Definition
Programs that maintain and, where appropriate, provide copies of birth certificates, i.e., documents which certify the date and place of a person's birth as well as his/her parentage. Available in most jurisdictions are authorized copies which are required to obtain a driver"™s license, passport, Social Security card and other services related to an individual"™s identity; and informational copies which cannot be used to establish a person"™s identity. Only individuals designated by law have access to authorized copies of a person's birth certificate.
URL Name
DF-7000-1200
Third Level Code
DF-7000
Taxonomy Code
DF-7000.1200
Parent Code
DF-7000
Family Code
D
Second Level Code
DF
Fourth Level Code
DF-7000-1200
Use References
Birth Records
Publication Status
Online