US Virgin Islands Vital Records: Birth, Death, Marriage, and Divorce

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Here's how and where to obtain birth, marriage, and death certificates and records in the Virgin Islands of St. Croix, St. John, and St. Thomas, including the dates for which Virgin Islands vital records are available and where they are located.

St. Croix Birth and Death Records

Virgin Islands Department of Health
St. Croix District
Office of Vital Records and Statistics
Charles Harwood Memorial Hospital
St. Croix, VI 00820
Phone: (340) 773-1311 ext. 3086

Dates: Available from 1840

Cost of Copy: $15 (mail-in), $12 (in person)

What You Need to Know:
Postal money order should be made payable to the Virgin Islands Department of Health. Personal checks are not accepted. Call to verify current fees. All requests MUST include the signature and a photocopy of a valid photo ID of the individual requesting the record. Requests sent by postal mail must also be notarized, and include a stamped envelope in the amount of $5.60 for return by certified mail or $18.30 for return by express mail.

Application for Certified Copy of a Birth Record

Application for Certified Copy of a Death Record

St. Croix Marriage and Divorce Records

Chief Deputy Clerk, Family Division
Superior Court of the Virgin Islands
P.O. Box 929
Christiansted
St. Croix, VI 00820
Phone: (340) 778-9750 x6626

Website: http://www.visuperiorcourt.org/clerk/Family.aspx​

Cost of Copy: $2 (marriage), $5 (divorce)

What You Need to Know:
Certified copies are not available. Money order for marriage records should be made payable to Superior Court of the Virgin Islands. Personal checks are not accepted.

St. Thomas and St. John Birth and Death Records

Virgin Islands Department of Health
St. Thomas/St. John District
Office of Vital Records and Statistics
1303 Hospital Ground, Suite 10
St. Thomas, VI 00802
Phone:  (340) 774-9000 ext. 4685

Dates: Available from 1840

Cost of Copy: $15 (mail-in), $12 (in person)

What You Need to Know:
Postal money order should be made payable to the Virgin Islands Department of Health. Personal checks are not accepted. Call to verify current fees. All requests MUST include the signature and a photocopy of a valid photo ID of the individual requesting the record. Requests sent by postal mail must also be notarized, and include a stamped envelope in the amount of $5.60 for return by certified mail or $18.30 for return by express mail.

Application for Certified Copy of a Birth Record

Application for Certified Copy of a Death Record

St. Thomas and St. John Marriage and Divorce Records

St. Thomas (in person only)
Superior Court of the Virgin Islands
Alexander A. Farrelly Justice Center
1st Floor, East Wing, Room E111
5400 Veteran's Drive
St. Thomas, VI 00802

St. John (in person only)
Superior Court of the Virgin Islands
Boulon Center
St. John, VI 00830

Mailing Address (use for both St. Thomas and St. John):
P.O. Box 70
St. Thomas, VI 00804

Phone: (340) 774-6680 ext. 6401

Website: http://www.visuperiorcourt.org/clerk/Family.aspx​

Cost of Copy: $2 (marriage), $5 (divorce)

What You Need to Know:
Certified copies are not available. Money order for marriage records should be made payable to Superior Court of the Virgin Islands. Personal checks are not accepted.

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