Local documents like bank statement, salary statement, employment letter of the applicant, Driving License, etc. Things that cannot be notarized: vital records such as birth certificates and death certificates.This file is an application to amend a birth record to reflect a court order change of name. Yes, typically you may notarize a person's signature on most document types. A copy of the affidavit (pdf file) in the prescribed format to be submitted in duplicate along with self-attested copy of the birth certificate of child . Local documents like bank statement, salary statement, employment letter of the applicant, Driving License, etc. On this _____ of ______, 20___, before me, ______ the undersigned notary public, personally appeared___________, (name of document signer) proved to me. Can a notary in the state of Tennessee certify a copy of a birth certificate? Type Name of Notary Public. Name. Parent should fill out the affidavit using the minor's legal name (this is the name reflected on the Name Change Order, not the name on the birth certificate).