Arkansas Vital Records - Births, Deaths & Marriages

Check or money order should be made payable to Arkansas Department of Health. Personal checks are accepted. Call (this is a recorded message) or visit the Web site to verify current fees or to apply for a certificate of birth, death or marriage.

Web site: Arkansas Division of Vital Records

Dates: From 1 February 1914, plus some original Little Rock and Fort Smith records dating from 1881.

Cost of copy: $12.00

Comments: State law restricts access to birth records for 100 years to the registrant or a family member (parents, grandparents, spouse, children, grandchildren).

Dates: From 1 February 1914

Cost of copy: $10.00

Comments: State law restricts access to death records less than 50 years old to the registrant or a family member.

Dates: From 1917

Cost of Copy: $10.00 for a state coupon, varies for county issued marriage certificates

Comments: Access to marriage records in the state of Arkansas is restricted to the registrants and family members. The Division of Vital Records does not have the actual marriage records, but issues a certified copy of the coupon of marriage or divorce in paper form.

Dates: From January 1923

Cost of copy: $10.00 for a state coupon, varies for county issued divorce decrees

Comments: Access to divorce records in the state of Arkansas is restricted to the registrants and family members. The Arkansas Division of Vital Records does not have the actual divorce decree. Instead they issue a certified copy of the coupon of divorce in paper form.

A full certified copy of the divorce decree may be obtained from the Circuit or Chancery Clerk in the county where the divorce was granted. Individual counties may have different access restrictions.

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