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Certified Copy - Gardaí

Farcear · 2010-02-16 15:22:32

The gardaí can stamp certified copies of birth certs/documents, right?

16-02-2010 3:22pm

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The gardaí can stamp certified copies of birth certs/documents, right?

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#2 16-02-2010 4:09pm

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Not their job and they will most likely refuse you.

Try a solicitor, oaths commissioner or notary public.

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#3 16-02-2010 6:32pm

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I've gone to the local Garda station a couple of times to get them to stamp a copy of my birth cert as a true copy. There has never been any problem doing this.

There's no harm in asking.

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#4 16-02-2010 7:29pm

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Gardai on the direction of the attorney general have been given a direction not to certify copies of documents such as b/certs or college degree's as already point its not our function and also leave ourselves open if the documents turn out to be fake.

However we can witness a declaration made by the the applicant stating that the documents are a true copy of the originals, this normally does the job but really this service is best done by a commissioner of oaths.

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