It can happen that in the house buying process you will be required to produce certified copies of certain documents – and many people are unsure what that means. Whenever you are being asked for a certified copy of a document, here is exactly what you need to do:
1. Make a photocopy of that document
2. Take both the original and the photocopy to any of the following people:
- legal practitioner
- Justice of the Peace (JP)
- Magistrate
- notary public
- police officer
- dentist
- veterinary practitioner
- pharmacist
- Certified Practising Accountant
- Member of Parliament
- a minister of religion
- medical practitioner
- officer of the SRO
3. Ask them to certify the photocopy by writing the following statement on it: “I certify that I have sighted the original document and this is a true copy of it“. They also need to write their name, title, registration number (where applicable), sign and date on it.
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