| Welcome to the official web site for
the Office of Vital Records for the State of Arizona. We hope you find this web
site both helpful and informative. If you have any comments or suggestions,
please use the link at the bottom of this page to contact our webmaster.
Our street address is 1818 W. Adams Street in Phoenix.
Adams is two blocks south of Van Buren.
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Please Note:
The average
processing time for applications submitted through the mail is 15 to 20
business days from the date the application is received by Vital
Records. |
TO INQUIRE ABOUT AN
ORDER PLACED ON-LINE WITH VITALCHEK, PLEASE CALL 1-877-803-0609.
| Please Note:
You must be able to present
Valid Identification when applying for
a Birth or Death certificate. |
Parking: Disabled parking
spaces and some additional spaces for non-disabled parking are available
close to the Office of Vital Records. These spaces are accessible from the
south side of Monroe Street just east of 19th Avenue. Additional free
parking is available one block east in our parking garage on 18th Avenue,
midway between Van Buren and Adams Streets.
Click
here for a map. You will
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Many Arizona County Health Departments provide vital records services.
Please click on the link to the left for Local
Offices to determine if you can be served in a local Arizona community.
Our customer service lobby is open
from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. However, in order to receive service, you
will need to arrive before 4:00 p.m. All customers who arrive after 4:00
p.m. will be able to receive information only.
The Office of Vital Records is
responsible for maintaining and issuing certified copies of vital records,
including birth, death and fetal death certificates and certificates of
birth resulting in stillbirth for events that occurred in Arizona. The
Office of Vital Records officially began recording birth and death events in
July, 1909. However, it maintains a sampling of delayed birth records of
Arizona citizens (from 1855) and death records (from 1877) from other
sources.
Each state maintains its own vital
records. If you are looking for a birth or death record from another state,
you must contact that state's vital records office. Birth and death records
for events that occurred in other states are not available from Arizona's
Office of Vital Records. For your convenience, we have a list of
contact information for other states.
Marriage and divorce records in
Arizona are maintained by the
Clerk of the Superior Court in the county where the event occurred.
Marriage and divorce records are not available from the Office of Vital
Records.
Recorded messages explaining many of
our programs can be accessed by calling: (602) 364-1300, or, within Arizona
(888) 816-5907.
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