Colorado - Vital Record Retrieval Guide
Procurement of Vital Records Colorado
Certified Copy of Birth & Death Certificates
Where: Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment: https://cdphe.colorado.gov/
Office in Charge: Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment.
How do you order:
- Online : To order online, visit VitalChek Network.
- A major credit card is required.
- $15 - certified copy with all information collected at time of birth (information has varied throughout the years)
- $2 - each additional copy
- $12.95 - handling fee
- $3 - each additional person in a group order
- $19.50 - UPS fee if selected (U.S. only); additional fee (outside the U.S.)
- Phone orders
- 866-300-8540
Fees
Birth Certificate: Cost Using VitalChek* Authorized Service: $27.50 – $ 47.50
Processing Time:
UPS Next Day Air Saver - 1 - 35 business days
Requirements for ordering: (At least 1 of the following:)
- Certificate of U.S. Citizenship
- Jail Temporary Inmate ID: Denver or Pueblo County
- Colorado Department of Corrections ID card
- Colorado Department of Human Services Youth
- Corrections ID
- Colorado Temporary Driver’s License/State ID (must be
- current)
- Employment Authorization Card (I-766)
- Foreign Passport
- Government Work ID
- Job Corps ID Card
- Job Corps ID Card
- US Merchant Mariner Card/Book
- Driver’s License/ID Card (DMV - U.S.)
- Foreign Driver’s License/ID Card (issued directly from
- foreign country’s government – not state or province)
- School, University or College ID Card (must be current)
- Temporary Resident Card
- U.S. B1/B2 Card with I-94
- U.S. Certificate of Naturalization
- U.S. Citizenship ID Card (I-197)
- U.S. Military ID Card
- U.S. Passport Book or Card
Who can apply for a birth or death certificate?
- The registrant (person name on certificate)
- Current spouse
- Ex-spouse
- Parent/co-parent
- Stepparent
- Legal Guardian
- Grandparents/Great Grandparents
- Siblings/Half siblings
- Children/Grandchildren/Great Grandchildren
- Legal Representative/Paralegals
- Attorney-in-fact/Agent (Power of Attorney)
- Consular Corps/Consulate Offices
- Adoption agencies
- Genealogists
- In-laws/aunts/uncles/nephews/nieces/cousins
- Recruiters
- Governmental agencies (SSA, Human Services, etc.)
Source: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Qauj-K6-WsmPPZCa3OOf8wYUQ5t0gp-y/view
Marriage & Divorce Certificates
Where:
- Back to birth, death and other vital records
- *For a copy of the original marriage license/certificate, contact the clerk and recorder that issued the document.
- *For a copy of the original divorce decree, contact the county district court that issued the document.
- We provide verification of marriages, civil unions and divorces for the years 1900 to 1939 and 1975 to present, recorded with the Colorado Office of the State Registrar. Verifications only contain the names, date, and county of event.
- Online: VitalChek
- Phone orders: 866-300-8540
Fees
Certified marriage records are $17 per copy.
Please view our current Fees. https://cdphe.colorado.gov/order-certificate-now
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