Certified Translation Services for Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Apostille Authentications translates and certifies documents for people in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, from $65 per page. Most are completed in 1 to 2 business days and include a signed certificate of accuracy. To be clear about how this works: we operate from Lake Oswego in the Portland, Oregon area, not from an office in Mount Pleasant. You upload your file through the quote form, and the finished translation reaches you electronically or by mail. Local and state details follow.
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 Mount Pleasant customers order
Start with the quote form and attach your document as a PDF, JPEG, PNG or Word file. Include the destination of the translation and any deadline. We confirm the price before work begins.
Our translators cover 100 languages, most often Spanish, Russian, Hindi, Urdu, Chinese, Vietnamese, Arabic and Czech. Check with us about other languages. The office answers calls at (971) 514-3743 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Mount Pleasant by the numbers
The Census Bureau’s QuickFacts estimate for the Town of Mount Pleasant is 95,469 residents as of July 1, 2025. Over 2020 to 2024, 5.3% of people age 5 and older spoke a language other than English at home and 4.7% of residents were born abroad.
Courts serving Mount Pleasant
The Town of Mount Pleasant Municipal Court is at 100 Ann Edwards Lane, Mount Pleasant, SC 29464. It hears misdemeanor state violations, municipal code violations and traffic matters, holds jury trials, and schedules sessions Monday to Friday.
The nearest federal courthouses listed by the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina are in Charleston: the J. Waties Waring Judicial Center at 83 Meeting Street, and the U.S. District Courthouse at 85 Broad Street. Both carry the ZIP code 29401.
Marriage licenses and vital records in Charleston County
Mount Pleasant is in Charleston County. The county Probate Court’s marriage license instructions list a $70.00 cash filing fee, no residency requirement and no blood test. A passport, driver’s license or original or certified birth certificate is among the accepted forms of identification for applicants aged 18 to 25.
For later certified copies, the Secretary of State points to the county Probate Court or state Vital Records for marriage licenses and to the County Clerk of Court’s Office or state Vital Records for divorce decrees. Birth and death certificates come only from state Vital Records, part of the S.C. Department of Public Health, where the search fee is $12 per record and includes one certified copy if the record is located.
In person, the department accepts money orders, cashier’s checks, credit or debit cards and cash. Certified copies are printed on security paper; the department has not issued raised seal certificates since March 1999, and it says the current certificates remain acceptable for legal purposes such as U.S. passport applications.
Sending a Mount Pleasant document abroad: the apostille
South Carolina has one apostille authority, the Secretary of State, and its office is in Columbia rather than the Charleston area.
- What qualifies. Only documents that will be sent to a foreign country.
- Cost. $5.00 per document, paid by personal or company check, money order or cash.
- Paperwork. Include the South Carolina Authentication Cover Letter.
- By mail or in person. SC Secretary of State’s Office, Attn: Authentications, 1205 Pendleton Street, Suite 525, Columbia, SC 29201. Walk-in hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
- Vital records. Photocopies are not acceptable; the record must be certified by the issuing government agency.
When the translation itself must be notarized
The Secretary of State’s apostille instructions say that all documents in a foreign language must be signed, notarized and accompanied by an English translation signed by the translator, with the translator’s signature notarized. A notarization by a commissioned South Carolina notary public is the kind the office says it may certify.
If your translation needs notarization for South Carolina, such as for a South Carolina apostille, we hire a notary commissioned in South Carolina to notarize the translator’s statement. We can also help you with the apostille request itself. Mention it when you ask for a quote.
Immigration filings and foreign driver's licenses
USCIS filings follow 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3). Each foreign-language document needs a complete English translation, and the translator has to certify both the accuracy of the translation and his or her competence in the two languages. Our certificate of accuracy addresses those items, though the decision to accept any document rests with USCIS.
For driving, the South Carolina DMV recommends that visitors from non-English speaking countries bring an International Driving Permit from home. The DMV explains that the permit translates your license into English for law enforcement and is not a license on its own.
Related services for Mount Pleasant
- South Carolina document translation services: the statewide rules for courts, notaries, vital records and driver licensing
- South Carolina apostille service
- All document translation services
Mount Pleasant translation questions
Yes. Apostille Authentications serves Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, remotely from the Portland, Oregon area, with online upload and delivery electronically or by mail.
Translation starts at $65 per page. Most orders are ready in 1 to 2 business days.
The South Carolina Secretary of State issues apostilles at 1205 Pendleton Street, Suite 525, Columbia, SC 29201. Requests are accepted by mail or walk-in at $5.00 per document.
The Town of Mount Pleasant Municipal Court, 100 Ann Edwards Lane, Mount Pleasant, SC 29464, handles traffic matters, municipal code violations and misdemeanor state violations.
When a translation must be notarized for South Carolina, we hire a notary commissioned in South Carolina to notarize the translator’s statement.
No. The Secretary of State does not accept photocopies of vital records; the certificate must be a certified copy from the state Vital Records Division.
Sources
The local details on this page come from these official sources.
- SC Secretary of State: Apostilles
- SC Secretary of State: Certification of Vital Records
- Town of Mount Pleasant: Court
- U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina: locations
- Charleston County Probate Court: marriage license instructions
- SC Department of Public Health: Vital Records fees
- SCDMV: Visiting SC
- Census QuickFacts: Mount Pleasant
- 8 CFR 103.2
- SC Department of Public Health: raised seals and apostilles
Get your Mount Pleasant 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.