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Aside from marriage, when would you need an ORIGINAL birth certificate? Is a COPY good for anything?

• Here's the background to my question: First off, my husband and I are already married, and I can't remember if we needed or used our original birth certificates, or even any birth certificate at all back when we were filing for marriage in the state of California. However, For the purpose of disaster emergency preparation, I'm trying to compile/locate papers to stick into our safety deposit box at the bank. Original Birth certificates is one of them. I have a copy of mine, and my parents have the original. As of now, the plan was to put my COPY in my safety deposit box, and let my parents keep the original, I suppose... ...but I'm wondering what good is the ORIGINAL for, and what good might a COPY be for? Is the copy for any good use? I left the original with my parents because they said it's hard to get anymore copies since it's from Asia and then translated, so he gave me the option of taking the copy or the original. I thought, its been safe with them (they're organized) for this many years, maybe I should just continue to leave it there and just take the copy. It'd be some work trying to find the original myself if I ever needed to though... What do you think...do I need to go back and grab my original birth certificate afterall? Is having the copy of it ever going to come in handy, or is having just a copy pointless? I can't imagine when I would ever need the COPY OR the ORIGINAL. Please enlighten me. Also, is it worth it to majorly search all houses for my husband's, and if we can't find it, to order a copy? Or should we wait until the need arises (which I don't know when that would be) to order the copy if ever needed? Thanks in advance : )

• Answer:

  A regular old photocopy of a birth certificate is not a legal document, and for the most part it is a worthless document. Only a certified copy (with a government seal or stamp on it) is a valid legal document. There are some circumstances where you may need to show a valid, legal copy (certified copy) of your birth certificate. For example, passports, Social Security (filing for benefits or getting a replacement social security card), under certain circumstances for employment, etc. Do your parents live near you? I suppose that if they are close enough, you can always go get the copy from their house at that time. For what its worth, I'm in my mid-30s and married...within the past 3-4 years, I've had to produce a copy of my birth certificate at least 3 times. It doesn't happen often, but often enough for me to want my own copy just in case.