Certified Translation Services in Gulfport, Mississippi
For Gulfport, Mississippi, Apostille Authentications translates and certifies documents from $65 per page, with most jobs finished in 1 to 2 business days. A signed certificate of accuracy is included with each translation. We are based in the Portland, Oregon area and serve the Gulf Coast remotely, so there is no local counter to visit. Upload your document through the quote form and the translation comes back electronically or by mail.
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Harrison County offices in Gulfport
Gulfport is one of two county seats of Harrison County. The county’s First Judicial District courthouse is in Gulfport and the Second is in Biloxi.
| Judicial District 1 Courthouse | 1801 23rd Ave, Gulfport, MS 39501. Phone 228-865-4005. |
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| Judicial District 2 Courthouse | 730 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Biloxi, MS 39530. Phone 228-435-8233. |
| Marriage licenses | Issued by the Harrison County Circuit Clerk at either courthouse, 8 am to 5 pm, Monday to Friday. |
| Divorce decrees | Kept by the chancery clerk of the county that granted the divorce, according to the state health department. |
| Federal court | Dan M. Russell, Jr. United States Courthouse, 2012 15th Street, Gulfport, Southern District of Mississippi. |
Getting certified Mississippi records from the Coast
Birth, death and marriage certificates are issued by the State Department of Health’s Office of Vital Records at 222 Marketridge Drive, Ridgeland, MS 39157. The fee is $17 per certificate and $6 for each additional copy of the same record ordered together. You can order in person, by mail, by phone at 1-877-295-4229 or online through the department’s records vendor. The department lists 7 to 10 business days for standard mail requests and 3 to 5 business days for expedited requests.
State files hold births and deaths from November 1912 and marriages from January 1, 1926. Marriage records from July 1, 1938 through December 31, 1941 were kept only by county circuit clerks, so a Harrison County marriage from those years is a circuit clerk record.
How to order from Gulfport
- Step 1. Upload a scan or photo through the quote form in PDF, JPEG, PNG or Word format.
- Step 2. Receive your quote. Pricing starts at $65 per page.
- Step 3. Most translations are returned in 1 to 2 business days, electronically or by mail, with the certificate of accuracy.
- Languages. We handle 100 languages. Spanish, Russian, Hindi, Urdu, Chinese, Vietnamese, Arabic and Czech are requested most. Ask us about any other.
- Phone. (971) 514-3743, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Apostille route from Gulfport
There is no apostille office on the Coast. Mississippi apostilles come only from the Secretary of State in Jackson, so Gulfport requests normally go by mail. Send the document, the Apostille Certification Request Form and $5.00 per document by check or money order payable to Secretary of State to P.O. Box 136, Jackson, MS 39205-0136, Attention: Notary/Apostille/Authentication. The office’s street address is 660 North Street, Jackson, MS 39202, and its phone is 601-359-1615. The form asks which country the document is for and mails the certificate to the return address you write on it.
The Secretary of State certifies documents notarized by a Mississippi notary or signed by a Mississippi public official. If a translation has to be notarized for Mississippi, we hire a notary commissioned in Mississippi to notarize the translator’s statement. Mississippi notaries cannot certify copies of birth certificates, passports or driver’s licenses, so start with a certified copy from the issuing office.
College admissions on the Coast
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, which has a Harrison County Campus, tells international applicants to submit complete, official transcripts translated into English and evaluated by a credentialing agency. It recommends NACES member agencies, notes that a course-by-course evaluation is needed for transfer credit, says the evaluation typically takes four to six weeks and states that students pay the evaluation cost. Ask the agency you choose what kind of translation it takes before you order one from us.
Immigration paperwork and local language data
For USCIS, 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3) requires a full English translation of any foreign-language document, certified by the translator as complete and accurate, along with the translator’s statement of competence. Each of our translations includes that certification. Whether a filing is accepted is up to the agency.
According to Census QuickFacts, 7.1% of Gulfport residents age 5 and older spoke a language other than English at home in 2020 to 2024, compared with 4.3% statewide. Foreign-born residents made up 3.9% of the city. Gulfport’s estimated population on July 1, 2025 was 76,506.
Notaries and 'notario publico' in Mississippi
Mississippi’s notary rules prohibit using ‘notario’, ‘notario publico’ or an equivalent term in a way that misrepresents a notary’s authority. A notary who is not an attorney must display a notice that he or she may not draft legal documents or give advice on legal matters, including immigration. A notary’s seal on a translation confirms the translator’s signature, not the translation’s quality.
Related services for Gulfport
- Mississippi document translation services: the statewide rules for courts, notaries, vital records and driver licensing
- Mississippi apostille service
- All document translation services
Gulfport translation questions
Apostille Authentications provides certified translation to Gulfport customers remotely from the Portland, Oregon area. Documents are uploaded online and returned by email or mail with a signed certificate of accuracy.
Most translations are ready in 1 to 2 business days. Pricing starts at $65 per page.
Not locally. Mississippi apostilles are issued only by the Secretary of State in Jackson for $5.00 per document, and requests from Gulfport can be mailed to P.O. Box 136, Jackson, MS 39205-0136.
The Harrison County Circuit Clerk issues marriage licenses at the Judicial District 1 Courthouse, 1801 23rd Ave, Gulfport, and at the District 2 Courthouse in Biloxi, 8 am to 5 pm on weekdays.
The Dan M. Russell, Jr. United States Courthouse is at 2012 15th Street, Gulfport. It is part of the Southern District of Mississippi.
Yes. The college asks international applicants for official transcripts translated into English and evaluated by a credentialing agency, and it recommends NACES member agencies.
Sources
The local details on this page come from these official sources.
- Harrison County: Apply for a Marriage License
- Mississippi Secretary of State: Apostilles and Authentications
- Apostille Certification Request Form
- MSDH Vital Records questions and answers
- US Marshals Service: Southern District of Mississippi courthouses
- MGCCC: International Student
- Mississippi Law on Notarial Acts and Notary Rules
- 8 CFR 103.2
- Census QuickFacts: Gulfport city, Mississippi
Get your Gulfport 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.