If the decedent died in the City of White Plains, the record is on file in our office. If you received your marriage license from the White Plains City Clerk's Office, then your marriage record is filed in this office. Uncertified copies or abstracts of birth, death and marriage may be provided for genealogical research purposes subject to certain restrictions. All requests must be submitted in writing and include payment of the fee. The fee schedule for genealogical services varies depending upon the number of years to be searched.
Unused fees are refundable.
No information from a birth record which has been placed in a confidential file pursuant to Public Heath Law Sec 4138. No information shall be released from a record of birth unless the record has been on file for at least 75 years and the person to whom the record relates is known to the applicant to be deceased. No information shall be released from a record of death unless the record has been on file for at least 50 years. No information shall be released from a record of marriage unless the record has been on file for at least 50 years and the parties to the marriage are known to the applicant to be deceased. The time periods specified above are waived if the applicant is a descendant or has been designated to act on behalf of a descendant of the person whose record is being requested.