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**Louisiana**

**Event:** Birth 

**Cost of copy:** Long form:    $15.00, Short form: $9.00 

**Address:**    Vital Records Registry    Office of Public Health    325 Loyola Avenue    New Orleans, LA 70112 

**Remarks:** State office    has had records since July 1914. Birth records for city of New Orleans are available from    1892. Death records are available since 1942. Older birth, death, and marriage records are    available through the Louisiana State Archives, P.O. Box 94125, Baton Rouge, LA 70804. 

Check or money order should be made    payable to **Vital Records**. Personal checks are accepted. To verify current    fees, the telephone number is (504) 568-5152. 

**Event:** Death 

**Cost of copy:** $5.00 

**Address:**    Vital Records Registry    Office of Public Health    325 Loyola Avenue    New Orleans, LA 70112 

**Remarks:** State office    has had records since July 1914. Birth records for city of New Orleans are available from    1892. Death records are available since 1942. Older birth, death, and marriage records are    available through the Louisiana State Archives, P.O. Box 94125, Baton Rouge, LA 70804. 

Check or money order should be made    payable to **Vital Records**. Personal checks are accepted. To verify current    fees, the telephone number is (504) 568-5152. 

**Event:** Marriage, Orleans    Parish 

**Cost of copy:** $5.00 

**Address:**    Vital Records Registry    Office of Public Health    325 Loyola Avenue    New Orleans, LA 70112 

**Remarks:** Certified    copies are issued by Clerk of Court in parish where license was issued. 

**Event:** Marriage, Other    Parishes 

**Cost of copy:** Varies 

**Address:** See remarks 

**Remarks:** Certified    copies are issued by Clerk of Court in parish where license was issued. 

**Event:** Divorce (parish) 

**Cost of copy:** Varies 

**Address:** See remarks 

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

**U.S.    DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES****Centers    for Disease Control and Prevention**    National Center for Health Statistics    Division of Data Services     Hyattsville, MD    20782-2003    (301) 458-4636
 

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