Office of Vital Records
P.O. Box 1000
Richmond, Virginia 23218-1000
We encourage you to mail your certificate request to our office. We require identification documentation before we can process your order. Please include the following information for the respective requests:
Birth Certificate
Name at birth
Date of birth
Place of birth
Mother's Maiden name
Father's name
Relationship to the person on the certificate
Reason for the certificate
Area code + daytime phone
number
Death Certificate
Name of deceased
Date of death
Place of death
Relationship to the deceased
Reason for the certificate
Area code + daytime phone number
Marriage & Divorce Records
Name
Date of marriage/divorce
Place of marriage/divorce
Relationship to the person on the certificate
Reason for the certificate
Area code + daytime phone number
Please include your return address and sign your request.
Virginia statutes require a fee of $12.00 be charged each certification of a vital check record or for a search of the files when no certification is made. Please make check or money order payable to the State Health Department. There is a $30.00 service charge for returned checks. METHOD OF PAYMENT - CHECK or MONEY ORDER ONLY ( do not send CASH through the mail).
For all birth records requiring no amendments (adoptions, paternity establishment, name changes, etc.), and for all marriage records, divorce records, death records and non-automated birth records, please allow delivery time of 10 business/working days from the date the request is received in this office.
For all documents that require amendments, please allow our staff 10 to 15 business/working days from the date the request is received in this office for the staff to respond to your request.
We are aggresively pursuing a program to get certificates to our clients as quickly as possible and we are working hard to reduce the turnaround time for automated searches.