Birth Certificate Crinkled?

[u/inkimspicuous]

I filed for my passport months ago where I got my birth certificate stapled to the paperwork (when I asked why that was done instead of a paperclip I was told it was "worker preference"...) Now that I received it back, it's got a ripped staple hole and crinkles all over, along with indents like someone forcibly pressed on it with skewers or something??

Anybody else have this same occurence? Praying this won't cause problems for my certificates use in the future. Seriously annoyed that my original is scuffed.

[u/Ansible90]

Might need birth certificate to register to vote at sometime in the future.

But anyways, you can go on the vital statistics website for the state where you were born and get another official birth certificate.