Birth Certificate Department
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Birth certificate department. Our fax number is 812 882 5625. Welcome to the state office of vital records. Due to the federal real id act documents including a certified copy of a birth certificate may be required to renew your maryland drivers license or identification card. The person named on the certificate if you are at least 18 years old the parents named on the birth certificate or the legal guardian or a legal representative of one of these.
New york city department of health and. Get a copy of a birth certificate new york state department of health can provide copies of birth certificates for individuals born outside of new york citys five boroughs. Birth certificates are important legal documents that you and your child will need in the years to come. Click here for more information about the federal real id act.
Upon receiving it we will process your request and send it out the same day unless it is received after our mail has already gone out for that day. The health department automatically mails you a free birth certificate about four weeks after your childs birth. Then you will fax that form to us as a request for your birth certificate. Vital records has birth records since 1881 for all of new york state except new york city.
It does not have these records for new york city the boroughs of manhattan kings brooklyn queens bronx and richmond staten island. You are entitled to obtain a certified copy of a birth certificate if you are. As the state repository we are charged with the responsibility of preserving vital records for archival and statistical purposes and for the personal needs of georgia citizens. Average time of transaction 5 10 minutes.
In that case it will be sent the next day. Birth records are also available from the local registrar of vital statistics where the event occurred. You can make sure the process goes smoothly by following these tips.