Louisiana Vital Records

Birth | Death | Marriage | Divorce | Adoption

Address:
Louisiana Vital Records Registry
Office of Public Health
P.O. Box 60630
New Orleans, LA. 70160
Phone: (504) 568-5152

Check or money order should be made payable to Vital Records. Personal checks are accepted. Call or visit the Web site to verify current fees. Louisiana state law limits access to birth records of less than 100 years and death records of less than 50 years to the registrant and immediate or surviving family members.

Dates: From 1942

Comments: With your request include the full name of the decedent at death, the date of death, the sex of the decedent, the city and parish where death occurred, your relationship to the decedent and your full name, address and telephone number.

* Death records prior to 1942 (currently covering Jefferson and Orleans parishes only) are available from the Louisiana State Archives.

Dates: From July 1914

Comments: Please include with your request the full names of the bride (including maiden name) and groom; the date of marriage; the name of the parish where the license was issued; your relationship to the registrant and your full name, address and telephone number.

* Orleans Parish marriage records over 50 years old should be requested from the Louisiana State Archives from 1870 (index for 1831-1869). For marriage records for parishes other than Orleans, contact the Office of the Clerk of Court for that parish.

Comments: Divorce records are available from the Clerk of Court in the parish where divorce was granted. Fees vary.