Welcome to the official website for the
Maricopa County Office of Vital Registration
Effective March 1st, 2013, personal checks will NO longer be accepted. Please make payment for certified copies, corrections and amendments with either a money order, cashier's check or with a Visa or MasterCard credit card. If mailing an application and paying by Visa or MasterCard, the applicant must include a clear photocopy of the card signer's photo ID. Cash is accepted when applying in person.
3221 N. 16th Street, Phoenix
(Cross streets – 16th St & Flower, one block south of Osborn)
3003 W. Thomas, Phoenix - NEXT DOOR TO WIC OFFICE
(Easily accessible from I-10, I-17 & Grand Avenue)
4419 E. Main St., Suite 105, Mesa - NEXT DOOR TO WIC OFFICE
(Easily accessed from the I-60 and Loop 202 Red Mountain Frwy)
Our office hours are 8:00a.m. to 4:30p.m. however, in order to receive service we recommend that you arrive no later than 4:00p.m.
All certificates are $20.00 and paternities, corrections, and amendments for births, which occurred from 1997 to the present, are $30.00. Paternities, corrections, and amendments are accepted Monday - Friday from 8:00a.m. to 4:00p.m. We may be reached by phone at (602) 506-6805. Se habla Espanol.
The Office of Vital Registration may issue certified copies of birth certificates for births that occurred in Arizona from 1950 to the present. Our office may issue certified copies of death, fetal death, and certificates of birth resulting in stillbirth for recent events.
Events that occurred outside of Arizona:
If you are looking for a birth or death record from another state, you must contact that state's vital records office. Birth records that occurred in other states are not available from the Maricopa County Office of Vital Registration. 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 Registration.