Quick Tips

Order your birth or death certificate online using your personal credit/debit/checking account if your name appears on the records so you don't have to wait in line.  UPS express mail delivery is available. 

If your child is under 12 months of age, the fastest way to correct a birth certificate is to bring the original certificate and a completed correction application (PDF) to the hospital where your child was born.

Check the processing time for your order.

Answers to most of your questions can be found on this website. For more information, please call 311 or 212 NEWYORK (212-639-9675)

Watch the video below to learn more about your ordering options.

Birth Certificates

Get a birth certificate for someone born in New York City (Brooklyn, the Bronx, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island) from 1910 until the present (before 1910).
Other languages: [Español] [Creole] [Русский] (PDF)

Get a birth certificate for someone born outside of New York City.

Correct a New York City birth certificate.
Other languages: [Español] (PDF)

Death Certificates

 Get a death certificate for someone who died in New York City (Brooklyn, the Bronx, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island) from 1949 until the present (before 1949)
Other languages: [Español] [Creole] [Русский] (PDF)

Get a death certificate for someone who died outside of New York City.

Correct a New York City death certificate.
Other languages: [Español] [中文] [Creole] [Русский][中文] (PDF)

Correct a death certificate for someone who died outside of New York City.