Birth Certificates

Birth Certificates are $28.  Plus a $6 Processing fee from VitalChek.com. Shipping is $18. Total cost is $52. Not cheap.  Now I don't know if the birth certificate is required prior to applying for a passport.  The LA County Registrar's Office phone number is 866-212-1045.  

Once you order your birth certificate online, then you have to print out an order confirmation.  Print it out and fill it out.  Before you can fax it back to the LA County Registrar's office, you have to have the confirmation notarized by a Notary Public.  Once you get this, then you can fax it to the LA County Registrar's office.  Their fax number, as of this date, is 866-283-7407.

Imperial Mailbox & Notary Services.  
12325 Imperial Blvd. Norwalk, CA  90650
562-651-1620
8:30-4:30
Notary for this confirmation document was $10.  To print the page out cost me $3.  To fax it cost me $1.  A total of $14.  So for this birth certificate I have spent a total of $66.  And I won't receive it for 7-10 days.