Acceptable Identification List to Obtain Vital Records
ID MUST BE CURRENT
Identification is required for all non-public Vital Records. Mailed requests must
include an easily identifiable photocopy of the back and front of your identification
from the list below. If no identification is enclosed, your application will be
returned.
Primary Identification
(Need 1 of the following)
- Government-issued Photo Driver License
- Government-issued Photo ID Card
- Employment Authorization Card
- U.S. Military ID Card
- Tribal ID Card
- Permanent Resident Card
- Foreign VISA
- U.S. Passport or U.S. Passport Card
- Foreign Passport
- U.S. Naturalization Certificate
or Certificate of Citizenship
- U.S Citizen Identification Card
- Matricula Consular Card
- Concealed Weapon Permit
- Mexican Voter Registration Card
- Jail/Prison Release Form (with picture)
- Veteran's Health ID Card
(OR)
Secondary Identification
(Need 2 of the following)
- Work ID/W-2/Paycheck
- School, College, or University ID (with date)
- Voter Registration Card
- Social Security Card
- U.S. Military Separation/DD-214
- Motor Vehicle Registration/Title
- Marriage License (certified copy with signatures, not
an abstract version)
- Court Order or Court Document
- Jail/Prison Documents
- Probation Documents
- Property Tax Receipt
- Selective Service Card
- Hunting/Fishing License
- Insurance Card or Document
- Utility Bill
- Business License
- Professional License
We Cannot Accept Driving Privilege Card OR Novelty ID Card
UCA 53-3-207(7)b(ii)
If you cannot provide acceptable identification, you may have a spouse, parent, grandparent, sibling, or
adult child who can provide appropriate identification request the vital record. THE STATE of UTAH REQUIRES PROOF OF RELATIONSHIP.
Birth/Stillbirth Certificate
- Birth certificates are available approximately 10 days after the child is born.
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Birth certificates for births anywhere in the state of Utah that have occurred from
1926 to the present may be obtained here.
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Utah County birth certificates are also available through this office back to 1882.
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Utah birth records become public after 100 years of the birth event through the
State of Utah Archives.
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Births outside of Utah: Go to
Utah Vital Records Website
for contact information.
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For those born in Utah but currently live out of state, call
(801) 525-5150
for questions OR go to
Utah Vital Records
to order online.
Fees
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$22 for a Birth Certificate, $10 for an
additional
certified copy that is requested for the
same
record on the
same
day
- $18 for a Stillborn Birth Certificate
Certificate Requests
Requests require the applicant 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) The State of Utah requires proof of
relationship.
- Birth certificate requests can be made either in person or through the mail.
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Acceptable identification
must be presented when applying for a vital record.
- Requests must include the appropriate fee.
Voluntary Declarations of Paternity
The legal process used to add a biological father to his child's birth certificate when
the parents are not married at the time of birth. The mother must initiate the request.
The process requires submitting a Birth Certificate Application completed by the mother,
completed Father's Worksheet, a copy of the parents ID, and the correct fees. The
declaration is then sent to the State to amend the birth certificate.
Affidavits for Correction
The legal process to correct minor errors that may exist on the birth certificate. This
process requires notarizing signatures and submitting the documents to the State for
correction. For minor children, both parents need to sign.
* If father is not listed on the certificate, the mother and one of her immediate family
members must come in.
Stillbirth Certificate
Fees
- $18 for a Stillborn Birth Certificate
Death Certificate
The Office of Vital Records and Statistics has records for deaths that occurred in the
State of Utah from
1905 to present
. Utah Death records may be obtained here.
Utah death records become public after 50 years of the death event through the State of
Utah Archives.
Fees
-
$30 for a Death Certificate, $10 for an
additional
certified copy that is requested for the
same
record on the
same
day
Certificate Requests
Requests require the applicant to be an immediate family member (child, surviving
spouse, parent, sibling, grandparent, grandchild) of the person whose record is being
requested. (See Utah Code 26B-8-125)
The State of Utah requires proof of relationship.
- Death certificate requests can be made either in person or through the mail.
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Acceptable
identification
must be presented when applying for a vital record.
- Requests must include the appropriate fee.
Marriage & Divorce Certificates
We issue Utah marriage and divorce certificates that occurred between 1978 and 2010.
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Marriage and Divorce certificate requests can be made either in person or through
the mail.
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Acceptable
identification
must be presented when applying for a vital record.
- Requests must include the appropriate fee.
NOTE:
If you need a marriage record for a marriage that happened outside of 1978-2010,
please contact the county clerk office that it was filed with.
If you need a divorce record for a divorce that happened outside of 1978-2010 or
you want the decree, please contact the
district court
that it was filed with.
Marriage Licenses
Marriage licenses must be obtained at
Davis County Clerk's office
,
(801) 451-3218
.