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I had one like that. Nowadays they issue replacements on much plainer paper that goes through a laser printer. It's notarized, but nothing about it would be dif

I had one like that. Nowadays they issue replacements on much plainer paper that goes through a laser printer. It's notarized, but nothing about it would be difficult to counterfeit.

Aloha 9y ago
I think you may have gotten a replacement when CA was short on the correct paper. http://www.ocregister.com/2015/11/25/paper-shortage-puts-birth-death-and-marriage-certificates-in-short-supply-for-orange-county/ http://www.ocregister.com/2015/11/25/paper-shortage-puts-bir...
CodeWriter23 9y ago
The certificate isn't the proof. Cross-referencing it with a Country Registrar's computerized records is.
- Declanomous 9y ago
  You could be like a familial relation of mine, who didn't have a social security card, driver's license, or birth certificate. He lost them a long time ago. Birth certificate was impossible to replace because the courthouse or whatever burned down before the records were computerized. You can't get a social security card without a driver's license, and vice versa. He literally had tried almost everything. In the end another family member photoshopped a social security card so he could get a driver's license, which he used to get an actual social security card. The whole system is stupid as hell. It's easier to navigate if you lie than if you act truthfully.
- justin66 9y ago
  Well, right, it's not even a unique document. Multiple, equally valid birth certificates can exist. As a form of ID, it's not great. A passport or drivers license is much better because the issuer put a picture on it and already did the checking to make sure the birth certificate and social security card were valid.
silencio 9y ago
I got a few copies of my daughter's (California) birth certificate a few months ago and it was printed with a laser printer. But: the border of the papers were intaglio printed, each certificate has a unique barcode, and was embossed. You could counterfeit it but it seems like a fair amount of work and would have issues with the unique ID on each one.
- Aloha 9y ago
  Yeah, this is what I have as well, mine is over a decade old however.
Domenic_S 9y ago
Depends on where you get it. My replacement is laser printed and notarized on very fancy certificate paper (California).

I had one like that. Nowadays they issue replacements on much plainer paper that goes through a laser printer. It's notarized, but nothing about it would be difficult to counterfeit.

Aloha 9y ago

I think you may have gotten a replacement when CA was short on the correct paper. http://www.ocregister.com/2015/11/25/paper-shortage-puts-birth-death-and-marriage-certificates-in-short-supply-for-orange-county/ http://www.ocregister.com/2015/11/25/paper-shortage-puts-bir...

CodeWriter23 9y ago

The certificate isn't the proof. Cross-referencing it with a Country Registrar's computerized records is.

Declanomous 9y ago
You could be like a familial relation of mine, who didn't have a social security card, driver's license, or birth certificate. He lost them a long time ago. Birth certificate was impossible to replace because the courthouse or whatever burned down before the records were computerized. You can't get a social security card without a driver's license, and vice versa. He literally had tried almost everything. In the end another family member photoshopped a social security card so he could get a driver's license, which he used to get an actual social security card. The whole system is stupid as hell. It's easier to navigate if you lie than if you act truthfully.
justin66 9y ago
Well, right, it's not even a unique document. Multiple, equally valid birth certificates can exist. As a form of ID, it's not great. A passport or drivers license is much better because the issuer put a picture on it and already did the checking to make sure the birth certificate and social security card were valid.

silencio 9y ago

I got a few copies of my daughter's (California) birth certificate a few months ago and it was printed with a laser printer. But: the border of the papers were intaglio printed, each certificate has a unique barcode, and was embossed. You could counterfeit it but it seems like a fair amount of work and would have issues with the unique ID on each one.

Aloha 9y ago
Yeah, this is what I have as well, mine is over a decade old however.

Domenic_S 9y ago

Depends on where you get it. My replacement is laser printed and notarized on very fancy certificate paper (California).