[Pilsner]

And I believe there is a federal statute which codifies when one state’s “acts and records” are to be recognized by other states in compliance with the Constitution’s Full Faith and Credit Clause, and it specifically mentions a raised seal.

Really? I guess we will never have another President from Texas, because Texas law does not require a raised seal to certify squat. Texas Attorney General Opinion No. GA-0404

[butterdezillion]

Are you saying that Texas birth certificates have no raised seal on them? How do they protect against forgeries? How does a person know whether a Texas vital record is just a Photoshop?