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Vital Check Express from LexisNexis

veracious — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:58:58 GMT

Here's a service I just found out about to order your vital records without a trip to the County/State offices.

Haven't tried it but, it seems worthwhile. http://www.vitalchek.com/

Just to add: yet another database with more of our information. LexisNexis is now looking out for you; they can save a

busy person some time, for a nominal fee, of course

eta: further research revealed many complaints about this service. Buyer Beware

veracious

Re: Vital Check Express from LexisNexis

pizzadude — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:35:28 GMT

Interesting service....I wonder how much they are charging.

But this isn't a CRA service, right ? You pay them to retrieve records on your behalf, they don't keep them and update them.....right ??

Re: Vital Check Express from LexisNexis

veracious — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:45:05 GMT

pizzadude, you are right LexisNexis is not a CRA service.

But , I speculate that since LexisNexis is a data provider for businesses, any request made by a person seeking thier

help in securing vital documents, surely, won't be eliminated from their databases after the retrieval of the requested

documents. I think, they will keep any information they collected from your request. These are (in their words) vital documents.

I hope that makes sense.

Re: Vital Check Express from LexisNexis

Revelate — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:02:24 GMT

These guys have been around for a long time: I've used them twice for personal records in the past decade and a half... including the time I had to get a birth certificate on short notice to actually prove I was a U.S. Citizen.

No problems whatsoever in dealing with them.

Re: Vital Check Express from LexisNexis

pizzadude — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:49:09 GMT

I didn't do much digging around on their website ~ how reasonable is their pricing ? And were they able to get you records quickly ?

Re: Vital Check Express from LexisNexis

Revelate — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:53:45 GMT

@pizzadude wrote:
I didn't do much digging around on their website ~ how reasonable is their pricing ? And were they able to get you records quickly ?

If I remember correctly (was back in '98) it was $20 for the record finding, plus another $10 to expedite, and I received it in less than a week.

This compared to a round-trip flight on short notice to DC to dig out my birth certificate.

Re: Vital Check Express from LexisNexis

CS800 — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:23:04 GMT

Great yet another site where our info is. Sometimes I wonder how secure it is. With identity theft on the rise , I'm nervous about these sites.

Re: Vital Check Express from LexisNexis

pizzadude — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:57:38 GMT

Sounds like it is a good service ~ of course i'm assuming that they don't keep a copy of your birth certificate on file but just mail it to you.

I'll have to dig around on their website to read up on their privacy and data retention policies.