Marriage Certification Process

Cost of copy: $25.00 for initial copy. Additional copies of the same record ordered at the same time are $2.00 each.

Address: Please visit the http://www.state.nj.us/health/vital/ for the most up to date information regarding ordering options and information or

Call toll-free at 1-866-649-8726.

Remarks: The State Bureau of Vital Statistics and Registration maintains records from 1901 to present.

All requests must include a copy of the requestor's valid identification, payment of the appropriate fee and proof of relationship to the individual listed on the vital record.

A State or local Registrar may issue a certified copy of a vital record only to persons who establish themselves as the subject of the vital record, the subject's parent, legal guardian or legal representative, spouse, child, grandchild or sibling, if of legal age, to a State or Federal agency for official purposes, pursuant to court order or under other emergent circumstances as determined by the Commissioner. All other applicants will be issued a Certification that state the document is not for identification or legal purposes.

Cost of copy of certificate: $10.00

Address: 
New Jersey State Archives 
225 West State Street 
P.O. Box 307 
Trenton, NJ  08625-0307

Remarks: The New Jersey State Archives searches vital records from May 1, 1848 to December 31, 1900 only.

Personal check or money order should be made payable to New Jersey General Treasury. The general information telephone number is (609) 292-6260.

 

Event: Marriage

 

Cost of copy: $10.00

Marriage records from 1996 to present can be obtained in person from any office of the New York City Clerk. Marriage records from 1930 to 1955 can be obtained solely in the Manhattan Office. For additional information go to this link http://www.cityclerk.nyc.gov/html/marriage/records.shtml

Please mail all Marriage Records Requests to the following address:

Office of the City Clerk 
Municipal Building 
1 Centre Street, Room 252 South 
New York, New York 10007

Manhattan Borough: 
City Clerk's Office 
Municipal Building 
New York, NY 10007

Bronx Borough: 
City Clerk's Office 
1780 Grand Concourse 
Bronx, NY 10457

Brooklyn Borough: 
City Clerk's Office 
Municipal Building 
Brooklyn, NY 11201

Queens Borough: 
City Clerk's Office 
120-55 Queens Boulevard 
Kew Gardens, NY 11424

Staten Island Borough (no longer called Richmond): 
City Clerk's Office 
Staten Island Borough Hall 
Staten Island, NY 10301

 

Event: Marriage (county)

 

Cost of copy: Varies

Remarks: Make application to the Marriage License Clerks, County Court House, in county where license was issued. A list of court houses is available via this link http://www.dsf.health.state.pa.us/health/cwp/view.asp?a=168&Q=202338#MarriageDivorce

 

Cost of copy: $10.00

 

Address: See remarks

Remarks: Requests for certified copies may be submitted to the city/town where the marriage or civil union ceremony occurred, to a town in which either of the parties resided at the time the marriage or civil union occurred, or to the State Vital Records Office. 

Event: Birth, Deaths, Marriages

Cost of copy:  
$15.00 (State issued);  
$10.00 (City/Town issued)

State Issued Certified Certificates 
Department of Public Health 
410 Capitol Avenue, MS #11 VRS 
Hartford, CT 06134

City/Town issued Certified Certificates 
Contact the city or town that the vital event occurred, or the city or town where the registrant lived at the time the vital event occurred. Visit the Connecticut Town Clerk and Registrar Directory for contact information.

Remarks: Requests for  certified copies of birth certificates may be submitted to the State Vital Records office. Requests may also be submitted to the vital records office in the city/town where the person was born, or where the mother lived at the time of birth.

A copy of a photographic identification must be submitted with any request for a birth certificate. The identification must be a  valid, government issued document. If this is not available, you may submit photocopies of two other forms of identification.

If State issued certificate, a personal check or money order should be made payable to the Treasurer, State of Connecticut. Or, a personal check or money order made payable to the town or city where the birth occurred. For additional information, please contact a CT Department of Health Customer Service Representative at 860-509-7897, or visit the http://www.ct.gov/dph/LIB/dph/hisr/PDF/vs_39m.pdf to print copy of marriage application.