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California Birth Records Database

By Claire Dowell


One thing residents of The Golden State cannot live without are their California Birth Records. With the highest documented state population of more than 36 million according to 2009 Census, Californians need it for many reasons namely: for identification, job applications, passport processing and applying for marriage. Genealogy and family tree examiners also utilize this to seek for ancestors or far distant relatives of an individual.

Pertaining to region-wide documents, secrecy of each tax payer and diplomacy of legislature account are the main concern in this particular state of America. Natal files previous to 1905 are maintained in the county where the giving of birth took place. Succeeding that year though, you should call the Vital Records Office in Sacramento, Department of Health Services California where likely 1 million occurrences are documented per year which involve nativity, bereavement, marital vows and divorce among pairs.

As of July 1, 2003, there are two kinds of certified duplicates available for public use. First one is the regular certified replica similar to those given prior the mentioned date. The difference is that this will only be issued to state authorized persons shown in the California Health and Safety Code Section 103526 namely the registrant, parent or legal caretaker of the registrant, party with court order, law enforcement member conducting official transaction, direct relative, or attorney of estate of registrant.

The next kind is known as Informational Copy. It is a certified duplicate too except that it is patented with "INFORMATIONAL, NOT VALID DOCUMENT TO ESTABLISH IDENTITY" on the face of its paper. This signifies that they are not deemed official files to verify an existence. Moreover, to avail a certified duplicate you must fill out the Sworn Statement clipped in the application and have your signature marked under the penalty of perjury that you have the right to accept such account.

Take note that prior to sending your request, you must verify varied processing times for such transaction. In particular, natal files beginning 1969 up to present demands three weeks to furnish data meanwhile same accounts that start from 1905 until 1968 entails six weeks to process. To amend a nativity documentation on the other hand requires four months to complete. A $2 increase is implemented to the usual charge of $16 for the said file since start of 2012.

Public Birth Records can be attained via numerous websites at present. The truth is that you can pick from a complimentary service to cost-based ones. With a painless exploration over the Internet, you can acquire any data you desire. But, look out for free services for they could carry unnecessary viruses to your computer. Depend only to superlative fee-based file procurement service online to achieve a successful tracing.




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