How to get an Utah birth certificate

Ways to order

Not offered: online through a vendor.⁶

What an Utah birth certificate costs

First certified copy

$25³

Each additional copy, same order

$10³

Expedite fee

$25³

If no record is found

The fee is kept as a search fee¹

Fees in effect since

July 1, 2026³

Types of copies

No-fee copies

• Who: registrant who is homeless (as defined), or under 26 and in or aged out of DCFS custody; Waived: certified birth certificate fee¹²

How long it takes

These are the office's own published times. Mail and shipping time is extra unless the office says otherwise.

Who can order an Utah birth certificate

The state names these people and bodies as able to order a certified copy. Each line gives the official wording.

• The person named on the record: Certificates can be requested by the person of record, an immediate family member, legal guardians, or a designated legal representative.⁸
• Spouse, child, a parent named on the record, brother or sister, grandparent and grandchild: "Immediate family member" means a spouse, child, parent, sibling, grandparent, or grandchild.¹³
• Legal guardian¹³
  Proof: court order of guardianship appointment (may be requested)⁸
• Attorney or legal representative: "Designated legal representative" means an attorney, physician, funeral service director, genealogist, or other agent of the subject, or an immediate family member of the subject, who has been delegated the authority to access vital records.¹³
  Proof: letter of legal need from the entity requiring the certificate⁸
• Funeral director: only as a designated legal representative who has been delegated authority¹³
  Proof: letter of legal need⁸
• Government agency¹³
• Person named in a court order¹³
• A person whose request involves a personal or property right of the subject¹³
• Anyone: only once the record is public (100 years after the event)¹³

Records open to the public after

100 years⁸

ID you need

Photo ID

Required¹⁰

Accepted ID

• Government issued photo Driver’s License
• Government issued photo identification
• Employment authorization card
• U.S. military identification card
• Tribal identification card
• Permanent resident card
• Foreign visa
• U.S. passport
• U.S. passport card
• Foreign passport
• U.S. naturalization certificate or certificate of citizenship
• Matricula consular card
• Concealed weapon permit
• Mexican voter registration card
• Jail/prison release form (with picture)
• Veteran’s health ID card¹⁰

Without that ID

Two secondary: Work identification - paycheck stub or W-2, School, university, or college identification card, Voter registration card, Social Security card, U.S. military separation/DD-214, Motor vehicle registration/title, Marriage license (certified copy with signatures, not an abstract), Court order or court documents, Jail/prison documents, Probation documents, Property tax receipt, Selective Service card, Hunting/fishing license, Insurance card or documents, Utility bill, Business license, Professional license; Family member with id: spouse, parent, grandparent, sibling, adult child¹⁰

ID copy with a mail order

Include a copy of your ID¹⁰

What the application asks for

Have these details ready before you fill in the form or start an online order.¹

• Full name on certificate
• Birth date
• Birth city and county
• Hospital or place of birth
• Parent 1 full name
• Parent 2 full name
• Is the certificate holder still living?
• Relationship to certificate holder
• Applicant printed name, phone, address
• Number of certificates
• Signature and date

Forms

• Birth certificate application (DHHS-OVRS-104) revision DHHS-OVRS-104 2026¹
• Birth certificate application (Spanish) (DHHS-OVRS-104s) revision DHHS-OVRS-104s 2026¹⁴

Years held and older records

Years the issuing office holds

1905 to today¹

Older records

Utah State Archives (public birth records after 100 years)⁸

Special situations

Delayed registration

Live births filed for individuals one calendar year or older are filed as delayed¹⁵ Details

Births at home

Unassisted home births must be filed within 10 days of the birth¹⁵

Adoption

Utah-born adoptees 18+ may obtain a non-certified copy of their original birth certificate (H.B. 129, in effect November 1, 2025) via the adoption registry site⁵ Details

Sex marker

Sex designation changes by court order (child at least 15 years and 6 months old unless emancipated); intersex amendments by affidavit with a genetic test¹⁶

If the person has died

OVR will not create a delayed birth certificate for a person who has died¹⁵

If no record is found

A certificate of search is issued and the fee is kept³

People without housing

Who: registrant who is homeless (as defined), or under 26 and in or aged out of DCFS custody; Waived: certified birth certificate fee¹²

Adoptees born abroad

Utah prepares a birth certificate for a foreign-born person adopted under Utah law on a court order of adoption plus an order establishing the fact of birth¹⁷

Use abroad

Apostille from the Lieutenant Governor after obtaining a certified copy¹⁸

Warnings from the office

• Third-party vendors are not authorized; their orders are not processed⁵
• False statements are a criminal violation¹

The state office

Office

Office of Vital Records and Statistics⁵

Phone

(801) 538-6105⁷

Email

[email protected]¹

Mailing address

Vital Records, PO Box 141012, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-1012

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Hours

Phone and email Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:00pm Mountain time, closed state holidays⁷

Website

Official website⁵

Questions people ask