Birth Certificate Information

• Birth certificates are available approximately 10 days after the child is born.
• Birth certificates for births anywhere in the state of Utah that have occurred from 1926 to the present may be obtained here.
• Utah County birth certificates are also available through this office back to 1882.
• Utah State Archives birth records become public after 100 years of the birth event.
  
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• Births outside of Utah: Go to https://vitalrecords.health.utah.gov/ for contact information. 
• For those born in Utah but currently living out of state, call (801) 525-5150 for questions OR go to Utah Vital Records to order online.

Fees

• $22 for a Birth Certificate, $10 for an additional certified copy of a birth certificate that is requested for the same record on the same day
• $18 for a Stillborn Birth Certificate

Certificate Requests

Requests require the requestor to be the individual or an immediate family member (child, current spouse, parent, sibling, grandparent, grandchild) of the person whose record is being requested. (See Utah Code 26B-8-125)

• Birth certificate requests can be made either in person or through the mail.
• Acceptable identification must be presented when applying for a birth certificate.
• Requests must include the appropriate fee.

Voluntary Declarations of Paternity

The legal process used to add the biological father to his child’s birth certificate when the parents are not married at the time of birth.  Mother and Father must come in with a current ID to begin the process. The declaration is then sent to the State to correct the birth certificate.

Affidavits for Correction

The legal process to correct errors that may exist on the birth certificate.  Mother and Father must come in with their current ID to complete the affidavit. This process requires notarizing signatures and submitting the documents to the State OVRS for correction. 

* If father is not listed on the certificate, the mother and one of her immediate family members must come in.