SOVR Partners and Stakeholders
Welcome to the State Office of Vital Records (SOVR) Partners and Stakeholders page. Here you will find important information and resources to assist you with your day-to-day vital records responsibilities.
PARTNERS AND STAKEHOLDERS
- DPH County Registrars
- Probate Judges
- Physicians
- Hospitals
- Birthing Clerks
- Coroners
- Funeral Homes
- Medical Examiners
FREQUENTLY USED FORMS
Permit
for Disinterment/Reinternment Form
Disposition
of Human Remains Form
Birth
Certificate Paper Order Form
Supplemental
Death Form
Pronouncement
of Death Form
Training
Room Request Form
(This form is for DPH programs/offices/employees only and is subject to availability and approval)
Out
of Institution Birth Packet
Deputy
Registrars for Disposition Permits
GEORGIA CODE AND VR RULES AND REGULATIONS
Georgia Code
Georgia Rules & Regulations
COUNTIES BY REGION
All of Georgia’s 159 counties are assigned to a regional consultant at the State Office of Vital Records. A regional consultant serves as the liaison between partners/stakeholders and the State Office. Your assigned regional consultant (RC) can assist you with answering questions, resolving escalations. They also provide group and individualized face to face and virtual trainings. Regional consultants are county specific. Please see the listing below to identify and contact your regional consultant
Region 1-North (Regional Consultant:Young)
Counties in Region: Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Cobb, Columbia, Dade, Dawson, Elbert, Fannin, Floyd, Forsyth, Franklin, Fulton, Gilmer, Glascock, Gordon, Greene, Habersham, Hall, Hancock, Hart, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Jones, Lincoln, Lumpkin, Madison, McDuffie, Morgan, Murray, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Paulding, Pickens, Polk, Putnam, Rabun, Stephens, Taliaferro, Towns, Union, Walker, Warren, Washington, White, Whitfield, Wilkes, Wilkinson
Region 2-West (Regional Consultant:Tukes)
Counties in Region: Baker, Brooks, Butts, Calhoun, Carroll, Chattahoochee, Clay, Clayton, Clarke, Colquitt, Coweta, Crawford, Decatur, DeKalb, Dooly, Dougherty, Douglas, Early, Fayette, Grady, Haralson, Harris, Heard, Henry, Lamar, Lee, Macon, Marion, Meriwether, Miller, Mitchell, Monroe, Muscogee, Newton, Peach, Pike, Quitman, Randolph, Rockdale, Schley, Seminole, Spalding, Stewart, Sumter, Talbot, Taylor, Terrell, Thomas, Troup, Upson, Walton, Webster, Worth
Region 3-Southeast (Regional Consultant: Traylor)
Counties in Region: Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bibb, Bleckley, Brantley, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Camden, Candler, Charlton, Chatham, Clinch, Coffee, Cook, Crisp, Dodge, Echols, Effingham, Emanuel, Evans, Glynn, Gwinnett, Houston, Irwin, Jeff Davis, Jenkins, Johnson, Lanier, Laurens, Liberty, Long, Lowndes, McIntosh, Montgomery, Pierce, Pulaski, Richmond, Screven, Tattnall, Taylor, Telfair, Tift, Toombs, Treultan, Turner, Twiggs, Ware, Wayne, Wheeler, Wilcox
Find a Vital Records Office in your area.
Get directions to a Vital Records Office in your area.
Please contact your Regional Consultant with any questions or concerns directly or via the Communications Center at 404-679-4702 during business hours from 8:00AM to 4:30PM.
VITAL CONNECTION NEWSLETTERS AND COMMUNIQUES
Vital Connection Newsletter (First Quarter Edition 2022)
Guidance for Certifying COVID-19 Deaths (05.07.2020)
Opioid Surveillance Fields (Registrars)
Opioid Surveillance Fields (Coroners and Medical Examiners)
Opioid Surveillance Fields (Physicians)
Vital Connection Newsletter (Second Quarter Edition 2022)
Page last updated 4/13/2022