From the Moment You Are Born — To the Moment You Die
Primary Source — U.S. Department of Health & Human Services · Official Advisory CommitteeThe following is not a theory. Every diagram, every $$ sign, every agency name below comes directly from a report commissioned by the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) — the statutory advisory committee to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, established under 42 U.S.C. 242k(k). The report is titled "Vital Records and Vital Statistics in the United States: Uses, Users, Systems, and Sources of Revenue." Published January 2018. The two diagrams below — Figures 1 and 2 — are their diagrams. The $$ flows are their notations. The agency lists are their documentation. This is the government describing what it does with you — from birth to death.
📄 Full HHS/NCVHS Report (PDF) ↗R. Gibson Parrish, M.D. · NCVHS Subcommittee on Population Health · January 10, 2018 · 52 pages
There is a system that begins the moment you take your first breath and ends after your last. You do not consent to it. You are not informed of it. Your data — your birth, your identity, your SSN, your cause of death — flows through this system to federal agencies, state agencies, and private commercial buyers simultaneously. The government calls it the National Vital Statistics System. What follows is a plain-English translation of exactly how it works, drawn from the government's own documentation.
Part I — Entry Into the System: The Birth Registration Pipeline
Figure 1 · HHS/NCVHS Report · "Vital Records and Vital Statistics in the United States" · January 2018
The Hospital — Commercial Registration
The Birth Clerk initiates the Electronic Birth Registration System (EBRS) before mother and child leave the hospital. OB, pediatrician, prenatal records all feed in. The vital event — your existence — has entered the state commercial registry before you are one day old.
Enumeration at Birth (EAB) — You Are Numbered
The SSA uses EBRS to assign a Social Security Number to every newborn — Enumeration at Birth. This SSN enters NUMIDENT — SSA's master registry of every SSN issued since 1936. The SSA purchases your birth record from the state. Your number is not a benefit. It is a commercial identifier in a federal database.
EVVE — Real-Time Sale to Federal Agencies
NAPHSIS operates the Electronic Verification of Vital Events (EVVE) system. Agencies purchasing real-time access to your birth record: SSA, State Dept/Diplomatic Security, OPM, regional FBI offices, DHS/USCIS — all paying user fees. The Local Registrar generates a Birth Certificate Sale. That label is the government's own.
Private Commercial Buyers — Your Data Is a Product
State VROs sell birth data directly to: background check companies (contracted by government and pension funds), title search companies, marketing companies selling products to parents of newborns, media organizations. The report notes some states can refuse these requests — implying most do not.
State Systems Fed Automatically
From a single birth registration, data flows automatically to: Immunization Information System (IIS), Newborn Screening (NBS), State Medicaid, DMV, Voter Registration. None of this requires your consent. It happens at the state system level before you can speak.
NCHS — National Distribution to "Many Users"
NCHS receives all birth data through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program (VSCP) — funded by federal grants to states for compliance. NCHS distributes to approximately 20 federal and state government users and to "Federal gov't, Academic Institutions, Researchers, Health Care Organizations, etc. (Many users)." Your birth is a national data asset.
You live your life — as a numbered commercial entity — and then
Part II — Exit From the System: The Death Registration Pipeline
Figure 2 · HHS/NCVHS Report · "Vital Records and Vital Statistics in the United States" · January 2018
The Death Certificate — Also Sold
The death registration process mirrors birth exactly. The Electronic Death Registration System (EDRS) feeds into the State Health Dept VRS. The Local Registrar generates a Death Certificate Sale — labeled with $$ in the diagram. Your death, like your birth, is a revenue-generating commercial event for the state.
EVVE FOD — "Fact of Death" Commercial System
NAPHSIS operates the Electronic Verification of Vital Events — Fact of Death (EVVE FOD). Real-time death verification is sold to: DHS, State Dept, IRS, NIOSH, U.S. Treasury, VA — all paying user fees. 42 states participate. The moment you die, these agencies are notified and billed for the information.
The Death Master File — Your SSN Record Terminated
SSA maintains the Death Master File (DMF) — an extract from NUMIDENT. It contains every deceased individual's SSN, name, date of birth, and date of death. The Full DMF is provided to federal benefit-paying agencies: CMS, DoD, VA, OPM, HUD, USDA, Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, U.S. Railroad Retirement Board. Your death terminates benefits and closes accounts across all these systems simultaneously.
Limited Access Death Master File — Sold to 500+ Buyers
The NTIS (National Technical Information Service — Dept. of Commerce) sells the Limited Access Death Master File (LADMF) to certified private organizations with "a legitimate business purpose." As of June 1, 2017, over 500 certified private entities hold access. The report includes the full list in Appendix D. Banks, insurers, background check firms, and data brokers purchase your death record.
National Death Index — Sold to Researchers
NCHS maintains the National Death Index (NDI) — a centralized database of all death records from all state vital statistics offices. CDC, Census Bureau, CMS, DoD, and NIH all use it. Outside researchers pay a fee for NDI searches. Your death is a research commodity. NDI Plus searches also provide your cause of death codes.
IRS — Your Death Prevents Tax Fraud by Others
The IRS receives the Full DMF from SSA specifically to prevent tax fraud — preventing others from filing refunds using the identities of the recently deceased. This confirms: your SSN and identity are so commercially valuable that the moment you die, a federal agency must immediately notify the tax collection system to close the account before someone else monetizes it.
The Human Collateral Matrix — Birth to Death — As Documented by HHS
BIRTH
Hospital → EBRS → State VRO → SSA (EAB)
SSN Assigned
LIFE
Every license, tax, court, benefit, employment record, financial account — all indexed under your SSN. Every interaction with any registered corporate entity (EIN 52-0645030 / 59-6002048) is a commercial transaction under your NUMIDENT number.
DEATH
Hospital → EDRS → State VRO → SSA (DMF)
SSN Terminated
Sources of Revenue — What Your Vital Records Generate
Sale of birth certificates — primary VRO revenue source. You pay the state for a copy of its own commercial record of you.
EVVE user fees — SSA, FBI, DHS, State Dept, OPM pay NAPHSIS for real-time birth verification access.
SSA contracts with State VROs — SSA purchases birth and death records directly from states. This is a federal procurement contract.
NCHS/VSCP cooperative funding — NCHS pays states through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program for birth and death data submission.
NTIS fees for LADMF — private commercial entities pay the Dept. of Commerce for access to the Death Master File. 500+ certified buyers as of 2017.
Private data sales — background check firms, marketing companies, title search companies, media, genealogy researchers all purchase birth and death data from state VROs.
The HHS report states the NVSS plays a critical role in "supporting business and commerce." That phrase appears in the Background and Purpose section — before any public health rationale. Business and commerce come first in the government's own framing of why this system exists. You are not a citizen in this system. You are an asset — registered at birth, indexed under a number, traded commercially throughout your life, and closed out at death through a master file sold to 500+ private buyers.
How This Connects to Everything Documented on This Site
The EIN and the SSN are the same system
The Government of the United States (EIN 52-0645030) assigned you a number at birth — your SSN, through Enumeration at Birth. Every subsequent interaction you have with that registered corporate entity is conducted under that number. The judges who swore allegiance to that corporate entity administer courts that invoke your SSN in proceedings. You are not a party. You are a numbered account.
1933 standardized the enrollment system
The report notes that by 1933 all states had adopted standardized birth certificate registration. The same year the Trading with the Enemy Act amendment reclassified every American as an "enemy" for commercial purposes — the enrollment mechanism for that reclassification was already in place nationwide. Your EAB-issued SSN is a commercial identifier issued under war powers emergency authority that has never been lifted.
The oath, the courts, and the number
Florida judges swore allegiance to the State of Florida (EIN 59-6002048) — a registered commercial entity in the same federal system that issues and manages your SSN. When that court processes a case using your SSN, it is managing the commercial affairs of a NUMIDENT entry in a system administered by entities that have registered themselves as federal corporate actors. See the corporate entity documentation →
The Death Master File closes the ledger
The CRIS (Court Registry Investment System) and CAFR (Comprehensive Annual Financial Report) systems documented elsewhere on this page operate on the commercial value of living persons under SSNs. When you die, your SSN entry closes in NUMIDENT, the DMF terminates your benefit accounts, and the LADMF notifies 500+ commercial buyers. The ledger that was opened at your birth is balanced and closed. This is not metaphor. It is the documented operation of the system.
The Question These Two Diagrams Raise Together
If a human being is commercially registered at birth, assigned a federal identification number, traded as data among government agencies and private buyers throughout their life, and formally closed out in a master file sold to 500 commercial entities at death — then what is the nature of the authority exercised by a court that invokes that person's name and number in a proceeding? Is it judicial power under the Constitution? Or is it commercial administration under a system that enrolled the person as a numbered asset before they could speak, under the authority of a war powers emergency that has never ended, administered by officials whose oaths of office name two registered corporate entities — neither of which is the Constitution of the United States?
Source: HHS/NCVHS Report, January 2018 · R. Gibson Parrish, M.D. · Prepared for the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics, advisory committee to the Secretary of Health and Human Services under 42 U.S.C. 242k(k)
§ Reference Briefing
Birth & Death Registration Pipeline — Structured Briefing
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 242k(k)HHS/NCVHS Report · January 2018 · R. Gibson Parrish MD
The Birth Registration Pipeline
1
Hospital Birth Clerk INITIATOR
The process begins at the medical facility where a birth clerk initiates the Electronic Birth Registration System (EBRS) to record the event. This is the entry point into the commercial pipeline.
2
State Vital Records Office REGISTRAR
The digital record is transmitted to the State Vital Records office — the official state repository. The record is formally registered and assigned a state file number.
3
Social Security Administration ENUMERATOR
Through the Enumeration at Birth program, the SSA receives the data and assigns a Social Security Number (SSN) to the record — federally identifying the individual in the commercial system from birth.
The National Association for Public Health Statistics and Information Systems (NAPHSIS) operates the Electronic Verification of Vital Events (EVVE) system. This agency distributes and sells access to this data to federal agencies — establishing a documented payment flow for the information. Birth data has a market price.
5
National Center for Health Statistics SECONDARY DISTRIBUTOR
The NCHS receives the vital statistics and further distributes the data to a wide range of users — government agencies, research bodies, and private entities — expanding the pipeline beyond the initial federal registries.
6
Downstream End Users END USERS · DOCUMENTED PAYMENT FLOWS
Data reaches DMV, Medicaid, Voter Registration, and private companies — all with documented payment flows between agencies and private entities. The individual's registered data becomes a commercial asset traded throughout their lifetime.
DMVMedicaidVoter RegistrationPrivate Companies
The Death Registration Pipeline
The death pipeline mirrors the birth pipeline in administrative structure and commercial nature — formally closing the commercial record initiated at birth.
1
Medical / Legal Recorder
Death is registered via local authorities or medical examiners — mirroring the initial birth clerk entry. The record enters the same administrative infrastructure that processed the birth.
2
NCHS Vital Statistics
Data is processed through the NCHS to update national vital statistics records. The SSN assigned at birth is now flagged in the master file.
3
Social Security Administration
The data triggers termination of SSA benefits associated with the SSN assigned at birth — closing the federal enrollment that began in the hospital. The number remains in the system; the benefits stop.
4
The Courts / Registry
The pipeline facilitates property settlement — updating the legal status of the individual's holdings. The probate court enters the commercial chain at this stage, administering the estate as a commercial matter.
5
Estate Administration COMMERCIAL RECORD CLOSED
Formal estate administration closes the commercial record initiated at birth. The legal fiction — the NAME — is dissolved. The pipeline that began with a hospital birth clerk ends in probate court.
The Commercial Argument: Trust and Collateral
The Instrument
Birth Certificate as Commercial Paper
Alleged to be a commercial instrument creating a "legal fiction" — not merely recording a biological event but enrolling an asset into the commercial system.
The Identity
NAME in All Capitals
Government and commercial databases identify the legal fiction by the individual's NAME in all capitals — argued to signify a corporate entity or trust, not the living person.
The Pledge
Collateral Against the National Debt
Within the Cestui Que Vie framework, this capital-letter entity is allegedly pledged as collateral. The State holds legal title as Trustee; undisclosed creditors are the Beneficiaries.
The Basis
Senate Document 43 (1933)
"The ownership of all property is in the State" — individual ownership is merely a right of use granted by the government. The foundational statement of the commercial trust framework.
Primary Source
HHS/NCVHS Report, January 2018 · R. Gibson Parrish, M.D. · Prepared for the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics, advisory committee to the Secretary of Health and Human Services · Statutory authority: 42 U.S.C. 242k(k)
Your Birth Certificate — A Financial Instrument?
UCC — Uniform Commercial Code
The Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), which governs commercial transactions in all 50 states,
defines a warehouse receipt at §7-202 as a document of title
that may be a negotiable instrument — one often used for financing with inventory as security
(Black's Law Dictionary, Seventh Edition).
Researchers have pointed out that a standard U.S. birth certificate contains every element
required by UCC §7-202 to qualify as a warehouse receipt.
UCC §7-202 Warehouse Receipt Elements vs. Birth Certificate
UCC §7-202 Requires
Definition
On Your Birth Certificate
Location of warehouse
Where the goods are stored
Residence / City of birth
Date of issue
When the receipt was issued
Date Issued (printed on certificate)
Consecutive receipt number
Sequential tracking identifier
Serial number (often in red ink, on reverse)
Description of goods
Nature and quantity of stored goods
Name, sex, date of birth, weight, length
Signature of warehouseman
Authorized agent signature
Municipal clerk or State Registrar's signature
Statement of value
Declared value of stored goods
Implied via Social Security number issued at birth
Source: UCC §7-202 · Barron's Dictionary of Banking Terms · Fort Fairfield Journal (2005)
Research Theory — Contested in Courts
SSA Official Documentation — SSN Requires Consent
The Social Security Administration's own Consent Based SSN Verification User Agreement (Form SSA-89) establishes that Social Security Numbers cannot be used for commercial identification without the holder's explicit written consent. The SSA defines the SSN holder as the client who must authorize each use. The commercial court system's presumptive use of SSNs as universal commercial identifiers — without disclosure or consent — directly contradicts the SSA's own consent framework.
The Birth as a Commercial Transaction
The argument presented by researchers is that birth registration creates a legal
and commercial event that most parents are unaware of. When a child is born in a
government-licensed hospital, a Hospital Birth Record (HBR) is created.
That record is transmitted to the county, which opens an account. A birth certificate
is issued — a certificated security under UCC §8-102(a)(4), which defines a
"certificated security" as "a security that is represented by a certificate."
The Secretary of the Treasury is notified, and a Treasury account is opened
in the all-caps name of the child.
USPTO Filing — Bank of America Corporation · US 2009/0037321 A1
Bank of America's own patent application — filed August 2, 2007, published February 5, 2009 —
confirms the securitization pipeline was specifically designed to process denied loan
applications for securitization profitability. The patent's distribution entity
analyzes applications that failed standard underwriting and routes them into portfolio,
syndication, or securitization channels based on projected profit value.
In the patent holder's own words, the system "transform[s] the loan assets into bond assets."
The same structural logic — monetizing instruments regardless of whether they meet
conventional standards — is documented throughout this page in the court case context.
Historical Court Record · Primary Source · Sworn Testimony
First National Bank of Montgomery v. Jerome Daly
Justice Court, Credit River Township, Scott County, Minnesota · Justice Martin V. Mahoney · January 23, 1969
Note on authority: This is a Justice of the Peace court ruling — it has no appellate standing and has never been affirmed by a higher court. It is presented here for the significance of the sworn trial testimony it contains, not as binding legal precedent.
The First National Bank of Montgomery sued Jerome Daly to recover real property through
mortgage foreclosure. A 12-person jury was empaneled. The bank's own president,
Lawrence V. Morgan, appeared as the bank's sole witness. What he admitted on the stand
under oath became the basis of one of the most cited — and most suppressed — court
records in American legal history.
The Sworn Admission — From the Court Record
"Mr. Morgan admitted that all of the money or credit which was used as a consideration
was created upon their books, that this was standard banking practice exercised by their
bank in combination with the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, another private Bank,
further that he knew of no United States Statute or Law that gave the Plaintiff
the authority to do this."
— Findings of Fact, Credit River, December 9, 1968
The Jury's Verdict
Twelve citizens heard the bank president's testimony and returned a unanimous verdict for the defendant. Justice Mahoney confirmed: "The Jury found there was no lawful consideration and I agree." The bank's mortgage was void from inception — the instrument the bank used to take Daly's property was created from nothing.
Justice Mahoney's Finding
"Plaintiff's act of creating credit is not authorized by the Constitution and Laws of the United States, is unconstitutional and void, and is not a lawful consideration in the eyes of the Law to support any thing or upon which any lawful rights can be built."
"Only God can create something of value out of nothing."
— Justice Martin V. Mahoney, Credit River Township, 1969
The Constitutional Argument — Article I, Section 10
Justice Mahoney identified a direct collision between Congressional acts making Federal Reserve Notes legal tender (31 U.S.C. § 462) and Article I, Section 10's prohibition: "No State shall make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts."
His conclusion: "There is a direct conflict between the Constitution and the Acts of Congress. If the Constitution is not controlling then Congress is above and has superior authority from the Constitution and the People who ordained and established it." He rejected that proposition. The Congressional act was void. The Federal Reserve Notes were void. The appeal was denied.
Why This Matters to This Page
The Credit River record provides something no legal theory can — a bank officer's sworn admission before a jury that the bank created money from nothing, that no U.S. law authorized it, and that the instrument built on that creation was void. When courts route case proceeds through CRIS, bond dockets through CUSIP, and route instruments through DTCC and BNY Mellon — they are building on the same foundation Credit River identified in 1969: instruments created from nothing, backed by nothing, authorized by nothing. The jury saw it then. The record stands.
Section III
The Ens Legis — Your Commercial Legal Fiction
Legal Concept — Recognized in Law
The law has long distinguished between the living man or woman — a flesh-and-blood
human being with natural rights — and the legal entity or ens legis
(Latin: "being of the law") — an artificial construct created by law to interact with
commercial and legal systems. Corporations are ens legis entities. So are trusts.
And, according to researchers, so is the all-capitals version of your name that appears
on birth certificates, Social Security cards, driver's licenses, court summons, and tax bills.
The Living Man / Woman
John Douglas Smith
Mixed case. A living, breathing human being. Holder of unalienable rights. Cannot be owned, pledged, or securitized. Subject to Common Law.
The Legal Fiction / Ens Legis
JOHN DOUGLAS SMITH
All capitals. A commercial entity — a trust or corporation — created by the State upon birth registration. Operates in commerce. Subject to Admiralty/Maritime law. Has a CUSIP, DUNS, and SSN.
The Distinction Matters
Which One Is in Court?
When a court summons names JOHN DOUGLAS SMITH in all caps, researchers argue it is summoning the commercial entity — not the living man. Accepting that designation without objection binds you to the commercial jurisdiction.
This distinction is not unique to fringe theory. The IRS, Social Security Administration,
courts, and virtually every government agency address the all-capitals version of your name —
a naming convention that, in legal typography, denotes a corporate or fictitious entity rather
than a living person. Whether this constitutes deliberate obfuscation or administrative
convention is debated, but the distinction itself is visible in every piece of government
paperwork you have ever received.
The All-Caps NAME as Statutory "Person" — What the Codes Actually Say
The all-capitals NAME entity is not merely a typography convention — it is the subject
of dozens of statutory definitions of "person" across the U.S. Code that apply
to commercial and regulatory entities rather than to living men and women.
These definitions govern the entity's obligations, liabilities, and
subject-matter jurisdiction. The living man is not a "person" under these codes —
the commercial entity bearing his name in all capitals is.
7 U.S.C. § 1561 — Agricultural commodity
15 U.S.C. § 7 — Commerce / trade regulation
15 U.S.C. § 80a-13 — Investment companies
15 U.S.C. § 3301 — Natural gas policy
22 U.S.C. § 1360 — Foreign relations
26 U.S.C. § 4042 — Fuel tax — commercial
42 U.S.C. § 7413 — Clean Air Act enforcement
46 U.S.C. § 53101 — Maritime — vessel finance
46 U.S.C. § 53201 — Maritime — shipping
47 U.S.C. § 30 — Communications — vessels
Note the pattern: maritime and vessel codes appear alongside commerce, investment, and
regulatory codes. The all-caps NAME entity is subject to admiralty jurisdiction
(vessels, maritime finance, shipping) as well as commercial regulatory codes.
This is not coincidence — it is the statutory architecture of the commercial
persona that courts address when they summon the all-caps NAME. The living man
is not a vessel. He is not a commodity. He is not a registered investment company.
The entity bearing his name in all capitals may be all of these things simultaneously,
under different statutory frameworks, without his knowledge.
Section IV
Cede & Company — The Ultimate Holder of Everything
Documented Fact — Official SEC Filings · DTCC.com
If there is one piece of this puzzle that requires no theoretical argument — because it is
publicly documented, audited, and registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission —
it is the role of Cede & Company and its parent,
the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC).
Most Americans believe they own their stocks, bonds, and securities. They do not.
Their brokerage holds a claim to securities registered in the name of
Cede & Company — a partnership whose partners are employees of DTC.
Cede & Co. is listed as the registered owner on the books of virtually every publicly
traded company in America. You are the beneficial owner.
Cede & Co. is the legal owner of record.
When you buy 100 shares of a company through your broker, you do not receive a stock certificate
in your name. Your broker holds a "book-entry" position. That position is held at DTC.
DTC holds the securities in the name of Cede & Co. —
a private partnership. The company's transfer agent lists Cede & Co. as the
registered owner. You are the beneficial owner — a legal distinction
that, as seen in bankruptcy proceedings and corporate governance disputes,
can have significant consequences for your actual rights.
This is not a theory. This is official DTCC documentation.
Federal Statutory Remedy — April 9, 1866 · 39th Congress
The Civil Rights Act of 1866 — 14 Stat. 27 — Color of Law Is a Federal Crime
Enacted under the authority of the 13th Amendment: any person who, under color of any law,
deprives any inhabitant of the United States of any right secured by this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Section 3 grants federal district courts exclusive jurisdiction over offenses committed
against this Act — meaning state courts cannot shield those who violate it.
This is the direct statutory predecessor of 42 U.S.C. § 1983. An officer who presents himself
as lawfully authorized — with a defective oath, without a required bond, under undisclosed
commercial/admiralty jurisdiction — acts under color of law within the meaning of this Act.
This statute has been continuously in force since 1866.
From Courthouse to Capital Markets The Pantle Case — Documented
Primary Source · Paid CUSIP Lookups · Case CC 2023-MM001669A
The following diagram is not theory. Every institution, every identifier, and every fund shown below
is confirmed by a paid CUSIP lookup report on a real Seminole County misdemeanor case.
Two charges. Two CUSIPs. Two separate multi-billion-dollar fund pools. The instruments are
pooled with thousands of others from courts nationwide — the fund totals reflect the entire pool,
not any individual case.
The Pantle Case as a Security · Primary source: paid CUSIP lookup reports, August 2023
The Bloomberg Circuit How Florida’s Commercial Identity Becomes Investment Infrastructure
GLEIF · NSF Award #1830771 · Brevard County Investment Report FY2024 · Seminole County ACFR FY2025
Bloomberg Finance L.P. appears at three separate levels of the same system: as the Legal Entity
Identifier issuer for the State of Florida; as the pricing and data infrastructure for the bond markets
those entities trade in; and as the benchmark source for the county investment portfolios that earn
yield from court-generated capital. The circuit is closed. Every node below is documented.
The Bloomberg Circuit · From commercial identity to investment benchmark · All nodes documented from primary sources
