- Office hours 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, excluding State holidays.
- For walk-in services, please allow five days processing time for standard requests. Five day processing time is not available for genealogical requests or for certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth requests.
You will be required to complete an application for certified copy of a birth or death certificate. You may download Adobe Acrobat Reader to print the application.
You must present valid government issued photo identification. Examples of acceptable identification are a state issued driver's license or non-driver photo ID with requestor's name and current address, etc. If you do not have acceptable photo identification, please follow this simple set of instructions in order to obtain a birth certificate.
There is a $10 fee for each certified copy of birth and $9.00 for each certified copy of death. Check or money order should be made payable to Vital Records. No fee may be required for certificates of Armed Forces members and their dependents.
We suggest you review the list of Who May Request a Birth or Death Certificate to determine if you are eligible to apply for a certified copy.
The Philadelphia office only maintains death certificates for the city of Philadelphia from 2003 to the present. Requests for other death certificates will be forwarded to the central office in New Castle, Pennsylvania for processing.
Directions from the North
Follow 1-95 South
Merge onto I-676W
Take 8 th Street exit
Turn left onto N 8 th Street
Vital records is located in Suite 108 at 110 North 8 th Street
Directions from the South
Follow 1-95 North
Merge onto I-676W/30W
Take 8 th Street exit
Turn left onto N 8 th Street
Vital records is located in Suite 108 at 110 North 8 th Street
Directions from the East
Follow I-76 West
Take exit 2 for I-676N toward Camden
Slight left onto I-676W (partial toll)
Take exit toward N 8 th Street
Keep left at fork to continue toward North 8 Street
Turn left at N 8 th Street
Vital records is located in Suite 108 at 110 North 8 th Street
Directions from the West
Follow PA Turnpike I-76E (toll road)
Turn slight left at I-676E
Take 8 th Street exit
Turn right onto N 8 th Street
Vital records is located in Suite 108 at 110 North 8 th Street
