Declan Murphy <declan_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote:

> ping all sepponians
> 
> What is the US equivalent of a "Justice of the Peace" called. Someone 
> who can for example, certify that a xerox copy of a birth certificate is 
> a true copy of the original document, that a photo is a true likeness of 
> the bearer etc.

Notaries.
google "notary public" for the state.