North Carolina Vital Records

Birth | Death | Marriage | Divorce | Adoption

Address:
NC Vital Records
P.O. Box 29537
Raleigh, NC 27626-0537
Phone: (919) 733-3526

Remarks: Check or money order should be made payable to North Carolina Vital Records. Personal checks are accepted. Additional copies of the same record ordered at the same time are $5.00 each. Call or visit the Web site to verify current fees.

Event: Birth

Dates: From October 1913

Cost of copy: $10.00

Comments:  Include with your request as much as you can of the following: name of individual, county of birth, year of birth, full maiden name of mother, full name of father, your relationship to the individual named on the certificate and the reason for your request. Certified copies of birth records in N.C. are only available to the individual named on the certificate, spouse, siblings, direct ancestors, direct descendants, stepparents or stepchildren. Uncertified copies of records for genealogical purposes are available to anyone.
Application for Birth Record

* If you know the area where your ancestor lived, you will often get faster results by first checking the records in the county where the event occurred. Generally, this is the local register of deeds office, but in Mecklenburg, Durham, and Wake Counties, it is the local health department.

Comments: Include with your request as much as you can of the following: name of deceased, county of death, year of death, your relationship to the individual named on the certificate and the reason for your request. Certified copies of death records in N.C. are only available to the individual named on the certificate, spouse, siblings, direct ancestors, direct descendants, stepparents or stepchildren. Uncertified copies of records for genealogical purposes are available to anyone.
Application for Death Record

For death certificates prior to 1930, contact the North Carolina State Archives. Only a few delayed death records may exist back to 1909. Prior to this, there are no death records of any sort other than wills and estate settlements in the North Carolina State Archives. 

* If you know the area where your ancestor lived, you will often get faster results by first checking the records in the county where the event occurred. Generally, this is the local register of deeds office, but in Mecklenburg, Durham, and Wake Counties, it is the local health department.

Dates: From January, 1962

Comments: Include with your request as much as you can of the following: full name of groom, full maiden name of bride, county of marriage, year of marriage, your relationship to the individual named on the certificate and the reason for your request. Certified copies of marriage records in N.C. are only available to the individual named on the certificate, spouse, siblings, direct ancestors, direct descendants, stepparents or stepchildren. Uncertified copies of records for genealogical purposes are available to anyone.
Application for Marriage Record

* Marriage records from as early as 1868 through the present are available from the county where the marriage occurred. Contact the local register of deeds office in the county where the marriage occurred. The North Carolina State Archives also has some pre-1868 bonds for about half of N.C. counties.

Event: Divorce

Cost of copy: $10.00

Comments: Include with your request as much as you can of the following: full name of husband and wife, county of divorce, year of divorce, your relationship to the individual named on the certificate and the reason for your request. 
Application for Divorce Record

Event: Adoption

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