Birth certificates do not need to be and should not be notarized. Click on the form name to access the applicable form.Mail a completed copy to the Division of Vital Records. This regulation from the Department of Records provides for notary affidavits in response to fraudulently recorded documents. An affidavit of birth is a document submitted to a court, state, or other institution. A minor child, born abroad of one or both Italian parents, is an Italian citizen. Therefore, the birth can be transcribed in the Vital Records Registers. A vital record is a government document containing information about a person's important life events. Public Health Law authorizes the New York State Department of Health to file an amended birth certificate, in place of a certificate that is already on file.