Birth and Death Certificates

The Division of Vital Records maintains birth and death events that occur in Pennsylvania from 1906 to the present.

This website provides information on obtaining certified copies of birth and death certificates, amending these certificates and other available services. You may need certified copies of these certificates for:

• Passport
• School Entrance
• Social Security
• Employment
• Personal Identification
• Estate Purposes
• Inheritance
• Genealogy

Pennsylvania law protects and restricts the release of vital records; as such, vital records are not public records and cannot be searched online.