22-8 Foreign-Related Notarial Documents by Type
Item	2008		2009
	Number of		Number of
	Notarial	Percentage	Notarial	Percentage
	Documents		Documents
	Issued	(%)	Issued	(%)
	(pieces)		(pieces)
Total	3111631	100.00	3082560	100.00
Child Adoption	7743	0.25	12138	0.39
Testaments	1520	0.05	611	0.02
Births	437755	14.07	444828	14.43
Deaths	10711	0.34	10221	0.33
Survival and Residence	14606	0.47	19237	0.62
Schooling	298023	9.58	264292	8.57
Personal Histories	34088	1.10	25555	0.83
Nationality	47269	1.52	41935	1.36
Marital Status	187438	6.02	175394	5.69
Kinship Confirmation	329447	10.59	311480	10.10
Rights of Inheritance	5738	0.18	9757	0.32
Criminal Records	324046	10.41	345678	11.21
Announcement	67712	2.18	59395	1.93
Proxy	31691	1.02	28527	0.93
Shop Card	17692	0.57	16092	0.52
Corporation Constitutions	3410	0.11	3367	0.11
Other Legal Documents	32378	1.04	33908	1.10
Professional Certificates	13236	0.43	10379	0.34
Legal Person Identification	5477	0.18	3313	0.11
Trademark Registrations	225	0.01	148
Loans	2672	0.09	1030	0.03
Guarantees	1840	0.06	1058	0.03
Other Business Contracts	9962	0.32	4909	0.16
Confirmation of Copies and	524422	16.85	550533	17.86
Photo-offset Copies to Originals
Confirmation of Signatures and Seals	244500	7.86	213853	6.94
Other	458030	14.72	494922	16.06