<P> In India, under section 2 (j) (ii) of The Right to Information Act, 2005, the Public Information Officer (PIO) is mandatorily' required to provide the appellant "Certified copies of documents or records ."' In such a case, the PIO is only certifying that copies of documents or records are true copies of those held on a' X' page of a' X' file of the Public Authority, irrespective of their original source . </P> <P> In Sri Lanka, certified copy or true copy of an original document can be attested by an attorney, a notary public or a justice of the peace . </P> <P> Except for notaries public in some states, there are no officials in the US who are authorized to make certified copies of any kind of document presented to them . If one is in a state where notaries public are not authorized to make certified copies, one must deal with the entity that issued the original document to obtain a certified copy . </P> <P> Some states in the United States permit notaries public to certify copies; the laws or officials who regulate notaries should be consulted for details . The U.S. State Department in 2005 compiled a table summarizing the state laws and regulations . In the table below, notes from the State Department table have been omitted for states that do not authorize notaries to certify copies . </P>

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