Copied Documents
 

I copy a lot of our important documents when spending time outside the house traveling.

EX: I copy Covid 19 cards, vehicle registration and title, birth certificates etc. because I don't want to loose the original's.

My question is: How legal are they if I had to show proof that I am who I am?

Will the police accept copy's of my vehicle title and reg. if I'm stopped for speeding??
How about proof of our three Covid 19 shoots? (unless I'm Aaron Rodgers.)......LOL

Your opinions Please

Seriously doubt if a copy is legit for most if not all legal purposes. The security risk of having multiple copies floating around would concern me more. Just carry the originals with you.

I can't help it. You are who you are that is impossible to change LEGALLY.

Vehicle title and registration. You may want to ask the police about that. It may be different in different states. Today all, true police have computers in their car. They can probably confirm the information from the numbers on your registration copy. Speeding? I would assume they could lock you up for no registration if a cop is not valid and if they choose to.

Covid shot proof? I would bet by now you can purchase fake ones. Heck Amazon will sell you a service dog vest for a useless mutt.

Florida will begin to issue and accept a digital drivers license this month! It will be accepted as official ID by Florida authorities including police. Your success in other states will vary so keep your original with you…

There is a handful of other states that already have issued digital ID’s. I do not know if these ID’s are yet accepted at airports but I expect they will be.

However, please note that your home made pdf file is not official or the same and will probably not be accepted. I have used my homemade pdf copies in Asia without problem

If you received your covid shot at a florida pharmacy and have an apple iphone, you can go to the pharmacy website and download an official digital copy of your vaccination and insert it in your iphone digital wallet. I did that for my covid booster shot from Walmart. However, my first two covid shots were from Sumter County and they do not provide digital copies. But they will print out an “official” (but not so much official looking) paper copy of your vaccinations upon request


https://www.flhsmv.gov/floridasmartid/

Ok, what happens if you don't own a smart phone??

I think, for most purposes, a copy is acceptable, except for a drivers license or other type of personal ID card. In Florida, vehicle titles are all electronic now. There is no official "original" vehicle title, but you can print one out or pay 10 dollars for a paper copy at the DMV.

Thanks

Police will not ask for your title. :ohdear:

Here's another problem with keeping your registration in your car.
If your car is broken into, your address etc. is there to see.

Possibly have a notary copy and notarize copied documents

I have a photo of my passport on my phone. It wouldn’t work at an immigration check but if my passport is lost while traveling, I think it would make it much easier to get a replacement passport - but fortunately I have never had to try it!!

I was in Cape Town in 2001, January on vacation. A case for making copies of everything was a travel partner was robbed at knifepoint at night near the Capetown wharf. The 3 guys took all papers, money, credit card. I had escaped by running but came back to save my travel partner and grabbed a copy of a passport from the robber's hand. The cruise ship accepted the printout of the passport since the actually passport wasn't taken off ship. The Cruise ship photo card was stolen though. I would think police and others would understand if you lost or had stolen IDs. Covid test cards - I don't think are important unless you are flying out of country.

I take a picture of those things and store them on my iphone. Always works, except for my passport. Need the original, not even a copy will suffice

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