Ofce of the Kansas Secretary of State
Afdavit of Person Requesting Free Certied Copy of Birth Certicate
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1. Notice
Starting January 1, 2013, in order to register to vote in Kansas, a person must provide proof of United States citizenship. If
you do not possess any of the documents listed below, you may obtain a free certied copy of your Kansas birth certicate
by signing this afdavit. If you require a birth certicate to obtain a fee-waived nondriver identication card, you may
submit this form with a Form DE-VID1 to obtain a birth certicate for voting purposes.
2. Statement and Signature Note: False statement on this afrmation is a severity level 9, nonperson felony.
Please select one of the following statements:
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I swear or afrm under penalty of perjury that I am not registered to vote in Kansas, that I intend to register to vote,
that I am at least 17 years of age, and that I do not possess any of the documents that constitute evidence of United
States citizenship under Kansas law.
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I swear or afrm that I am registered to vote, that I am at least 17 years of age, that I am requesting a certied copy
of my birth certicate for voting purposes under Kansas law, and I have executed a Form DE-VID1 for the purpose of
obtaining a fee waiver for a nondriver identication card.
I hereby request a certied copy of my birth certicate from the Ofce of Vital Statistics, Kansas Department of Health
and Environment.
______________________________ ______________________________ ___________________
Signature of Applicant Name of Applicant (please print) Date (MM/DD/YY)
3. Valid Proof of U.S. Citizenship Documents
The following documents may be used as proof of United States citizenship for purposes of registering to vote in Kansas:
4. Contact Information
Contact the Ofce of Vital Statistics at 1000 SW Jackson, Suite 120, Topeka, KS, 66612-2221 or by phone at (785) 296-
1400. Ofce hours are 8:00 – 5:00 Monday–Friday, with walk-in customer service hours from 9:00 – 4:00. You can also
visit www.kdheks.gov/vital.
Prepared by the Ofce of Secretary of State Kris W. Kobach, 1st Floor, Memorial Hall, Topeka, KS 66612-1594.
KSA 65-2418(a)(3). Rev 1/31/12 jdr
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• Driver’s license or nondriver identication card issued by the division
of vehicles or the equivalent governmental agency of another state
within the United States if the agency indicates on the applicant’s
driver’s license or nondriver identication card that the person has
provided satisfactory proof of United States citizenship
• Birth certicate that veries United States citizenship
• United States passport or pertinent pages of the applicant’s United
States valid or expired passport identifying the applicant and the
applicant’s passport number
• United States naturalization documents or the number of the
certicate of naturalization. (If only the number of the certicate of
naturalization is provided, the applicant shall not be included in the
registration rolls until the number of the certicate of naturalization is
veried with the United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration
Services by the county election ofcer or the secretary of state,
pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1373(c))
• Other documents or methods of proof of United States citizenship
issued by the federal government pursuant to the Immigration and
Nationality Act of 1952
• Bureau of Indian Affairs card number, tribal treaty card number or
tribal enrollment number
• Consular report of birth abroad of a citizen of the United States
• Certicate of citizenship issued by the United States Bureau of
Citizenship and Immigration Services
• Certication of report of birth issued by the United States Department
of State
• American Indian card, with KIC classication, issued by the United
States Department of Homeland Security
• Final adoption decree showing the applicant’s name and United
States birthplace
• United States military record of service showing applicant’s place of
birth in the United States
• Extract from a United States hospital record of birth created at the
time of the applicant’s birth indicating the applicant’s place of birth in
the United States
Required