What should an applicant do if the original birth certificate is unavailable?

Applicants should try and produce one of the other acceptable CMS required documents. If an applicant cannot find any of them then the applicant has to apply for a replacement birth certificate. If the child(ren) were born in Nevada, Welfare can access the Bureau of Vital Statistics and look up the child(ren)’s birth records for no cost. If the applicant cannot afford a replacement birth certificate Welfare can purchase one but then Welfare will retain the original.

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