Birth Certificates

couple placing an order online

You can order a birth certificate in person, by mail or online. Certificates from 1919 to the present are available.

For a newborn’s certificate, please wait at least two weeks after the birth of the child before placing an order.

Vital Records Office
Hours: Monday – Friday, 8:15 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Phone: (404) 294-3857

Please arrive more than 15 minutes before closing time. Offices are closed on state holidays.

Access to a birth certificate is limited to:

You must bring, mail or upload:

A completed and signed Birth Certificate Request form (English / Spanish). (Or provide the requested information on a plain sheet of paper.)
A valid photo ID or a photocopy. Acceptable ID includes:
- State of Georgia driver’s license.
- Photo ID card issued by a government agency.
- Photo ID card issued by an employer.
- Photo ID card issued by a college or university.
- Resident Alien Card (Form I-551 issued by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service).
- Temporary Resident Alien Card (Form I-668 issued by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service).
- Government passport issued by a country.
- Military ID card issued by the U.S. Armed Forces.
- Matricula card.
If your relationship to the person named on the birth certificate is:

You must provide:

Making Payment

Georgia law requires payment before a service can be provided. Fees are not refundable after a service has been provided.

The fees are:

If exact birth date is known

(includes one certified copy of certificate, if record is found)

If exact birth date is unknown

Multi-year search fee: $25

(covers up to 3 years and includes one certified copy of certificate, if record is found)

Each additional certificate of same record ordered at same time

Online orders through our website

Additional $5 processing fee

Fees can be paid as follows:

By mail

Online