Marriage certifcate lost

[Matt & Bing 56]

Our register of deeds use to do that, bring in any document and a dollar, she would copy and file it, if you ever lost it. If lost, she would make a copy from her file, stamp it with her seal and sign it, was suppose to be just as good as the original. Did take in my wife's and stepdaughter's foreign birth certificates in after so many years. They don't do that anymore and haven't done this for years I was told. This would be a certified copy.

This led to a net search on this subject, from what I found, certified copies no longer exist in this country. Can you find such a thing as a certified copy? And one that is acceptable to agencies like the DOS? All government agencies we dealt with, want to see the original. But this is just experience, not fact.

I have certified copies of our marriage license, my birth certificate and our daughter's birth certificate. Yes they are accepted just as if they were an original. They are a certified copy of the original. What happens if you lose an original? Of course there has to be another acceptable substitute.

[NickD 203]

I have certified copies of our marriage license, my birth certificate and our daughter's birth certificate. Yes they are accepted just as if they were an original. They are a certified copy of the original. What happens if you lose an original? Of course there has to be another acceptable substitute.

Where did you get those? And would the DOS accept a certified copy of your naturalization certificate for your first passport application?

[Matt & Bing 56]

Where did you get those? And would the DOS accept a certified copy of your naturalization certificate for your first passport application?

In Michigan all certified copies are obtained through the county government of where the "event" took place (birth, marrigae, death, etc.). I think I ordered certified copies of our daughter's birth certificates through their web site. I did a quick gooogle search and it looks like WI counties offer the same thing

Haven't been through naturalization yet - don't know the answer to your second question.

[NickD 203]

In Michigan all certified copies are obtained through the county government of where the "event" took place (birth, marrigae, death, etc.). I think I ordered certified copies of our daughter's birth certificates through their web site. I did a quick gooogle search and it looks like WI counties offer the same thing

Haven't been through naturalization yet - don't know the answer to your second question.

Birth, marriage, and death certificates are no problem here, provided you were born, married, or died in that county. Wanted to register key important papers from Colombia or Venezuela for that type of certified copy. Those are not easy to replace here and really dead meat if they get lost for any reason.

I had to get our marriage license in my county, no choice on that, and every county in Wisconsin has a different fee for that license. My county was near the top end of that list. But wondered if I married a gal from a different county in Wisconsin, would we both have to buy separate marriage licenses? Didn't have to get married in my county, but had to find a place that would recognized my county's license. They don't make it easy.

[ManuFred 10]

Birth, marriage, and death certificates are no problem here, provided you were born, married, or died in that county. Wanted to register key important papers from Colombia or Venezuela for that type of certified copy. Those are not easy to replace here and really dead meat if they get lost for any reason.

I had to get our marriage license in my county, no choice on that, and every county in Wisconsin has a different fee for that license. My county was near the top end of that list. But wondered if I married a gal from a different county in Wisconsin, would we both have to buy separate marriage licenses? Didn't have to get married in my county, but had to find a place that would recognized my county's license. They don't make it easy.

No, you obtain a license from the county in which your wedding is gonna take place. In most cases you don't even have to be a resident of that county. A license is per proposed marriage not per person.