Birth
Event: Birth
Cost of copy: $30.00
Address:
Certification Unit
Vital Records Section/2nd floor
800 North Pearl Street
Menands, NY 12204
Remarks: State office has records since 1881. For records before 1914 in Albany, Buffalo, and Yonkers, or before 1880 in any other city, write to Registrar of Vital Statistics in city where event occurred. For the rest of the State, except New York City, write to State office.
Personal check or money order should be made payable to New York State Department of Health. Payment of mail order copies submitted from foreign countries must be made by a check drawn on a United States bank or by and international money order. To verify current fees, the telephone number is (518) 474-3075. This will be a recorded message. Information on how to obtain certified copies is also available via the New York State Department of Health website.
For all types of State and local issued copies, the applicant is required to provide government issued photo identification.
Death
Event: Death
Cost of copy: $30.00
Address:
Certification Unit
Vital Records Section/2nd floor
800 North Pearl Street
Menands, NY 12204
Remarks: State office has records since 1881. For records before 1914 in Albany, Buffalo, and Yonkers, or before 1880 in any other city, write to Registrar of Vital Statistics in city where event occurred. For the rest of the State, except New York City, write to State office.
Personal check or money order should be made payable to New York State Department of Health. Payment of mail order copies submitted from foreign countries must be made by a check drawn on a United States bank or by and international money order. To verify current fees, the telephone number is (518) 474-3075. This will be a recorded message. Information on how to obtain certified copies is also available via the New York State Department of Health website.
For all types of State and local issued copies, the applicant is required to provide government issued photo identification.
Marriage
Event: Marriage (State)
Cost of copy: $30.00
Address:
Certification Unit
Vital Records Section/2nd floor
800 North Pearl Street
Menands, NY 12204
Remarks: Records from 1880 to present.
Event:
Marriage (City)
Cost of copy:
$5.00
Address:
See remarks
Remarks:
For records from 1880-1907 and licenses issued in the cities of Albany, Buffalo, or Yonkers, apply to–Albany: City Clerk, City Hall, Albany, NY 12207; Buffalo: City Clerk, City Hall, Buffalo, NY 14202; Yonkers: Registrar of Vital Statistics, Health Center Building, Yonkers, NY 10701.
Divorce
Event: Divorce (State)
Cost of copy: $30.00
Address:
Certification Unit
Vital Records Section/2nd floor
800 North Pearl Street
Menands, NY 12204
Remarks: Records since January 1963.
Event: Divorce (County)
Cost of copy: Varies
Address: See remarks
Remarks: County Clerk in county where divorce was granted.
The above information is an excerpt from an article entitled Where to Write for Vital Records published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The full article can be found here.