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> Underlying documents required to obtain ID cost money Err, no they don't. At least not with any of the IDs I've gotten in California for the past several ye

• tshaddox 5y ago
  Where can you get a certified birth certificate for free?
• scythe 5y ago
  Yes, but you live in the People's Republic of California.
  • LorenPechtel 5y ago
    I'm next door in Nevada. Scraping together the required documentation for proving her address was problematic. I set up the utilities, I'm the one that deals with them, they're just in my name. She doesn't like dealing with that sort of stuff and at the time most of it was done her English (she learned her first word of English at 43) would have added needless complexity. Even the property records are problematic on that--we put our house into an estate-planning trust. The correct titling of the property has the trust and then both of our names--but the system only *displays* two lines. Thus it shows the trust and then my name, hers gets omitted.
• Rebelgecko 5y ago
  The county in California where I was born charges $32 for a birth certificate. Most (all?) of the proof of address documents also require you to spend money. If you already have multiple utility bills in your name it's NBD, but if you live with someone it could be a pain in the ass. Then a DL itself is another $40. A non-driving ID is like $30, although there's discounts depending on age and income.