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**Rhode Island**

**Event:** Birth or death 

**Cost of copy:** $15.00 

**Address:**    Division of Vital Records    Rhode Island Department of Health    3 Capitol Hill, Room 101    Providence, RI 02908-5097 

**Remarks:** State office    keeps birth and marriage records for 100 years and keeps death records for 50 years. For    earlier records, write to the city/town clerk where the event occurred or to the Rhode    Island State Archives, 337 Westminster Street, Providence, RI 02903. Additional copies of    the same record ordered at the same time are $10.00 each. 

Check or money order should be made    payable to **General Treasurer, State of Rhode Island**. To verify current    fees, the telephone number is **(401) 222-2811**. This will be a **recorded**    message. 

**Event:** Marriage (State) 

**Cost of copy:** $15.00 

**Address:**    Division of Vital Records    Rhode Island Department of Health    3 Capitol Hill, Room 101    Providence, RI 02908-5097 

**Event:** Divorce (court) 

**Cost of copy:** $3.00 

**Address:**    Clerk of Family Court    1 Dorrance Plaza    Providence, RI 02903 
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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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