United States

Office of Personnel Management

Boyers, PA 16017

Verification of Date of Birth 

Submit either (1) or (2) below to prove date of birth: 

(1) Certified copy of birth certificate, showing date of birth 

and date of presentation of the birth record for entry. This 

record must be based on information filed at the time of 

birth or shortly thereafter. You must also provide correct 

identification if there is no name on the certificate or if a 

different name is shown. In cases of illegitimacy or adoption, where certain States permit the impounding of the 

original birth record, you must submit the date of filing 

of the original record and of the delayed registration. 

(See the following pages for information about where 

and how to obtain a birth certificate.) 

(2) Certified copy of church or hospital record, made at the 

time of birth or shortly thereafter, showing the date of 

birth. 

If the seals do not appear on photostatic copies of 

birth, baptismal, or death certificates but do appear 

on the originals, send the original copies with the 

photostats. The originals will be returned to you 

later. 

If you are unable to obtain either of the above forms 

of evidence, inform the office requesting proof of 

date of birth in writing. Be sure to include proof 

that you tried to obtain the evidence (for example, 

submit copies of correspondence you received in 

response to your requests for these records). You 

may then submit any of the following as proof of 

date of birth: 

(3) Family record (such as family Bible, baby book, diaries) 

made at the time of birth or shortly thereafter. If it's not 

practical to forward the original record, a photostat or 

certified copy may be submitted. Such copies must be 

accompanied by the affidavit of a notary public who 

has inspected the original record. The notary public must 

state over his or her seal: (1) whether the original record 

shows any sign of alteration or contains entries written in 

pencil, (2) the date of the book containing the original 

record, and (3) whether he or she believes the general 

appearance of the original record is acceptable and 

adequate as evidence of date of birth.

(4) Statement of practicing physician certifying that he or 

she attended the birth and that he or she has a record in 

his or her possession showing the date on which it 

occurred. 

(5) School records made in childhood, immigration records, 

or newspaper clippings indicating date and age at that 

time. 

(6) Report of the Census Bureau showing the earliest record 

of age or birth available. To obtain this information, you 

must first complete an "Application for Search of Census 

Records" (BC-600). This form is available free of charge 

from the Bureau of the Census, Age Search, P.O. Box 

1545, Jeffersonville, IN 47131. To obtain form BC-600 

on the internet, go to www.census.gov. Select 

"genealogy" and then select "age search service" and you 

will find the form. This BC-600 form will instruct you 

further on how to obtain the records you need. There is a 

fee for performing the search. Call (812) 218-3046 for 

more information. 

(7) If none of the above forms of evidence is available, submit a statement to that effect and correspondence in 

support of such a statement to the office requesting proof 

of date of birth. Two or more of the following may then 

be submitted for consideration: passports, insurance 

policies, military discharge papers, naturalization papers 

(it is unlawful to make copies of naturalization certificates), genealogies, affidavits of parents or relatives or 

other persons who have knowledge of the facts, or 

other forms of documentary evidence. 

Evidence of date of birth will be returned to you if you 

request it.

The offices for the respective States listed on the following pages may also be contacted for proof of death or proof of marriage.

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Where and How to Obtain a Birth Certificate 

To request a copy of your birth certificate, write to the address shown below for the State where you were born. Include as much of the 

following information as possible: (1) Full name as given on the birth record, (2) Sex, (3) Names of both parents (including maiden name of 

mother), (4) Month, day, and year of birth, (5) Place of birth (city, town, county, and State, and name of hospital, if known), (6) The purpose 

for which the certificate is to be used. Note: U.S. citizens who need a copy of a foreign birth certificate may obtain assistance by writing to 

the address shown for the Canal Zone. The fees and/or addresses provided in this document may have been changed since the date of its last 

printing. To verify current fees, call the State office number shown. Many States maintain web sites on the internet. Because many States 

require photo identification, we recommend you check the web site before you call the State. 

Address of Office Maintains Fee Address of Office Maintains Fee 

Vital Statistics Office Records Since Vital Statistics Office Records Since 

This Date* This Date* 

Alabama Vital Records 

State Department of Public Health 

P.O. Box 303017 

Montgomery, Alabama 36130-3017 

Call (800) 252-1818 for recorded information 

www.adph.org

1908 Varies Connecticut: Requests for proof of 

birth/death/marriage can be submitted to the 

town where the event occurred. 

410 Capitol Avenue 

Hartford, Connecticut 06134 

Call (860) 509-8000 

www.ct.gov/dph

$20.00 

Short $15.00 

Dept. of Health & Social Services 

Bureau of Vital Statistics 

5441 Commercial Blvd. 

Juneau, Alaska 99801 

Call (907) 465-3391 for recorded information. 

www.hss.state.ak.us

1913 $25.00 Office of Vital Statistics 

DHSS 

417 Federal Street 

Dover, Delaware 19901 

Call (877) 888-0248 

www.dhss.delaware.gov

Birth 1931 

Death 1963 

$25.00 

Registrar of Vital Statistics 

Vital Statistics Sections 

Government of American Samoa 

P.O. Box 6894 

Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799 

Call (684) 633-1406 

www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w/american_samoa.htm

1900 $7.00 Vital Records Branch 

899 North Capitol Street, NE 

Washington, D.C. 20002 

Call (202) 442-5955 for recorded information. 

www.dchealth.dc.gov

1874 Birth: 

Short $18.00 

Long $23.00 

Death $18.00 

Vital Records Section 

Arizona Dept. of Health Services 

P.O. Box 3887 

Phoenix, Arizona 85030-3887 

Call (888) 816-5907 for recorded information. 

www.hs.state.az.us

July 1, 1909 Birth $20.00 

Death $20.00 

Dept. of Health & Rehabilitative Services 

Office of Vital Statistics 

P.O. Box 210 

Jacksonville, Florida 32231-0042 

Call (877) 550-7330 for recorded information. 

www.doh.state.fl.us

1917 Birth $9.00 

Death $5.00 

Division of Vital Records 

Arkansas Department of Health 

4815 West Markham Street 

Little Rock, Arkansas 72205-3867 

Call (800) 462-0599 for recorded information. 

www.healthyarkansas.com

Feb. 1, 1914 Birth $12.00 

Death $10.00 

Georgia Department of Human Resources 

Vital Records Service 

2600 Skyland Drive, NE 

Atlanta, Georgia 30319-3640 

Call (404) 679-4702 for recorded information 

www.health.state.ga.us/programs/vitalrecords/

Jan. 1, 1919 $25.00 

Office of Vital Records 

Department of Public Health 

Vital Records - MS 5103 

P.O. Box 997410 

Sacramento, California 95899-7410 

Call (916) 445-2684 for recorded information. 

www.dhs.ca.gov/hisp/chs/ovr/ordercert.htm

July 1, 1905 Birth $16.00 

Death $12.00 

Office of Vital Statistics 

Department of Public Health & Social Services 

Government of Guam 

123 Chalan Koreta 

Mangilao, Guam 96913 

Call (671) 735-7292 

www.govguamdocs.com

Oct. 16, 1901 $5.00 

Canal Zone: 

Correspondence Branch 

Passport Services - Vital Records Section 

U.S. Department of State 

1111 19th Street, NW - Suite 510 

Washington, DC 20036 

Call (202) 955-0307 

www.travel.state.gov

May 1904 -

September 1979 

$50.00 State Department of Health 

Office of Health Status Monitoring 

Vital Records Section 

P.O. Box 3378 

Honolulu, Hawaii 96801 

Call (808) 586-4733 for recorded information. 

www.ehawaii.gov/ohsm

1853 $10.00 

Vital Records Section 

Department of Public Health and Environment 

4300 Cherry Creek Drive S, HSVRD-VS-A1 

Denver, Colorado 80246-1530 

Call (303) 692-2200 for recorded information. 

www.cdphe.state.co.us

1910 $17.00 Bureau of Vital Records 

Statistics and Health 

P.O. Box 83720 

Boise, Idaho 83720-0036 

Call (208) 334-5988 for recorded information. 

www.state.id.us/dhw

July 1, 1911 $13.00 

*If the birth or death for which you are requesting information happened before the date shown in this column, contact the records office of the county 

or city in which it occurred.
Address of Office Maintains Fee Address of Office Maintains Fee 

Vital Statistics Office Records Since Vital Statistics Office Records Since 

This Date* This Date* 

Division of Vital Records 

Illinois Department of Public Health 

925 East Ridgely Avenue 

Springfield, Illinois 62702-5097 

Call (217) 782-6553 for recorded information. 

www.idph.state.il.us

Jan. 1, 1916 Birth $15.00 

Death $17.00 

Minnesota Department of Health 

Attn: Office of State Registrar/Birth Certificates 

P.O. Box 64499 

St. Paul, Minnesota 55164-0499 

Call (651) 201-5970 

www.health.state.mn.us

1908 Birth $26.00 

Death $13.00 

Vital Records Department 

State Department of Health 

P.O. Box 7125 

Indianapolis, Indiana 46206-7125 

Call (317) 233-2700 

www.in.gov/isdh/index.htm 

Oct. 1, 1907 Birth $10.00 

Death $8.00 

Vital Records 

State Department of Health 

P.O. Box 1700 

Jackson, Mississippi 39215-1700 

Call (601) 576-7981 

www.msdh.state.ms

Nov. 1, 1912 Birth: 

Long $15.00 

Short $ 7.00 

Death $15.00 

Iowa Department of Public Health 

Bureau of Health Statistics 

321 East 12th Street 

Des Moines, Iowa 50319-0075 

Call (515) 281-4944 for recorded information. 

www.idph.state.ia.us

July 1, 1880 $15.00 Missouri Department of Health & Senior Svcs 

Bureau of Vital Records 

P.O. Box 570 

Jefferson City, Missouri 65102-0570 

Call (573) 751-6387 

www.health.mo.gov/data/vitalrecords

Jan. 1910 Birth $15.00 

Death $13.00 

Office of Vital Statistics 

Kansas State Department of Health

 and Environment 

1000 SW Jackson Street, Suite 120 

Topeka, Kansas 66612-2221 

Call (785) 296-3253 for recorded information. 

www.kdhe.state.ks.us/vital/

July 1, 1911 Birth $15.00 

Death $15.00 

MT Dept. of Public Health &

 Human Services, Vital Statistics Bureau 

P.O. Box 4210 

Helena, Montana 59604 

Call (406) 444-2685 

www.dphhs.mt.gov/certificates

Late 1907 $12.00 

Office of Vital Statistics 

Department for Health Services 

275 East Main Street 

Frankfort, Kentucky 40621 

Call (502) 564-4212 

www.chfs.ky.gov/dph/vital

Jan. 1, 1911 Birth $10.00 

Death $6.00 

Bureau of Vital Statistics 

Dept. of Health & Human Services 

P.O. Box 95065 

Lincoln, Nebraska 68509-5065 

Call (402) 471-8230 for recorded information. 

www.hhs.state.ne.us

Late 1904 Birth $12.00 

Death $11.00 

Vital Records Registry 

Office of Public Health 

P.O. Box 60630 

New Orleans, Louisiana 70112 

Call (504) 593-5100 

www.dhh.louisiana.gov

July 1, 1914 Birth: 

Long $15.00

 Short $9.00 

Death $7.00 

Office of Vital Records 

4150 Technology Way, Suite 104 

Carson City, Nevada 89706 

Call (775) 684-4242 for recorded information. 

www.health.nv.gov 

July 1, 1911 Birth $20.00 

Death $20.00 

Office of Vital Statistics 

Maine Department of Human Services 

11 State House Station, 244 Water Street 

Augusta, Maine 04333-0011 

Call (888) 664-9491 for recorded information. 

www.maine.gov/dhhs

1923 Certified 

$15.00 

Not Certified 

$6.00 

NH Department of State 

Division of Vital Records Administration 

Registration/Certification 

71 South Fruit Street 

Concord, New Hampshire 03301-2410 

Call 603-271-4650 

www.sos.nh.gov/vitalrecords/ 

1883 $15.00 

Commonwealth Superior Court

Vital Statistics Office 

Division of Public Health 

P.O. Box 500409 

Saipan, MP 96950

Call (670) 236-8717

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w/northern_marian

a_islands.htm 

1945 $20.00 State Depart. of Health & Senior Services 

Vital Statistics Registration 

P.O. Box 360 

Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0360 

Call (866) 649-8726 for recorded information. 

www.state.nj.us

June 1878 $25.00 

Division of Vital Records 

Department of Health & Mental Hygiene 

6550 Reisterstown Road 

Baltimore, Maryland 21215-0036 

Call (800) 832-3277 for recorded information. 

www.vsa.maryland.gov 

August 1898 $24.00 New Mexico Vital Records 

P.O. Box 26110 

Santa Fe, New Mexico 87502 

Call (866) 534-0051 for recorded information. 

www.vitalrecordsnm.org

1920 Birth $10.00 

Death $ 5.00 

Registry of Vital Records and Statistics 

150 Mount Vernon Street 

Dorchester, Massachusetts 02125-3105 

Call (617) 740-2600 for recorded information. 

www.mass.gov/dph

1906 Mailed 

$28.00 

In Person 

$18.00 

Registrar, City of Albany 

Vital Statistics 

Room 254M City Hall 

Albany, New York 12207 

Call (518) 434-5045 for recorded information. 

www.albanyny.org/Government/Departments/Vi 

talStatistics.aspx 

1880 

(except in New York 

City) 

Birth $10.00 

Death $10.00 

Vital Records 

201 Townsend Street 

3rd Floor 

Lansing, Michigan 48913 

Call (517) 335-8666 for recorded information. 

www.michigan.gov/mdch

1867 $26.00 Office of Vital Records 

New York City Department of Health and 

Mental Hygiene 

125 Worth Street, CN 4, Room 133 

New York, New York 10013 

Call (212) 639-9675 for recorded information. 

www.nyc.gov/health

Birth 1910 

Death 1949 

$15.00 

*If the birth or death for which you are requesting information happened before the date shown in this column, contact the records office of the county 

or city in which it occurred.
Address of 

Vital Statistics Office 

Office Maintains 

Records Since 

This Date* 

Fee Address of 

Vital Statistics Office 

Office Maintains 

Records Since 

This Date* 

Fee 

NC Dept. of Health and Human Services 

 Vital Records Unit 

1903 Mail Service Center 

Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1903 

Call (919) 733-3000 

www.vitalrecords.nc.gov

Oct. 1, 1913 $24.00 Texas Vital Records 

Department of State Health Services 

P.O. Box 12040 

Austin, Texas 78711-2040 

Call (888) 963-7111 for recorded information. 

www.dshs.state.tx.us

1903 Birth $22.00 

Death $9.00 

Division of Vital Records 

600 East Boulevard Avenue - Dept. 301 

Bismarck, North Dakota 58505-0200 

Call (701) 328-2360 

www.health.state.nd.us

July 1893 Birth $7.00 

Death $5.00 

Office of Vital Records and Statistics 

Utah Department of Health

P.O. Box 141012 

Salt Lake City, Utah 84114-1012

Call (801) 538-6106 for recorded information.

www.health.utah.gov/vitalrecords

https://silver.health.utah.gov

1905 Birth $18.00 

Death $16.00 

Bureau of Vital Statistics 

Ohio Department of Health 

P.O. Box 15098 

225 Neilston Street 

Columbus, Ohio 43216 

Call (614) 466-2531 for recorded information. 

www.vitalrec.com/oh.html/ 

Birth Dec. 20, 1908 

Death 1946 

$16.50 Vermont Department of Health 

Vital Records Section 

P.O. Box 70 

Burlington, Vermont 05402-0070 

Call (802) 863-7275 for recorded information. 

www.healthvermont.gov

Last ten years $10.00 

Vital Records Section 

State Department of Health 

1000 Northeast 10th St. 

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73117 

Call (405) 271-4040 for recorded information. 

www.ok.gov/health/Birth_and_Death_Certificate

Oct. 1908 Birth $15.00 

Death $15.00 

Vermont State Archives & Records 

Administration Office of the Secretary of State 

1078 U.S. Route 2, Middlesex 

Montpelier, Vermont 05633-7701 

Call (802) 828-3700 

www.vermont-archives.org/certifications/

Older than ten years $10.00 

Oregon Vital Records 

P.O. Box 14050 

Portland, Oregon 97293-0050 

Call (971) 673-1180 for recorded information. 

www.public.health.oregon.gov/ 

BirthDeathCertificates

July 1903 $20.00 Office of Vital Records 

P.O. Box 1000 

Richmond, Virginia 23218-1000 

Call (804) 662-6200 for recorded information. 

www.vdh.state.va.us

Jan. 1853 to 

Dec. 1896 

and from 

June 14, 1912 

to present 

$12.00 

Division of Vital Records 

(Attn: Birth Unit) 

101 S Mercer Street 

P.O. Box 1528 

New Castle, Pennsylvania 16103 

Call (877) 724-3258 for recorded information. 

www.health.state.pa.us

Jan. 1, 1906 Birth $10.00 

Death $ 9.00 

Department of Health Vital Statistics 

Charles Harwood Memorial Hospital 

St. Croix, Virgin Islands 00820 

Call (340) 774-9000 Ext. 4685 or 4686 

www.cdc.gov

1840 Birth $15.00 

Death $12.00 

Department of Health 

PR Vital Statistics Record Office 

Demographic Registry 

P.O. Box 11854 

Fernandez Juncos Station 

San Juan, Puerto Rico 00910 

Call (866) 842-6765 

www.prfaa.com/birthcertificates

July 22, 1931 $5.00 For St. Thomas and St. John 

Department of Health Vital Statistics 

Knud Hansen Complex 

St. Thomas, Virgin Islands 00802 

Call (340) 774-9000 Ext. 4685 or 4686 

www.cdc.gov

July 1, 1906 Birth $15.00 

Death $12.00 

Division of Vital Records 

Rhode Island Department of Health 

3 Capitol Hill, Room 101 

Providence, Rhode Island 02908-5097 

Call (401) 222-2811 for recorded information. 

www.health.ri.gov/topics/vital.htm

Birth 100 years 

Death 50 years 

$20.00 Department of Health 

Center for Health Statistics 

P.O. Box 9709 

Olympia, Washington 98507-9709 

Call (360) 236-4300 

www.doh.wa.gov

July 1, 1907 $20.00 

Office of Vital Records 

South Carolina Dept. of Health and 

Environmental Control 

2600 Bull Street 

Columbia, South Carolina 29201 

Call (877) 284-1008 

www.scdhec.gov

Jan. 1, 1915 $12.00 Vital Registration Office 

Room 165 

350 Capitol Street 

Charleston, West Virginia 25301-3701 

Call (304) 558-2931 

www.wvdhhr.org

1917 $12.00 

Vital Records 

State Department of Health 

207 E Missouri, Suite 1-A 

Pierre, South Dakota 57501-2536 

Call (605) 773-4961 for recorded information. 

www.doh.sd.gov

July 1, 1905 $15.00 Vital Records 

P.O. Box 309 

Madison, Wisconsin 53701-0309 

Call (608) 266-1373 for recorded information. 

www.dhfs.state.wi.us/vitalrecords/index.htm 

Oct. 1, 1907 Birth $20.00 

Death $20.00 

Tennessee Vital Records 

421 Fifth Avenue, North 

Nashville, Tennessee 37243 

Call (615) 741-1763 

www.health.state.tn.us/

1914 Birth: 

Long $15.00 

Short $8.00 

Death $7.00 

Vital Records Services 

401 Hathaway Building 

2300 Capitol Avenue 

Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002 

Call (307) 777-7591 

www.health.wyo.gov 

July 1909 Birth $13.00 

Death $10.00 

*If the birth or death for which you are requesting information happened before the date shown in this column, contact the records office of the county 

or city in which it occurred.