To request a Birth Certificate you should write
directly or call the custodian to obtain a copy of
the record. You should provide as much information as
you possibly can. This includes …
* The date of the birth
* The place of the
birth
* The sex of the child
* ParentsÕ full names, including
motherÕs maiden
name
* Include payment as indicated
Born Abroad
U.S. Citizens Born Abroad
(with U.S. Citizenship at
birth)
Birth Records Only
Correspondence Br.
Passport Services
Department of State
Room 386
1425 K Street, NW
Washington,
D.C. 20522-1705
REMARKS: A record is available only if the birth was
registered
with the American Consular Office at
birth. Show the location of this consular office in
the request. An endorsed copy of the Consular Report
or a birth certificate is furnished;
either document
is sufficient.
Cost of Copy:
$10.00
Alabama
Department of Public Health
Center for Health Statistics
P.O. Box 5265
Montgomery,
AL 36103-5625
The fee is $12.00 each and $4.00 for each additional
copy. Make
check payable to Alabama State Board of
Health. Send requests for expedited search by
overnight express mail service and add $10.00 to fee.
Alaska
Bureau of Vital
Statistics
State Dept. of Health & Social
Services
P.O. Box 110675
Juneau, AK 99811-0675
REMARKS: Births of Alaskan natives were apparently
not
recorded until 1930 or later, except in the towns
and cities listed below, where some records
are
available beginning with the date shown. The BVS will
accept bank cards for all
record requests made by
telephone to 907-465-3392. There is a $10.00 charge
for this
service. No other telephone requests will be
honored.
1916 Anchorage
1920
Cordova
1913 Fairbanks
1913 Haines
1950 Homer
1913 Juneau
1913
Kenai
1913 Ketchikan
1913 Kodiak
1913 Nome
1937 Palmer
1913
Petersburg
1913 Seward
1913 Sitka
1913 Skagway
1913 Soldotna
1913
Valdez
1913 Wrangell
American Samoa
Registrar of Vital Statistics
Pago Pago,
American Samoa 96799
Phone: 684-633-1222
REMARKS: Birth records from 1930 on are
on computer.
Prior to 1930 some records may not be recorded due to
the manner in which
birth information was recorded.
Cost of Copy:
$2.00
Arizona
Vital Records
P.O. Box 3887
Phoenix. AZ 85030
REMARKS: You
will need a picture identification with
signature (or a photocopy of same) to acquire a
birth
record. If the picture ID has no signature, then a
notarized signature must be
presented also. State
your relationship to the requestor (e.g., self,
spouse, parent) as
well as the need for the birth
record. If a personal check is used for payment, no
birth
record will be released until the check clears.
Thirty days after the request has been
received, you
may call 602-255-3260 if the check has cleared to
receive the Birth
Certificate sooner. Be prepared to
provide the four digit verification number and date
stamp on the back of the cancelled check.
Cost of Copy:
(Long) $9.00, (Short, 1950 to
present only) $6.00
Arkansas
Arkansas Dept. of Health
Division of Vital Records
Little Rock, AR 72205-3867
REMARKS: Request
birth records directly from DVR. DVR
will accept VISA and Mastercard requests for records
Cost of Copy:
$5.00
California
Dept.
of Health Services
Vital Statistics Section
P.O. Box 730241
Sacramento, CA
94244-0241
REMARKS: The DHS will accept bank cards for birth
record requests made
by telephone to 916-445-2684.
There is a $5.00 fee for this service
Fax requests
paid for by bank cards can be made to
1-800-858-5553. The fax should include the name, date
maiden name, customer’s name, daytime
phone, return
address, credit card number and expiration date.
There is a $15.50 fee.
BVS will express mail the
response to requests received by phone or fax.
Colorado
Records and Statistics Section
Dept. of Health, Vital Records
4300 Cheery Creek Dr.
S.
No. A-1
Denver, CO 80222-1530
REMARKS: Colorado has birth records for
the entire
State since 1910. Legislation passed in 1943 provides
for the filing of
delayed Birth Certificates for
persons who were born prior to the legislation date,
or
whose births were not recorded at the time of
birth. Mail requests take at least 3 weeks to
Telephone requests for birth records, using a bank
card, can be made
by calling 303-692-2224. The charge
is $16.50 and the record will be mailed within 5 work
Requests for status of a record search can be made by
calling
303-756-4464.
Fax requests for birth records using a bank card can
be made by
calling 1-800-423-1108. The charge is
$16.50 and the record will be mailed within 5 work
days. Make all requests directly to the Bureau of
Vital Statistics.
Connecticut
Dept. of Health Services
ATTN: Vital Records
150 Washington St.
Hartford, CT
06106
REMARKS: Birth records are indexed for 1948 to
present. Records for
1896-1947 are available but not
indexed.
Cost of Copy:
$15.00
Delaware
Bureau of Vital Statistics
State Board of Health
P.O. Box 637
Dover, DE
19903-0637
REMARKS: The BVS will accept bank cards for all
record requests made
by telephone at 302-739-4721.
Cost of Copy:
$5.00
District of Columbia
Vital
Records Branch
9th Floor
613 G. Street, N.W.
Washington, DC. 20001
REMARKS: Include the following information:
o what record is needed
o child’s full
name
o child’s sex and date of birth
o certificate number (if known)
o mother’s
full maiden and married names
o father’s full name
o child’s place of birth (include the
name of
hospital)
o money order number
Cost of Copy:
$12.00 (short form),
$18.00 (long form)
Florida
Office of Vital Statistics
Box 210
Jacksonville,
FL 32231
Cost of Copy:
$9.00 (additional copies are $4.00)
Georgia
Vital
Records Service
State Department of Public Health
Rm 217 H
47 Trinity Avenue,
S.W.
Atlanta, GA 30334
Cost of Copy:
A certified copy of a birth record is $10.00.
Each
additional copy released at the same time is $5.00
(all wallet size copies will be
$10.00 no matter when
ordered).
Guam
Office of Vital Statistics
Dept. of
Public Health and Welfare
Government of Guam
Box 2816
Agana, GU 96910
Cost
of Copy:
$5.00
Hawaii
Vital Records Section
State Dept. of Health
Box
3378
Honolulu, HI 96801
Cost of Copy:
$2.00
Idaho
Bureau of Vital
Statistics
State Dept. of Health
450 W. State Street
Boise, ID 83702
REMARKS: Idaho requires a release signed by the
applicant or his/her representative for a
certified
copy.
Cost of Copy:
$8.00 for certified copy, $6.00 for verification
State of Illinois
Department of Public Health
Division of Vital
Records
605 W. Jefferson
Springfield, IL 62702-5097
REMARKS: Requests for
birth records can be made via
telephone to 217-782-6553 using a bank card.
Cost of
Copy:
Birth records $10.00 for computer-generated record,
$15.00 for file copy (includes
parents names and
other identifying information). Each additional copy
ordered with the
original request is $2.00.
Indiana
State Board of Health
1330 West Michigan St.
Indianapolis, IN 46206-1964
Cost of Copy:
$6.00
Iowa
Iowa
Dept. of Public Health
Vital Records Bureau
Lucas State Office Bldg.
321 E. 12th
Street
Des Moines, IA 50319-0075
REMARKS: Birth certificates may be requested by
phone
at 515-281-4944, using Visa, Discover, or MasterCard.
There is a $5.00 surcharge
for the service (in
addition to the $10.00 fee for the certificate). The
record is
normally mailed in three work days. If
fedex service is requested, add $11.00 (for a total
Kansas
Office of Vital Statistics
900 Southwest Jackson
Topeka, KS 66612-1290
REMARKS: Birth records are available from July 1911
on.
Applicant-signed request must accompany payment.
Expect a reponse in 7-10 days; one-day
service on
charge card requests and for certified mail requests
when stamp plus $1.00
enclosed.
Cost of Copy:
$10.00
Kentucky
Office of Vital Statistics
State Dept. of Health
275 East Main Street
Frankfort, KY 40602
Cost of Copy:
$7.00
Louisiana
Louisiana Division of Vital Records
Bureau of Vital Statistics
New Orleans, LA 70160
REMARKS: Signed consent forms are needed for
release
of birth certificates. Requests can be faxed to
504-568-5391 if using a charge
card.
Cost of Copy:
$10.00
Maine
Office of Data, Research and Vital
Statistics
32 Winthrop St. State House,
Station 11
Augusta, ME 04333-0011
REMARKS: Requests for records, using a bank card, can
be made via telephone to
207-289-3184. Additional
certified copies of the same record requested at the
same time
are $4.00. A certified copy of a delayed
birth certificate (BC), new BC as a result of an
for processing court ordered legal
name changes are
$20.00 each. Make all personal checks or money orders
payable to
"Treasurer of State."
Cost of Copy:
$10.00
Maryland
Department of
Vital Records
Metro Executive Building
4201 Patterson Avenue
Baltimore, MD
21215
Cost of Copy:
$4.00
Massachusetts
Dept. of Public Health
Registry of Vital Statistics
150 Tremont Street, Rm B3
Boston, MA 02111
REMARKS: The State BVS accepts charge card requests
for birth records only. Call 617-727-0036.
There is a
$19.00 fee.
Cost of Copy:
$6.00 if request is made in person, $11.00 if
request
is made by mail and $14.00 if expedited two-day
service is requested.
Michigan
Vital Statistics Section
Dept. of Public Health
P.O. Box 30195
Lansing, MI 48909
REMARKS: Additional copies of the same birth record
requested
at the same time are $4.00 each. Except for
Detroit, a recent birth record can more quickly
be
obtained from the appropriate city or county clerk.
However, records for adopted
children before 1980 or
illegitimate children before 1979 are available only
from the
Vital Statistics Section.
Telephone requests can be made, using a bank card for
payment,
for any record by calling 517-335-8666.
Cost of Copy:
$13.00
Minnesota
Minnesota Dept. of Health
Section of Vital Records
P.O. Box 9441
Minneapolis, MN
55440
REMARKS: Requests for birth certificates for
illegitimate children must be
accompanied by a
consent statement signed by the subject individual
(if 18 or over) or
by the parent or guardian.
Cost of Copy:
$11.00
Mississippi
Division of
Public Health Services
State Dept. of Health
Box 1700
Jackson, MS 39215-1700
REMARKS: The cost of a full copy is $7.00 if the
birth occurred less than 1 year before
the request.
Abstract copies of birth records are $7.00 for all
years.
Cost of
Copy:
$12.00 (long form), $7.00 (short form)
Missouri
Bureau of Vital Records
P.O. Box 570
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Cost of Copy:
$10.00
Montana
Dept. of Health and Environmental Sciences
Vital Records and
Statistics Bureau
1400 Broadway
Helena, MT 59620
REMARKS: Telephone
requests for birth records, using
a bank card, are accepted by calling 406-444-4228.
There is an additional charge of $5.00 for this
service. The State also charges a $10.00 per
hour (or
fraction thereof) fee to search the index of adoption
processing records or the
delayed birth certificate
(DBC) filing records. If the State locates the
adoption or
DBC, a certified copy of the adoption of
DBC record will be provided at no additional cost.
$10.00
Nebraska
Bureau of Vital Statistics
State Dept. of
Health
P.O. Box 95007
Lincoln, NE 68509-5007
REMARKS: Request processed
within 7 days.
Cost of Copy:
$8.00
Nevada
Dept. of Health & Welfare
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Kinkead Building, 1st Floor
505
E. King Street
Carson City, NV 89710
Cost of Copy:
$11.00
New Hampshire
Health and Welfare Bldg.
6 Hazen Drive
Concord, NH
03301-6527
REMARKS: Telephone requests, using a bank card, can
be made for any
record by calling 603-271-4650 or
603-271-4652.
Cost of Copy:
$10.00 (additional
copies $6.00)
New Jersey
State Dept. of Health
Bureau of Vital Statistics
CN
370
Trenton, NJ 08625-0370
REMARKS: Requests for records, using a bank card
can
be made by calling 609-633-2860. There is a $5.00
surcharge for this service.
Cost of Copy:
$4.00
New Mexico
Vital Records & Statistics
Dept. of
Health
1190 St. Francis Dr.
P.O. Box 26110
Santa Fe, NM 87502
Cost of
Copy:
$10.00
New York
New York State Dept. of Health
Bureau of Vital
Statistics
Empire State Plaza, Tower Bldg.
Room 244
Albany, NY 12237
REMARKS: Signed consent forms are needed for release
of birth certificates. Requests for all
records,
using a bank card, can be made by calling
212-788-4505 through 212-788-4511 for
NYC or
518-474-3038 for NY State. There is a surcharge for
this service.
Cost of
Copy:
$15.00
North Carolina
North Carolina Office of Vital Records
P.O. Box
29537
Raleigh, NC 25626-0537
REMARKS: Births were first recorded beginning
October
1913.
Cost of Copy:
$10.00
North Dakota
Division of Vital
Records & Statistics
Dept. of Health
State Capitol
600 E. Blvd.
Bismarck, ND 58505-0200
REMARKS: DVR will accept bank cards for birth record
requests made by telephone to 701-224-2360. Requests
for birth certificates for illegitimate
children must
be accompanied by consent statement signed by the
subject individual (if
18 over) or by the parent or
guardian.
Cost of Copy:
$7.00
Northern Mariana
Islands
Registrar
Superior Court, Vital Statistics
Box 307
Saipan, MP
96950
REMARKS: Birth records are generally available since
November 21, 1952.
Roman Catholic Church records of
births since 1900 are available from individual
parishes.
Cost of Copy:
$3.00
Ohio
Vital Statistics
Ohio Dept. of
Health
P.O. Box 15098
Columbus, OH 43215-0098
REMARKS: If the claimant’s year of
birth is unknown,
the fee is $7.68 for each 10-year period to be
searched. No records
available prior to 1909.
Cost of Copy:
$7.00
Oklahoma
BVS State Dept. of
Health
P.O. Box 53551
Oklahoma City, OK 73152
Cost of Copy:
$10.00
Oregon
State Health Division
Vital Records Unit
P.O. Box 14050
Portland, OR
97214
REMARKS: Telephone requests for all records, using a
bank card, can be made
by calling 503-229-5899. Such
requests require an additional charge of $10.00.
Cost of
Copy:
$15.00
Pennsylvania
Division of Vital Statistics
State Dept. of
Health
Box 1528
New Castle, PA 16103
REMARKS: Birth records will be
furnished free to
veterans, their spouses and dependents if the
veterans name, serial
number, rank and organization
are provided. The veteran or dependent must sign the
request and have the certificate sent to his/her
mailing address. The DVS will accept
telephone
requests for birth records, using a bank card, by
calling 412-656-3100.
Cost of Copy:
$4.00
Puerto Rico
Division of Demographic Registry and Vital
Statistics
Dept. of Health
San Juan, PR 00908
REMARKS: The Municipal office
has records since July
22, 1931. Show claimant’s maternal and paternal
surnames (e.g.,
Gonzalez-Gomez) on all requests for
birth records.
Cost of Copy:
$10.00
Rhode Island
Health Dept.
Room 101
3 Capital Hill
Providence, RI
02908-5097
REMARKS: Birth certificates for illegitimate children
can be obtained only
with the written consent of the
person named on the certificate, if an adult; or the
written consent of a parent or guardian, if the
person named is a minor. Expedited mail
requests are
processed within one week. Same day service is
available to non-residents
who call 401-277-2812 and
use Visa.
Cost of Copy:
$12.00 ($17.00 for expedited
mail requests)
South Carolina
Bureau of Vital Statistics
State Board of Health
Columbia SC 29201
REMARKS: No search for a birth record will be made
if
the mother’s name is not shown on the request.
Cost of Copy:
$8.00 (additional
copies are $3.00 if requested at
the same time)
South Dakota
Department of
Health
Office of Vital Records
445 E. Capitol
Pierre, SD 57501-3185
REMARKS: Records were first kept in SD beginning
1905.
Cost of Copy:
$7.00 (or
call 605-773-4961 to use Visa/MasterCard;
$5.00 service fee)
Tennessee
Division of
Vital Statistics
State Dept. of Public Health
C3 Cordell Hull Office Bldg.
Nashville, TN 37246-0350
REMARKS: Only long forms are prepared for birth
records
before 1950. Expedited service fees which
must be paid by charge card are:
o expedite
$8.40
o overnight $18.90 on weekdays $28.90 on weekends
Cost of Copy:
$5.00 (short
form), $10.00 (long form), Additional
copies of records are $2.00
Texas
Bureau of
Vital Statistics
State Dept of Health
1100 West 49 St.
Austin, TX 78756-3191
REMARKS: If expedited service is required, the
claimant may send the information by FAX to BVS
at
512-458-7711 using VISA or MasterCard bank cards
only. The cost of this service is
$5.00 plus $11.00
for the birth certificate and $5.00 for same or next
day response by
Airborne overnight mail (total of
$21.00), overnight express mail requests are also
accepted and processed within 24-48 hours by BVS.
Cost of Copy:
$11.00 (additional
copies are $3.00)
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
Belau (Palau)
Clerk of
Court
Western Caroline Islands 96940
REMARKS: Courts have records beginning
November 21,
1952.
Cost of Copy:
Varies
Utah
Bureau of Vital
Records
288 North 1460 West Temple
P.O. Box 16700
Salt Lake City, UT 84116-0700
REMARKS: Telephone requests for birth records, using
a bank card, can be made by
calling 801-538-6380.
Cost of Copy:
$12.00
Vermont
Public Records
Division
60 Main St.
P.O. Box 70
Burlington, VT 05402
Public Records
Division
133 State St.
Montpelier, VT 05633
Code 024
REMARKS: Birth
records are available for the current
year and approximately the previous 10 years in
Burlington. Records before that time are in
Montpelier.
Cost of Copy:
$5.00
Virgin Islands of the U.S.
Bureau of Health Planning and Statistics
Dept. of Health
St. Thomas, VI 00802
REMARKS: The above
address is for records from St.
Thomas and St. John. Birth and death records for St.
Croix may be obtained from
Registrar of Vital Statistics
Charles Harwood Memorial
Hospital
Christiansted, St. Croix, VI 00820.
Cost of Copy:
$10.00
Virgina
State Dept. of Health
James Madison Building
Box
1000
Richmond, VA 23208-1000
Cost of Copy:
$5.00
Washington
Dept. of
Health
Vital Records
P.O. Box 9709
Olympia, WA 98504-9709
REMARKS:
Birth records are available beginning July
1, 1907. If a birth certificate issued by the
State
office does not contain the recordation date, assume,
absent information to the
contrary, that the record
was made soon after birth.
Cost of Copy:
$11.00
West Virginia
DHHR
Vital Registration Office
Capital Complex
Bldg. 3 Rm
516
Charleston, WV 25305
REMARKS: To expedite the birth request, show the
appropriate type of document requested as part of the
address line after DHHR, Vital
Registration. The DVS
will accept telephone requests for all records, using
a bank card,
by calling 304-558-2931. These is an
additional charge of $10 for this service.
Cost of
Copy:
$5.00
Wisconsin
State Department of Health and Social Services
Division of Health
Center for Health Statistics
1 W. Wilson St.
P.O. Box 309
Madison, WI 53701-0309
REMARKS: All payments should be made payable to
"Center for
Health Statistics." The request should
also include a postage-paid, preaddressed
return
envelope.
Cost of Copy:
$10.00
Wyoming
Vital Records
Services
Hathaway Building
Cheyenne, WY 82002
Cost of Copy:
$8.00
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