Vital & Public Records

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Vital Records

NC Vital Records is part of the NCDHHS and is located in Raleigh. It is responsible for: legally registering all births, deaths, fetal deaths, marriages, and divorces which occur in North Carolina; coding vital events for statistical purposes; maintaining vital records and providing certified or uncertified copies to individuals, researchers, and public health programs.

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Authentications: provides document authentication services such as authenticating documents required for foreign child adoptions, etc. Charitable Solicitation: allows a citizen to search our registry for a charitable organization and see how much money was raised for the charity and what % actually went to the charity for charitable purposes after fund raising. Investment advisor Lookup: helps individuals to check State registrations of Financial Services Professionals before writing them a check.