birth certificate
noun
: a copy of an official record of a person's date and place of birth and parentage
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Arizona’s version led to confusion for election officials, including a lack of clear guidance on processing voter registration updates without birth certificates or passports—and could cause the disenfranchisement of thousands.
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Hannah Fried, Time, 16 Sep. 2025
Soto would later learn her daughters’ birth certificates had been altered to say that no parent had shown up to register the babies.
—Rafael Romo, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
Social security cards, visas, passports and birth certificates also were targeted.
—Russ Bynum, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
The document stated that essential items include licenses, passports, Social Security cards, immigration papers, birth certificates, non-cosmetic jewelry, computers, computer drives, and family heirlooms such as photo albums, artwork and urns.
—Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Sep. 2025
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Hannah Fried, Time, 16 Sep. 2025
Soto would later learn her daughters’ birth certificates had been altered to say that no parent had shown up to register the babies.
—Rafael Romo, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
Social security cards, visas, passports and birth certificates also were targeted.
—Russ Bynum, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
The document stated that essential items include licenses, passports, Social Security cards, immigration papers, birth certificates, non-cosmetic jewelry, computers, computer drives, and family heirlooms such as photo albums, artwork and urns.
—Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Sep. 2025
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birth certificate
noun
birth cer·tif·i·cate
-(ˌ)sər-ˈtif-i-kət 
: a copy of an official record of a person's date and place of birth and parentage
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