, family, probate, juvenile, criminal and traffic cases. The county also has courthouses with chambered judges in Hibbing and Virginia, so check which location your case is assigned to.
Duluth is one of four seats of the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. The clerk’s office is in the Gerald W. Heaney Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse and Customhouse, 515 West First Street, Suite 417.
In state court, a party or witness with limited English is entitled to a court-appointed interpreter free of charge under the Minnesota Judicial Branch Court Interpreter Program. Written exhibits in another language are a separate matter: the program’s page describes interpreting at proceedings, so plan on supplying your own English translation and ask court administration what the judge requires.
University of Minnesota Duluth: rule for documents not in English
UMD’s international admissions office states that all documents not issued in English must be submitted in the original language and include an accurate, true, word-for-word English translation. That means a summary or an edited version will not meet the stated standard. We translate transcripts and diplomas in full, including grading keys, seals and marginal notes, and certify the result. Check with UMD how it wants the documents delivered, since the office accepts them electronically or by post.
Duluth language data
Census Bureau QuickFacts for Duluth, based on the 2020-2024 American Community Survey, shows 4.6% of residents age 5 and older speaking a language other than English at home and 3.1% of residents born abroad. The July 1, 2025 population estimate is 88,330.
Sending a document from Duluth for a Minnesota apostille
The Minnesota Secretary of State is the only office that issues apostilles for Minnesota documents, and it is in Saint Paul. Most Duluth requests therefore go by mail: enclose the document, the Authentication Request Form and $5.00 per apostille by check or money order payable to MN Secretary of State, addressed to First National Bank Building, 332 Minnesota Street, Suite N201, Saint Paul, MN 55101. Finished documents come back by regular U.S. mail at no charge. The office says it has no expedited processing, though you may arrange overnight shipping for the return. In-person service is by appointment only, with slots released fourteen days ahead and a limit of 10 documents.
The office issues one form of apostille for use abroad whether or not the destination country belongs to the Hague Convention. It does not translate, and it requires any notarization to be written in English even when the rest of the document is in another language. Where your translation needs to be notarized for a Minnesota apostille, we hire a notary commissioned in Minnesota to notarize the translator’s statement. We also help with the apostille request itself.
USCIS translations and what a notary cannot do
The federal rule at 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3) requires a full English translation of any foreign-language document filed with USCIS, certified by the translator as complete and accurate, with a statement that the translator is competent to translate from that language into English. We cannot guarantee how any agency will treat a filing.
Minnesota law, at section 358.72 of the statutes, prohibits non-attorney notaries from drafting legal documents, advising on immigration matters or calling themselves ‘notario’ or ‘notario publico’.
Related services for Duluth
- Minnesota document translation services: the statewide rules for courts, notaries, vital records and driver licensing
- Minnesota apostille service
- All document translation services
Duluth translation questions
Apostille Authentications translates documents for Duluth, Minnesota residents remotely from the Portland, Oregon area. You upload the document online and receive a certified translation by email or mail.
Pricing starts at $65 per page. Most translations are ready in 1 to 2 business days.
UMD requires documents not issued in English to be submitted in the original language with an accurate, true, word-for-word English translation.
The St. Louis County Recorder’s Office at 100 N. 5th Ave. W, #101 issues certified birth certificates for $26.00.
No office in Duluth issues apostilles. You mail the document to the Minnesota Secretary of State in Saint Paul or book an appointment there, and the fee is $5.00 per apostille.
Yes. The U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota has a clerk’s office at 515 West First Street, Suite 417, Duluth.
Sources
The local details on this page come from these official sources.
- Minnesota Secretary of State: Apostille and Authentication
- St. Louis County: Birth certificate
- St. Louis County Recorder: Our locations
- Minnesota Judicial Branch: St. Louis County District Court, Duluth
- U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota: Duluth
- Minnesota Judicial Branch: Court Interpreter Program
- University of Minnesota Duluth: International official documents
- U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Duluth city, Minnesota
- 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3)
- Minnesota Statutes 358.72
Get your Duluth translation started
Upload your document for a quote, or call (971) 514-3743 and tell us where the translation is going. We confirm the level of certification you need before any work begins.