Since October 14th, 2012, the Hague Convention of October 5th, 1961, or the Apostille Convention went into effect for Uruguay. From that date, all documents issued by the U.S. authorities should be accompanied of an Apostille to be valid in Uruguay. Legalizing documents at this consular office is no longer necessary. Apostilles should be obtained in the state where the document is issued at the offices of the following organisms:
NEW YORK
Downstate Counties: New York (Manhattan), Kings (Brooklyn), Queens, Bronx, Westchester, Nassau, Suffolk, Rockland and Richmond (Staten Island).
Department of State’s New York City Office
123 Williams St. - 19th Floor, New York, NY10038
(212) 417-2164 / 5684
http://www.dos.state.ny.us/corps/apostille.html
Upstate Counties
Department of State
State Records
One Commerce Plaza
99 Washington Ave., 6th Floor, Albany, NY 12231
(518) 473-2293
http://www.dos.state.ny.us/corps/apostille.html
NEW JERSEY
Department of Treasury
New Jersey Division of Revenue
33 W State Street, Trenton, NJ 08625
(609) 292-7061 / 4087
http://www.nj.gov/treasury/revenue/apostilles.shtml
MASSACHUSETTS
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Public Records Division, Commissions Section
One Ashburton Place, Room 1719, Boston, MA 02108
(617) 727-2836
http://www.sec.state.ma.us/pre/precom/apostille_and_certification_information.pdf
CONNECTICUT
Secretary of the State
Commercial Recording Division
30 Trinity St., Hartford, CT 06106
(860) 509-6002
http://www.ct.gov/sots/cwp/view.asp?A=3177&Q=392130
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Secretary of State
State House
107 North Main Street, Room 204, Concord, NH 03301
(603) 271-3242
http://www.sos.nh.gov/certific.htm
MAINE
Department of the Secretary of State
Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions
101 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0101
(207) 624-7752
http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/notary/apostilles.html
VERMONT
Office of the Secretary of State
Vermont State Archives & Records Administration
1078 U.S. Route 2 – Middlesex, Montpelier, VT 05633-7701
(802) 828-2308 / 3287
http://vermont-archives.org/notary/guide/Notary5.htm
RHODE ISLAND
Secretary of State
Apostilles
148 West River Street, Providence, RI 02904-2615
(401) 222-1487
http://sos.ri.gov/business/apostilles/
If you need further assistance, please see the National Association of Secretaries of State website, where you can select in which state the document was issued and follow the remaining steps to obtain an Apostille.