Certified computer-generated birth certificates with a raised seal can be issued at the Department of Community Health and the Environment's Boone's Lick facility for persons born anywhere in the state from 1920 to present. Certified computer-generated death certificates can be issued for deaths occurring anywhere in Missouri since 1980. The average waiting time for available records is ten to 20 minutes, sometimes less. The cost for each certified record is ten dollars. In almost every case, residents can make a short trip to the countys office located at 1650 Boone's Lick Road in St. Charles and avoid a long drive or, in the case of applications mailed to the State Department of Health, a long wait.
Free parking is also an added benefit.
When the computer-generated version of a certificate has an error, the state must make corrections before it can be issued. Certificates that cannot be issued by this department must be obtained though the Missouri Department of Health in Jefferson City. For some purposes, such as genealogy, insurance or when the birth registration was delayed, a certified copy of the original document is needed and can be requested from Jefferson City. Applications received in the mail are processed the same day.