Order Birth Certificates

NOTICE OF FEE INCREASE EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2013

ASSEMBLY BILL 1053, signed by Governor Brown and Chaptered on October 2, 2011 (Chapter 203, Statutes of 2011), authorized an increase of $2.00 for each certified copy of a birth, death or fetal death record.

FEE

• Birth Certificate is $23.00 per certified copy (as of January 1, 2013).  Please make checks payable to "County of Los Angeles".

Birth certificates can be obtained from several different local and state vital records offices depending on where the birth took place.

The Los Angeles County Vital Records Office is able to provide certificates for all births occurring in Los Angeles County from 1964 to the current year.  Births prior to 1964 must be obtained at the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk's (RR/CC) office.  Birth certificates are available at the RR/CC offices approximately 6 weeks after the date of birth.

NOTE:  If the country to which you are traveling requires an Apostille or Certification, you must obtain a certified copy from the RR/CC since the California Secretary of State will only provide authentication of the County Clerk or Recorder's signature.  Please visit this website for more information: http://www.sos.ca.gov/business/notary/authentication.htm

To order a copy of a certificate for a birth that occurred between 1964-present, please fill out two forms:

    1. Application for a Birth Record

    2. Certificate of Identity (must be notarized if sent by mail)

BY MAIL

Mail check payable to "County of Los Angeles" (DO NOT SEND CASH), Application form, and a notarized Certificate of Identity to:

OR

Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk
Birth, Death and Marriage Records Section
P.O. Box 489
Norwalk, California 90651-0489
Los Angeles, CA 90053-0120
(562) 462-2137

IN-PERSON

IF YOU APPLY IN-PERSON, WE ACCEPT CASH, CHECK AND ATM/CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS.  PLEASE MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO "COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES".

Born in the cities of Long Beach or Pasadena

The Los Angeles County Office of Vital Records does not provide any information on births that occurred in the cities of Pasadena and Long Beach. For vital records information in these areas, please see below: