Event: Birth
Cost of copy: $14.00
Address:
Office of Vital Records
Department of Health Services
MS: 5103
P.O. Box 997410
Sacramento, CA 95899-7410
Remarks: State office has records since July 1905. For earlier records, write to County Recorder in county where event occurred.

Personal check or money order should be made payable to Office of Vital Records. To verify current fees, the telephone number is (916) 445-2684. This will be a recorded message. Information on how to obtain certified copies is also available via the Internet at http://www.dhs.ca.gov/hisp/chs/ovr/ordercert.htm.

In order to obtain a Certified Copy after July 1, 2003 you MUST complete a sworn statement included with the birth certificate application form and sign the statement under penalty of perjury. If you mail your request, your sworn statement must be notarized. If your mailed request indicates that you want a Certified Copy but does not include a notarized statement sworn under penalty of perjury, the request will be rejected as incomplete and returned to you without being processed.

Event: Death
Cost of copy: $12.00
Address:
Office of Vital Records
Department of Health Services
MS: 5103
P.O. Box 997410
Sacramento, CA 95899-7410
Remarks: State office has records since July 1905. For earlier records, write to County Recorder in county where event occurred.

Personal check or money order should be made payable to Office of Vital Records. To verify current fees, the telephone number is (916) 445-2684. This is a recorded message. Information on how to obtain certified copies is also available via the Internet at http://www.dhs.ca.gov/hisp/chs/ovr/ordercert.htm.

In order to obtain a Certified Copy after July 1, 2003, you MUST complete the sworn statement included with the death certificate application form and sign the statement under penalty of perjury. If you mail your request, your sworn statement must be notarized. If your mailed request indicates that you want a Certified Copy but does not include a notarized statement sworn under penalty of perjury, the request will be rejected as incomplete and returned to you without being processed.

Event: Marriage
Cost of copy: $13.00
Address:
Office of Vital Records
Department of Health Services
MS: 5103
P.O. Box 997410
Sacramento, CA 95899-7410
Remarks: State office has records since July 1905. For earlier records, write to County Recorder in county where event occurred.

Event: Divorce
Cost of copy: $13.00
Address:
Office of Vital Records
Department of Health Services
MS: 5103
P.O. Box 997410
Sacramento, CA 95899-7410
Remarks: Fee is for search and identification of county where certified copy can be obtained (years 1962 thru June 1984 only). For all other years or for a copy of the decree, write to Superior Court in County where event occurred. Certified copies of decrees are not available from State Health Department.

Event: Divorce (county)
Cost of copy: Varies
Address: See remarks
Remarks: Clerk of Superior Court in county where divorce was granted.

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