Vital Records

Welcome!  Please review and click on the options below for the type of service you are seeking. 

• You can order records online, or by mail, or (if needed) by appointment.
• Appointments, if needed, must be scheduled in advance.
• UPDATE: Due to a recent surge in customer requests, our response time has been impacted.  Once a request is received in our office, please allow 7 - 10 business days for processing (this does not include return mail time).  

Births

Certified Copy of a Birth Record

Court Order Name Change - Updating a Birth Record

Correcting a Birth Record

Adding a Father to a Birth Record (Establishing Paternity)

Adoption - Updating a Birth Record

Birth Resulting in Stillbirth

Fetal Deaths

Certified Copy of a Fetal Death Record

Marriages and Divorces

County Marriage Records

County Divorce Records

Additional Links

Authentication by Apostille/Certification

SD Vital Records

MN Vital Records

MT Vital Records

Other State Vital Records

U.S. Passport

Births to U.S. Citizens born Abroad 

Deaths

Certified Copy of a Death Record

Search our Public Death Index

Electronic Registration

EVERS

Vital Records Forms

Forms

Vital Records Publications

You can contact North Dakota Vital Records in one of three ways.

• Email: vitalrec@nd.gov
• Phone: (701) 328-2360; or 711 (TTY)
• Mail:  Vital Records, 600 E. Boulevard Ave., Dept. 325, Bismarck, ND 58505-0250