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Who is required to sign to certify death certificate copy of original?
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My sister's husband recently died in South Africa and a death certificate has been given to her. Halifax Building Society says she needs to have any copy made of the death certificate certified by a lawyer for the copy to be valid at the bank. Is this necessary as it is an expensive exercise? Can it not be certified by a Commissioner of oaths as that can be done for free? Further would a scanned copy of the death certificate signed by whoever be valid if sent via the internet or does it have to be sent by post?
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It's not clear from your post where the death certificate is - here or in South Africa.
If here then I would have thought that taking it in to a Halifax branch for them to copy and certify it would be sufficient
If there then I doubt if Halifax would know the difference between a lawyer and a Commissioner for Oaths given that here the latter IS a lawyer
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If there then I doubt if Halifax would know the difference between a lawyer and a Commissioner for Oaths given that here the latter IS a lawyer
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15:11 Tue 04th Sep 2012
An alternative is to ask whoever issued the death certificate to issue extra certified copies- or maybe extra copies have to be requested at the time the initial certificate is requested. I don't know how it works in South Africa. I know when I dealt with a death I ordered around 5 copies of the certificate
It's not clear from your post where the death certificate is - here or in South Africa.
If here then I would have thought that taking it in to a Halifax branch for them to copy and certify it would be sufficient
If there then I doubt if Halifax would know the difference between a lawyer and a Commissioner for Oaths given that here the latter IS a lawyer
I really doubt if a scanned copy would be accepted - far too prone to forgery/frauud from their point of view
But ultimately it's Halifax's say so. There are no laws on what they must accept - just a general requirement that they must make adequate checks on ID and entitlement.
If here then I would have thought that taking it in to a Halifax branch for them to copy and certify it would be sufficient
If there then I doubt if Halifax would know the difference between a lawyer and a Commissioner for Oaths given that here the latter IS a lawyer
I really doubt if a scanned copy would be accepted - far too prone to forgery/frauud from their point of view
But ultimately it's Halifax's say so. There are no laws on what they must accept - just a general requirement that they must make adequate checks on ID and entitlement.
It should not be expensive to have your local solicitors certify a document as being a copy you may need more than one copy so worth having a number done. A commissioner for oaths is appointed by the Lord Chancellor to administer oaths or take affidavits, by statute every solicitor who holds a practising certificate has the powers of a commissioner for oaths but many do not exercise these powers where they are acting for one of the parties.
The original certified copy should be sent.
The original certified copy should be sent.
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