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There are many reasons to get a birth certificate. Maybe you have lost yours or maybe you need one in order to get a passport. Maybe you are trying to locate someone or reunite someone, or need to contact someone's parents or relatives.
Birth certificates usually contain a person's full name and date of birth, place of birth, physician's name, names of parents, ages of parents, occupations of parents, mother's maiden name, address of parents, and place of birth of parents. A birth certificate with all the information could be a beginning to an investigation of someone's background or can help locate the person by providing you names of parents. Or you may wish to contact the physician listed to see if you can get help locating someone.
Some states my require further documentation in order to obtain a birth certificate such a:
If you apply for a birth certificate on behalf of another individual, you must provide an original, notarized letter signed by that person authorizing the release of his or her birth certificate to you. In addition, you must submit both a copy of his or her un-expired photo identification as well as your own. The signature on the notarized letter must match the signature on the identification presented.
Attorneys seeking a birth certificate are required to provide three items: a request on their business letterhead indicating the purpose of the request, their un-expired photo identification, and an original, notarized letter signed by the client authorizing the release.
For those aged 16 and 17 who apply for their own birth certificate, they must present their un-expired photo identification, an original, notarized letter from a parent named on the birth certificate authorizing release of the birth certificate, and a copy of that parent's un-expired photo identification. The signature on the notarized letter must match the signature on the identification.
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