In the United States, birth certificates usually consist of a Certificate of Live Birth, which is a standard form. Its purpose is to collect information and issue a recognized birth certificate that ...

For the new school year, students may need immunizations or a copy of their birth certificate, both of which the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) can provide, according to a news release.

LANSING, MI – Erica Curry Van Ee was born in Ohio, but until 2015 she couldn’t get a copy of her birth certificate. That’s because she was adopted, and Ohio then – like Michigan now – didn’t let ...

New York has become the 10th state to allow adopted adults unrestricted access to their original birth certificates, a step that will help some investigate their family histories. A new law effective ...

How private should your date of birth be? Completely, some people might say who don’t want others to know how young or old they are. Sort of, others might say, if they already list theirs on social ...

James Green, a 77-year-old Houston man, says he is frustrated with all the red tape he has to navigate to prove he was born ...