Vital Records

Register, preserve, amend, and certify all Georgia vital events.

Requesting Vital Records

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Please note: We are currently experiencing an increased volume of orders

We’ve taken the necessary steps to ensure your request is processed and shipped within our standard processing time frame. 

  • Actual processing times may be impacted by current request volumes and the availability of required information to locate the certificate. We appreciate your patience and understanding as we work to fulfill your request as promptly as possible. 

Online Certificate Services

  • Processing and shipping within 10 weeks.
  • Only birth certificates & death certificates available online.
  • Online vendors: ROVER (SOG Agency Vendor), VitalChek, & GO Certificates.

Mail-In County Vital Records Offices-Certificate Services: (Regular service)

  • Regular orders are shipped within 10 weeks
  • Marriage certificates, printed certified copies of existing birth and death certificates, & processing/registration of death events.
  • Requirements: completed request form, supporting documents, & money order or cashier’s check.

Mail-In State Office of Vital Records (SOVR)-Certificate Services: (Processed and shipped within 10 weeks)

  • Certificate Amendments (record changes): foreign adoptions (birth certificates non-US), fetal death (stillbirth) certificates, putative father (registry of potential biological fathers for parental rights &/or adoption incidences), home birth packets (out of institution birth registrations), & delayed birth certificates (records requiring creation after the child’s first birthday).
  • Requirements: completed request form, supporting documents, & money order or cashier’s check.
  • State Office of Vital Records, 1680 Phoenix Boulevard, Suite 100, Atlanta, GA 30349

Please be advised that requests open for more than one year are automatically closed in our system. If you’d still like to move forward, simply submit a new request along with the required payment and we’ll be happy to assist you. 

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