Find out where to phone, fax, mail and e-mail for birth and death certificates in all fifty states. To obtain copies of birth or death certificates, you must contact the vital statistics office in the state in which the birth or death took place. Call or write to the vital statistics office, and arrange to obtain and fill out any required application and pay a fee.
Some offices also accept requests made by fax.
To obtain copies of marriage certificates, you may need to send your request to a different address from the vital statistics office listed below. Records Registry 325 Loyola Ave.