Accept photocopies of receipts, utility bills, etc.?

[fo3nix]

Sometimes I may need to produce a receipt as proof of purchase, or a utility bill to prove I've lived somewhere for some time length (like when moving into a new property).

Are photocopies of these legally acceptable?

(i.e., if I was to scan a document into my computer, then lost the original, would the scanned document suffice?)

[bednobs]

it would depend entirely on who was doing the asking. For example, when i changed my name on my passprt and driving liscense, they told me that photocopies of my marriage certificate were not acceptable so i sent off the real thing
When i applied for my mortgage, i had to have "certified" copies (ie the lender asked the peroson who was advising us to take photocopies of the relevant paperwork (passport, utility bills etc) and sign in our presence he had definately seen the originals, they were definately ours and it was a true copy.
When my library asked for proof of my address i took a scanned copy of my last mobile bill in and this was acceptable

[Ethel]

Assume photocopies will not be acceptable - they are too easy to alter.

[logic]

Ethel is quite right there, for instance if you scanned and copied any document to, say word, you easilt change any of the details on it,
But what i don't fully understand, is that with the quality of even home computers, how do they tell the difference between real and fake.
Maybe ethel can enlighten me on that one,
Regards, pete.

[fo3nix]

Yea that's my point.

Unless the document is watermarked or otherwise, I don't see how they could tell.

So by presenting a document, they're having to trust you that it's genuine. Regardless of whether it's actually an original or a copy.

I wouldn't copy my birth certificate etc., since I can see how such an important document wouldn't be accepted as a photocopy. But for utility bills to prove I've lived somewhere, I don't see the point. It just came from some laser printer in the first place anyway.

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