The Eastern Shore Health District can help you get important legal documents, such as birth, death, marriage, and divorce certificates for events that happened in Virginia. You can request these records in-person at either health department or through the online Vital Records application.
You must show an accepted form of photo ID to request a vital record. Vital records can only be given to immediate family members, including a mother, father, current spouse, child, brother, sister, or grandparent with valid ID. Aunts, uncles, cousins, in-laws, and others cannot receive these records.
The cost is $12.00 for each record search. This fee is required by Virginia law and is not refunded if the record is not found. There is no fee for a Certificate of Birth Resulting in Stillbirth. It costs $10.00 to make changes to an existing record.
If you have other questions, please call:
757-787-5880 in Accomack
757-442-6228 in Northampton