[ErnBatavia]

Speaking of death certificates, I was livid with Forest Lawn (they'd taken over another mortuary that went bankrupt, so we were 'pre-paid stuck') after my Mom died.....they held one back - that I'd paid for - so they could send it to the insurer so THEY'd get paid.

When I got my seven copies, I got on the horn to the regional manager, tore her a new a-hole, and had the additional copy hand delivered the next day.

I can't say enough bad about Forest Lawn.

[muir_redwoods]

I got five from the town clerk when my wife died; additional notarized copies were $2/ea. Thd problem was, town hall was open 9:00-4:00 and no weekend hours. I thought I had all I needed and some places would take photocopies. I needed one more official, stamped copy and decided it wasn’t worth it to take time off work to get one more certificate.

I took a photocopy, a US silver eagle coin and a rolling pin. Voila, an official copy! It worked just fine