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**Missouri**

**Event:** Birth or death 

**Cost of copy:** $10.00 

**Address:**    Missouri Department of Health    Bureau of Vital Records    930 Wildwood    P.O. Box 570    Jefferson City, MO 65102-0570 

**Remarks:** State office    has had records since January 1910. Certified copies of most Missouri birth and death    records are also available from local county health department or the St. Louis City or    Kansas City Health Departments.   For details, please contact these offices    directly.  If event occurred in St. Louis (City), St. Louis County, or Kansas City    before 1910, write to the city or county Health Department. Copies of these records are    $10.00 each in St. Louis City and St. Louis County. In Kansas City, the fee is $6.00 for    the first copy and $3.00 for each additional copy ordered at same time.  Computer    issued copies containing the state certification are $10.00 each. 

Check or money order should be made    payable to **Missouri Department of Health**. Personal checks are accepted.    To verify current fees on birth and death records, the telephone number is (573) 751-6400.       Information on how to obtain certified copies is also available via the    internet at **Missouri    Department of Health**.

**Event:** Marriage (State) 

**Cost of copy:** No fee 

**Address:**    Missouri Department of Health    Bureau of Vital Records    930 Wildwood    P.O. Box 570    Jefferson City, MO 65102-0570 

**Remarks:** Indexes since    July 1948. Correspondent will be referred to appropriate Recorder of Deeds in county where    license was issued. 

**Event:** Marriage (county)    

**Cost of copy:** Varies 

**Address:** See remarks 

**Remarks:** Recorder of    Deeds in county where license was issued. 

**Event:** Divorce (State) 

**Cost of copy:** No fee 

**Address:**    Missouri Department of Health    Bureau of Vital Records    930 Wildwood    P.O. Box 570    Jefferson City, MO 65102-0570 

**Remarks:** Indexes since    July 1948. Certified copies are not available from State Health Department. Inquiries will    be forwarded to appropriate office. 

**Event:** Divorce (county) 

**Cost of copy:** Varies      

**Address:** See remarks 

**Remarks:** Clerk of    Circuit Court in county where divorce was granted. 
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This page last reviewed August 25, 2000

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