You can use a short-form birth certificate for most purposes, including obtaining a driver's license or passport. But there are particular times when the long form is required, such as "for ...

LAS VEGAS — Microchip implants are revolutionizing efforts to reunite lost pets with their owners.Such was the picture a handful of manufacturers painted for the 1,100 humane society and animal ...

On April 25, state Director of Health Loretta J. Fuddy wrote to Obama, saying that she was “making an exception to current departmental policy” and issuing copies of the original Certificate of Live ...

Mr. Obama had in 2008 released on the Internet his "certificate of live birth" -- a short-form birth certificate provided to all Hawaiians as proof of birth in state -- but that failed to quell ...