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You must appear in person.

Passport applications are accepted at our title offices, which are located in Steubenville and Rayland.

Passports are delivered by mail from the United States Department of State. Customers who apply on or after October 3rd, 2024 will have their passports delivered after the routine service time of 4 - 6 weeks. Expedited service will instead take 2 - 3 weeks.

Please check the website, travel.state.gov, for updated delivery times. 

 

In order to obtain a passport, you must pay any related fees and present the following to any Clerk of Courts Title office.​

1. A completed passport application*:
   *Applications must be completed in black ink.
   Form DS-11. The application must be signed at the title office. If a clerk does not witness the signature, the application is invalid.
    

2. Proof of Citizenship (one of the following):
   • Certified Birth Certificate, issued and certified by the Department of Vital Statistics (hospital birth records are not acceptable)
   • Previous U.S. Passport
   • Consular Report of Birth Abroad
   • Certificate of Citizenship
   • A Delayed Birth Certificate filed more than one year after your birth may be acceptable if the documentation used to create it is signed by the attending physician or midwife and is accompanied by an affidavit signed by the parents. 
    

3. Proof of Identity (please provide the original and a copy of one of the following):
   • Valid U.S. Passport
   • Naturalization Certificate
   • Current, valid driver's license
   • Government ID: city, state, or federal
   
   If the driver's license is out of state, you will need a second form of ID.
   • Credit/Debit card with your name on it
   • Voter registration card
   • Insurance card with your name on it

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Minors

All Minors must appear in person. In order to avoid potential issues with State Department approval, the Clerk of Courts highly recommends that all minors appear with both parents (if possible).

Minors age 17 may apply independently, if sufficient factual evidence of parental awareness is provided.

Minors age 16 who have a valid ID, may be accompanied by only one parent. 

Minors under the age of 16 must be accompanied by both parents. Please contact our office with any issues involving both parents being present.

 

All minors must have Evidence of Child's Relationship to Parent(s)/Guardian(s, such as: 

• Certified U.S. Birth Certificate showing parent(s) names

• Certified Foreign Birth Certificate showing parent(s) names and translation, if necessary

• Form FS-240 Report of Birth Abroad showing parent(s) names

• Form DS-1350 Certification of Birth Abroad showing parent(s) names

• Adoption Decree with adoptive parent(s) names

• Court Order establishing custody

• Court Order establishing guardianship

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The parent(s) identification includes at least one of the following:

• Valid Driver's License

• Valid Official U.S. Military ID

• Valid U.S. Government ID

• Valid US or foreign Passport with recognizable photo

• Green Card/Alien Resident Card

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The parent(s) application permission documentation:

• Both parents must appear together and sign; or

• One parent appears and submits the second/absent patent's signed and notarized Form DS-3053 (Statement of Consent: Issuance of a Passport to a Minor Under Age 16), with a copy of the absent parent's ID; or

• One parent appears, signs, and submits primary evidence of sole authority.

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