State of georgia birth certificate request. The state of georgias official service for ordering certified copies of georgia vital event records offered by the georgia department of public health division of vital records. Please indicate below the type and number of copies requested and forward this form with either a money order or certified check for the correct amount made payable to vital records. Vital records 2600 skyland drive ne atlanta ga 30319.
A birth certificate is an official recording of a birth that occurred in the state of georgia. At the state office birth records are available from january 1919 to the present. State of georgia government websites and email systems use georgiagov or gagov at the end of the address.
You may request birth and death records online using one of our approved third party vendors rover go certificates or vitalchek or visit your local county office. 1680 phoenix boulevard suite 100 atlanta ga 30349 response time. Due to the public health state of emergency surrounding covid 19 we have suspended vital records walk in services at the state office of vital records until further notice.
Please return this form to. State office of vital records 1680 phoenix blvd. It is used for a number of reasons including but not limited to.
Serving as evidence of a name change for the involved parties legitimation purposes genealogical research divorce proceedings. It is used for. It also holds marriage records from 1952 to 1996.
Establishing ones identity tax purposes enrolling in school applying for a drivers license obtaining health insurance at the state office of vital records birth records are available from january 1919 to the present. The fee for searches of vital records has been established in accordance with ga code ann 31 10 of the official code of georgia. The department of public healths state office of vital records maintains all of georgias birth and death certificates.
The state office of vital records provides certified copies of marriage applications certificates and verifications. Suite 100 atlanta ga 30349 phone 4046794702. Although the department can confirm divorces copies of the records are held by the clerk of the superior court in the county where the divorce was granted.
The following options are available for requesting a vital record. Walk in service 800 am 430 pm monday friday except state holidays state office of vital records or any county vital records office.