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Birth Certificates

Ordering a Birth Certificate

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.

Accessing a Birth Certificate

Access to a birth certificate is limited to:

  • The person named on the certificate.
  • An adult child of the person named on the certificate.
  • A parent named on the certificate.
  • A grandparent of the person named on the certificate.
  • An adult sibling of the person named on the certificate.
  • The spouse of the person named on the certificate.
  • The authorized legal guardian or agent of the person named on the certificate.

 

Providing Required Documents

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.
  • Additional documentation if you’re ordering the birth certificate of a person other than yourself or your child. See the table below.

If your relationship to the person named on the birth certificate is:

You must provide:

A grandparentThe birth certificate of your child who is the parent of the person
A sibling (age 18 or over)Your birth certificate showing at least one parent in common with the person
A child (age 18 over over)Your birth certificate showing the person is your parent
The spouseYour marriage license, a photocopy of spouse’s picture ID, and a notarized letter of permission from spouse
The temporary or permanent legal guardianA court order or other legal documentation proving custody
The attorney serving as a temporary or permanent legal representativeA letter on your law firm’s letterhead stating that you have been retained to serve as the person’s legal representative
The individual or agency representative empowered by statute or appointed by a court to act on the person’s behalfA court order or other legal documentation proving representative status

 

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

Search fee: $25

(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

$5

Online orders through our website

Additional $5 processing fee

Fees can be paid as follows:
 

In person

By mail

Online

Cash

  

Credit or debit card

 

Certified check*

 

Money order*

 

*Make payable to: DeKalb County Vital Records Office. Personal checks not accepted.


Placing an Order

In person

Bring the required documents and payment to a Vital Records office:

Richardson Health Center, Suite 191
445 Winn Way
Decatur, GA 30030
Hours: Monday – Friday, 8:15 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Phone: (404) 294-3857

North DeKalb Health Center
3807 Clairmont Road, NE
Chamblee, GA 30341
Hours: Tuesday, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Phone: (678) 475-4308

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

By mail

Send the required documents and payment to:

DeKalb County Vital Records Office
P.O. Box 639
Decatur, GA 30031

Online
    • Through DeKalb Public Health website
      • Be sure to have the required documents and your credit/debit card information ready.
      • Click here
      • Through a third-party vendor: VitalChek.

 

Correcting or Changing a Birth Record

If a birth record has already been created and you want to make a correction or change:

  • Call the Georgia Office of Vital Records: (404) 679-4702
  • Write to:    


Georgia Office of Vital Records
1680 Phoenix Boulevard, Suite 100
Atlanta, GA 30349

Filing a Record for a Home or Other Out-of-Institution Birth

Records of home and other out-of-institution births should be filed in compliance with Georgia Department of Public Health rule 511-1-3-.05. All out-of-institution births in DeKalb County must be filed in person at: 

DeKalb County Vital Records Office
Richardson Health Center, Suite 191
445 Winn Way
Decatur, GA 30030

Click here for the Out-of-Institution Package.

Death Certificates

You can order a death certificate in person, by mail or online. A death certificate is available for 75 years after the death.

Funeral Home Info

The Georgia Vital Events Registration System (GAVERS) is the vital records registration and issuance software

SERVICE ALERT:

All DeKalb Public Health clinics and offices will
closed early Friday, December 13th at 11:00 a.m. for a staff event. We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your understanding. Regular hours will resume Monday, December 16th. Thank you!

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Due to unplanned maintenance,
our Clifton Springs Health Center will be on CLOSED on Monday, November 4, 2024.

Our East DeKalb, T. O. Vinson and North DeKalb
Health Centers remain open to serve you.

We apologize for any inconvenience and
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Due to unexpected maintenance, our Clifton Springs Health Center will be closing early today at 2:30 p.m.
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Our health centers will be closed, on October 13, 2025, in observance of the state holiday.

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Our health centers will be closed April 18, 2025, in observance of the State holiday.

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Our health centers will be closed January 20, 2025, in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr’s Birthday.

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Our health centers will be closed on January 1, 2025, in observance of the State holiday.

AIR QUALITY UPDATE 

Current weather models show that winds will begin to shift
from the east to the west after sunset on Wednesday.

Smoke from the BioLab facility fire in Rockdale County is predicted to settle towards the ground as it moves toward Atlanta. There is a high likelihood that people across Metro Atlanta will wake up on Thursday morning seeing haze and smelling chlorine.

For more information about health precautions, click here.

last updated 10/2/2024 at 5:45 p.m.

Warning SERVICE ALERT UPDATE Warning

DeKalb Public Health will resume normal operations
for all health centers and services at 8:15 a.m.,
on Monday, September 30.

SERVICE ALERT 

Due to today’s worldwide cybersecurity outage, some services have been impacted.

  • You may experience delays reaching our Call Center, which handles health center appointments.
  • WIC benefit issuance is unavailable at this time. However, eWIC cards can still be used at authorized WIC vendors.


This outage has not only affected DeKalb Public Health, but other government and business services, in Georgia, throughout the nation and internationally.

We apologize for the inconvenience and greatly appreciate your patience, as we work with our partners to fully restore systems.

SERVICE ALERT: Our health centers will be closed on Tuesday December 24 and Wednesday, December 25th, in observance of the holiday. Merry Christmas and happy holidays!

SERVICE ALERT: Our health centers will be closed on November 28-29th, in observance of the State holiday.

SERVICE ALERT: Our health centers will be closed on Monday, November 11th, in observance of the Veterans Day holiday.

SERVICE ALERT: Our health centers will be closed on Monday, October 14th, in observance of the State holiday.

SERVICE ALERT: Our health centers will be closed on Monday, September 2, in observance of the holiday. Have a safe and healthy Labor Day! 

SERVICE ALERT

In observance of Juneteenth, all DeKalb Public Health centers will be closed on Wednesday, June 19th. #happyjuneteenth

SERVICE ALERT: Our health centers will be closed on Thursday, July 4th, in observance of the Federal Holiday. Have a safe and healthy Fourth of July!