certified copies in NY

[Bevdeforges]

Originally Posted by twostep

USPS is not a notary public service. The US is not Australia. Why do you not google "notary public" in your zip code and pay the small fee generally associated with the service?

It may well have changed since I lived back there, but a notary public's job is to validate signatures. And for that, the document normally has to be signed in front of the notary. I notice, though, in the Wikipedia article on notaries that it says that notaries in the US are particularly restricted in what they can do. Notary public - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It may depend a bit upon exactly who is requesting the "certified" copies and what they expect. For example, a "certified" copy of a birth certificate is one issued by the local birth registration authority. And most times I've heard of business documents needing to be certified, what they mean is that the document is in essence an original, signed by the corporate secretary or other corporate officer, usually with the signatures notarized at the time.

Perhaps if the OP could explain what or who is requiring the certified copies we'd be better able to suggest how and where he could obtain them.
Cheers,
Bev

[ksss]

As stated in my first post notary public are not allowed to certify copies.
I have some 20-30 work and uni related documents that i need for 2 different purposes so i am just looking for a generic way of somebody certifying copies. A bank then?
Easy enough but by now it sounds so complicated i consider doing it on my visit to Europe rather.

[Davis1]

Certified copy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[ksss]

The documents are not for use in the US so the american way of certifying me certifyfing the copy is probably not good enough. Banks and post offices cannot do it. Still american unis ask students to submit certified copies.