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Lake County
Probate Court
25 North Park Place
Painesville, OH 44077
Phone:
(440) 350-2626
West End: (440) 918-2626
Fax: (440)
350-2628
West End: (440) 918-2628
Hours of Service:
Monday-Friday
7:30 am to 5 pm*
*Closed on holidays
observed by
Lake County
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BIRTH REGISTRATION
Procedure:
- The following guidelines should be followed by anyone desiring to register an unrecorded birth, or correct a birth certificate.
- A person may file an application to register a birth or correct a birth
record in the Court if:
- If he or she was born in Lake County; or
- If he or she is a resident of Lake County and was born in any other county in Ohio.
- A person who does not reside in Ohio must file his/her application in the Probate Court of the county where he/she was born.
- The application must be made on the form furnished by this Court. The application must be written in ink or typed. Your signature must be witnessed by a Deputy Clerk of the Probate Court.
- The following persons may be proper witnesses to appear in Court to testify for the applicant:
- Parents of applicant, doctor, or licensed midwife who attended at the time of birth.
- If one of the above persons appear in court personally or has his deposition taken by a notary public, an
applicant can exhibit one of the three (3) records below, as sufficient evidence for registration or correction of birth:
- Family Bible;
- Old Family Record showing date of Birth;
- Baptismal Certificate showing date, place of birth.
- If applicant cannot comply with the above, then the Court requires the applicant to produce at least
three (3) of the following items, that there are at least six (6) years old:
- certificate of Baptism;
- family Bible, or old family record showing date or place of birth;
- attending physician’s certificate of records;
- testimony of a brother or sister at least six years older than the
applicant, or any relative who remembers the applicant’s birth;
- hospital, nursing home or clinic records of birth;
- confirmation certificate or entrance into church, or cradle roll, if age of
birth is given;
- Honorable Discharge from U.S. Army or Navy (Discharge or Official Rooster);
- school records certified or signed by school officials, which indicates date
of birth or age at given time;
- insurance policies showing date and place of birth or a statement from the
representative of the company in which the applicant was insured at least six
years ago;
- certified copy of allocation for marriage license;
- certificate of birth or death of child of applicant;
- old legal documents showing age or place of birth;
- old newspaper clippings of birth, baby books, or community directory;
- naturalization record of parents;
- old employment or lodge records showing date or place of birth;
- genealogical record;
- any old records showing area or place of birth;
- Social Security application. This may be obtained by writing to:
The Federal Security Agency
Social Security Board
Candler Building
Baltimore, Maryland 21200
(state your name, social security number, and ask for a copy of your application on their form SS-5.) NO FEE
- The applicant requesting a registration of birth must also produce a statement that there is no record of his birth, signed by the officer in charge of the records where such birth should have been registered.
- An applicant that requires a correction of birth must produce a certified copy of the birth certificate that needs to be corrected.
- ***This is furnished only as a partial guideline. If specific advice is necessary, you should consult counsel. Probate Judge and Deputy Clerks are not permitted by law to give legal advice.***
Forms:
Fees:
- Registration of Birth $32.00
- A separate check or money order in the amount of $16.50 made payable to: TREASURER, STATE OF OHIO
is required for a certified copy of the birth certificate is required-the fee per certificate is $16.50.
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Lake
County Court of Common Pleas