VITAL RECORDS
If you have ever applied for a driver’s license, enrolled your child in school or applied for your retirement benefits, you have needed a copy of your birth certificate. Our Vital Records department is the office you would contact to request a certified copy of the birth or death certificate. This service is available in each of our offices.
Once you know that you need a certified copy of a birth or death certificate, the next step is to determine where the event occurred. Birth and death records are filed according to the state where the event occurred. If the event occurred in another state, then a certified copy of the record can only be obtained by applying directly to that state. Births or deaths occurring in Utah are only available through the correct office in Utah.
We hope this web site answers your questions but if not, please call your local health department office for more assistance.
BIRTH CERTIFICATES
How to Apply
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Fill out application at your local health department. You can print out the copy of the application form available on this web site and fill it out ahead of time.
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Show a current state issued picture ID.
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The cost is $20 for the first document and $10 for each additional copy of that birth certificate.
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Some older records are not immediately available. For the $20 fee, the application must be sent in to the Office of Vital Records and Statistics, 288N 1460 West, P.O. Box 141012, Salt Lake City, UT, 84114-1012. The time frame is 3 to 4 weeks. For faster service, the fee is $35, and the record is available in 24 hours.
Download English Birth Certificate Form
Download Spanish Birth Certificate Form
DEATH CERTIFICATES
How to Apply:
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Fill out application at your local health department. You can print out the copy of the application form available on this web site and fill it out ahead of time
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Show a current state issued picture ID.
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The fee is $30 for the first document and $10 for each additional copy for that individual.
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It can be processed while you wait.
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Records are available back to 1977. Older records must be requested from the Office of Vital Records and Statistics, 288 N 1460 West, P.O. Box 141012, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-1012. The time frame is 3 to 4 weeks. These certificates can be expedited in a 24 hour time period for a fee of $45.
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For genealogy purposes, contact your local office for further information.
Download English Death Certificate Form
WHERE TO GET VITAL RECORDS
Office Hours:
Vital Records can be obtained in the following offices
(Usually on the same day of service, depending on year of birth)
Carbon County:
Monday - Friday 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Open through the lunch hour
Grand County:
Monday - Thursday 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Closed for lunch 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Emery County:
Monday - Thursday 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Closed for lunch 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
To apply online for records in the State of Utah:
A useful website for obtaining information about records kept by other states is the VitalChek Network Inc. is
http://www.vitalchek.com
or 1-800-255-2414.