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Cloud · 11-11-2009, 11:34 AM

not with a 10-foot pole.

Actually, this is an interesting question. I record public records all the time, such as deeds, and our local procedure used to be they kept the original document, and you got a photocopy with the Clerk's stamp on it indicating the recording information.

Now, they merely scan the original document and hand it back to you with the stamp on it--you keep the original. So . . . I got to thinking, how can the Clerk certify that they have the "original" in their possession? Their original now is merely a .pdf document. Sometimes technology trips us up in surprising ways.

As for the birth certificate, I'll have to ask my daughters after they have their kids in a few weeks.

11-11-2009, 11:34 AM	#49
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	not with a 10-foot pole. Actually, this is an interesting question. I record public records all the time, such as deeds, and our local procedure used to be they kept the original document, and you got a photocopy with the Clerk's stamp on it indicating the recording information. Now, they merely scan the original document and hand it back to you with the stamp on it--you keep the original. So . . . I got to thinking, how can the Clerk certify that they have the "original" in their possession? Their original now is merely a .pdf document. Sometimes technology trips us up in surprising ways. As for the birth certificate, I'll have to ask my daughters after they have their kids in a few weeks. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"