Hello!
I've been scouring the internet for answers and have just about lost my mind. I'm sorry if I'm asking in the wrong place but I'm so terrified and I don't know where else to reach out to. I've contacted so many government agencies and noone seems to have an answer for me...
The long and short of my story is that I recently moved from California to Seattle. During the move and my time here I lost my wallet and ID along with my social security card and my original birth certificate. Basically I have no identity anymore. The first step to getting my life back is a birth certificate from my hospital in California. I've been using Vitalchek to attempt to acquire it but California law states that I require a notary to notarize my request and confirm my identity.
I feel like I'm slipping through the cracks in the legal system; because for a notary to notarize my request they have to confirm my identification by seeing a legal ID. But I don't have a legal ID because I can't acquire my birth certificate. And I can't acquire my birth certificate because a notary needs to confirm my ID. It feels like I'm caught in a hopeless circle and I've never been so scared.
My parents unfortunately passed away so they can't request a new copy on my behalf. I can provide scanned copies of my California ID and Social Security card along with tax documents, a w-2 from my employer and potentially an old college ID. But I have no other proof that claims who I am. Reading about notary laws I understand that witnesses are a thing and I have many friends and co-workers that can confirm my identity but again, I'm just a layman and don't know if any of this "evidence" is enough for a notary to confirm my identification.
I'm hoping there's a superhero in these forums that can help me navigate this. I'm so confused and completely out of answers. Can somebody help me? I'd be so so so thankful for any information that you could provide.
Thank you!
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| Messages in this Thread |
 |  Please! I need help/advice w/ VitalRecords notarization (CA) - Bryan Keleman on 9/21/18 1:57am |
|  Re: Please! I need help/advice w/ VitalRecords notarization (CA) -  JanetK_CA on 9/21/18 2:51am |
|  Re: Please! I need help/advice w/ VitalRecords notarization (CA) - Yoli/CA on 9/21/18 1:56pm |
| Re: Please! I need help/advice w/ VitalRecords notarization (CA) - VT_Syrup on 9/21/18 7:00am |
| VitalRecords notarization? (hmmm...) - NVLSlady/VA on 9/21/18 11:02am |
| You will need to check with a WA notary, but in the - MW/VA on 9/21/18 11:17am |
| Re: Please! I need help/advice w/ VitalRecords notarization (CA) - Doris_CO on 9/21/18 1:53pm |
| Re: Please! I need help/advice w/ VitalRecords notarization (CA) - Yoli/CA on 9/21/18 3:11pm |
| Re: Please! I need help/advice w/ VitalRecords notarization (CA) - JanetK_CA on 9/21/18 5:51pm |
| I agree that it would be odd to lose everything. This - MW/VA on 9/21/18 9:08pm |
|  Or a lead-in to advertise for the next poster. - Linda_H/FL on 9/22/18 7:20am |
|  Re: Or a lead-in to advertise for the next poster. Right! - JanetK_CA on 9/22/18 4:55pm |
| Re: Please! I need help/advice w/ VitalRecords notarization (CA) - CyberNotary1 on 9/21/18 10:19pm |
| Re: Please! I need help/advice w/ VitalRecords notarization (CA) - janCA on 9/22/18 8:16am |
| Yep..especially since she's President of the company n/m - Linda_H/FL on 9/22/18 8:33am |
| I reported it, too. If enough do, it will be removed. n/m - JanetK_CA on 9/22/18 4:52pm |
| Re: Please! I need help/advice w/ VitalRecords notarization (CA) - VT_Syrup on 9/22/18 5:23pm |
| Not really illegal - poster is, supposedly, in VA - Linda_H/FL on 9/23/18 9:52am |
|  Not really illegal - poster is, supposedly, in VA - Really? - JanetK_CA on 9/23/18 8:04pm |
|  Re: Not really illegal - poster is, supposedly, in VA - Really? - Linda_H/FL on 9/23/18 9:20pm |
|  VA webcam - Risk v. Great Reward - BobbiCT on 9/24/18 7:09am |
| Reported as advertising - Cheryl Elliott on 9/22/18 8:40am |
| You can't use for the forum for Advertsing. It's pointless - MW/VA on 9/23/18 10:55am |
| Oh--lead in for advertising! ;-( Reported! n/m - MW/VA on 9/23/18 10:53am |
| Sadly, reporting isn't going to do any good - Linda_H/FL on 9/23/18 1:37pm |
| Re: Sadly, reporting isn - JanetK_CA on 9/23/18 8:29pm |
| What a scam! ;-( n/m - MW/VA on 9/23/18 10:58am |
