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Vital Records - For Mail-In Requests Only

You can also obtain the birth/death record from the city or county health department office where the event occurred, provided there is no court or legal action.

Locate the local health district office

For all birth records requiring no amendments (adoptions, paternity establishment, name changes, etc.), and for all death records, please allow delivery time of 3 to 6 weeks from the date the request is received in this office. Any current legal actions or corrections being done, will require between 3 to 6 months for processing.

Address for Mail-In ORDERS ONLY:

Ohio Department of Health
Vital Statistics
P.O. Box 15098
Columbus, Ohio
43215-0098
(614) 466-2531

You can write the following information for the respective requests on a plain piece of paper:

Birth Certificate
(December 1908 to the present)

Death Certificate
(January 1954 to the present)

Name at birth
Date of birth
Place of birth
Mother's Maiden name
Father's name
Your area code and daytime phone number

Other Available Certificates

Heirloom Birth Certificate
Fetal Death Certificate
Stillbirth Certificate

Name of deceased
Date of death
Place of death
Your area code and daytime phone number

A check or money order of $16.50 (in U.S. funds) for each certificate (birth and death only), payable to the "Treasurer, State of Ohio", should accompany each request which covers the cost for the certificate and search. (Please note that we do not accept counter checks, that is, checks that do not have the user's preprinted name and address.)

Last Updated: 3/29/07