Vital Records

Birth Certificates

Birth records are available from 1919 to the present. Georgia law and the Department of Community Health regulation require that all requests for vital records include the signature and picture ID of the requestor and the proper fee. Access to birth records is limited to:

• the person named on the certificate
• the parents shown on the birth record
• an authorized legal guardian or agent
• grandparents of the person named on the certificate
• an adult child of the person named on the certificate
• an adult sibling of the person named on the certificate
• the spouse of the person named on the certificate

Required Information

The person requesting a certified copy of a birth record must provide:

1. All the information below on a signed request form
   • Full name of person shown on the birth certificate (last name at birth if female)
   • Date of Birth (month, day, year)
   • Place of Birth (city, county),
   • Current age
   • Sex
   • Race (optional)
   • Full name of mother (include mother's maiden last name)
   • Full name of father
   • Relationship to the person named on the birth certificate requested
   • The number of certificates requested
2. A certified check or money order made payable to Vital Records Services
3. Include a photocopy of your valid photo ID, such as
   • Copy of a Driver's License
   • Copy of State Issued ID Card
   • Copy of Employee ID Card

NOTE: If you are applying for children 18 and under, please include your ID as the parent, grandparent, or legal guardian.

You may provide the above information in one of the following ways:

1. By filling out a form online, printing it, signing it, and mailing it to Vital Records
2. By downloading the PDF version of the form, filling it out by hand and mailing it to Vital Records
3. By writing all the following information down and mailing it to Vital Records

Fees

Georgia law requires pre-payment before a record or a service can be provided. Fees are not refundable after a service has been provided. Records are sent first class mail.

Special Filing Fees
(In addition to the $15.00 search fee, which must also be included.)

No special filing fee is required during the first year of birth to amend a birth record. This includes all types of amendments.

Where to Request a Birth Certificate

The following options are available for requesting a birth certificate:

• Mail your request, fee and photocopy of valid photo ID to:

  Vital Records
  2600 Skyland Drive, NE
  Atlanta, GA 30319

• Request a birth certificate in person at the state Vital Records Office or County Vital Records Office in the county where the birth occurred.
• Request a birth certificate from the VitalChek web site.

  You may request a certified copy of a vital record by using your Discover, MasterCard, American Express or Visa charge card through the use of VitalChek services.

  (The VitalChek Network is not affiliated with the State of Georgia.)

  There is an additional VitalChek charge to use your credit card to request a certified copy of a vital record by telephone or fax.

• Note: You may use the VitalChek fax service to request a record, but copies of birth certificates cannot be sent by fax.
• Note: It is not possible to request a birth certificate via email.

Methods of Payment

Fees may be paid by one of the following methods (make certified checks and money orders payable to Vital Records):

• Certified check
• Money order
• Credit card through VitalChek only

Note: Please do not send cash in the mail.