22-8  Foreign-Related Notarial Documents by Type
Item	2007		2008
	Number of		Number of
	Notarial	Percentage	Notarial	Percentage
	Documents		Documents
	Issued		Issued
	(pieces)		(pieces)
Total	3201449	100.00	3111631	100.00
Child Adoption	11047	0.35	7743	0.25
Testaments	897	0.03	1520	0.05
Births	442150	13.81	437755	14.07
Deaths	13848	0.43	10711	0.34
Survival and Residence	13941	0.44	14606	0.47
Schooling	278934	8.71	298023	9.58
Personal Histories	40022	1.25	34088	1.10
Nationality	57754	1.80	47269	1.52
Marital Status	195526	6.11	187438	6.02
Kinship Confirmation	421401	13.16	329447	10.59
Rights of Inheritance	3109	0.10	5738	0.18
Criminal Records	316015	9.87	324046	10.41
Announcement	73857	2.31	67712	2.18
Proxy	31705	0.99	31691	1.02
Shop Card	24062	0.75	17692	0.57
Corporation Constitutions	3340	0.10	3410	0.11
Other Legal Documents	35755	1.12	32378	1.04
Professional Certificates	17203	0.54	13236	0.43
Legal Person Identification	3446	0.11	5477	0.18
Trademark Registrations	123	0.00	225	0.01
Loans	5079	0.16	2672	0.09
Guarantees	1723	0.05	1840	0.06
Other Business Contracts	12376	0.39	9962	0.32
Confirmation of Copies and	542647	16.95	524422	16.85
Photo-offset Copies to Originals
Confirmation of Signatures and Seals	227595	7.11	244500	7.86
Other	427894	13.37	458030	14.72