With these forms of ownership, your beneficiaries would simply need to provide a death certificate and a valid form of ID to take ownership of the property.

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That ID number allows you to snag a resale certificate or resale permit.

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If you're the kind of person who's too poor to drive - that is the kind of person without, say, a driver's license - the state will give you another ID if you come up with your birth certificate and other proof.

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The trustworthiness of a digital certificate ultimately depends on how the issuer has safeguarded their digital ID.

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And since state ID such as a driver's license or birth certificate often vary by state or county, he adds, it's almost impossible for service employees to verify the authenticity.

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Republicans said the law was needed to prevent voter fraud, while Democrats said people who are poor or elderly often do not have such identification and are unable to get the certified birth certificate and other secondary proof of identification needed to get a state-provided ID in Indiana.

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Voters would have to provide two proofs of residency, a birth certificate or citizenship papers, and a valid social security card in order to get the required ID.

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