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Event: Birth or death
Cost of copy:
$30.00
Address:
Certification Unit
Vital Records Section/2nd floor
800 North Pearl Street
Menands, NY 12204
Remarks: State office
has records since 1881. For records before 1914 in Albany, Buffalo, and Yonkers, or
before 1880 in any other city, write to Registrar of Vital Statistics in city where event
occurred. For the rest of the State, except New York City, write to State office.
Personal check or money order should be made
payable to New York State Department of Health. To verify current fees, the telephone number is (518) 474-3075.
This will be a recorded message. Information on how to
obtain certified copies is also available via the Internet at http://www.health.state.ny.us.
The applicant must
provide a photo-ID.
Event: Marriage (State)
Cost of copy:
$30.00
Address:
Certification Unit
Vital Records Section/2nd floor
800 North Pearl Street
Menands, NY 12204
Remarks: Records from
1880 to present.
Event:
Marriage (city)
Cost of copy:
$5.00
Address:
See remarks
Remarks:
For records from 1880-1907 and licenses issued in the cities of Albany, Buffalo, or
Yonkers, apply to--Albany: City Clerk, City Hall, Albany, NY 12207; Buffalo: City Clerk,
City Hall, Buffalo, NY 14202; Yonkers: Registrar of Vital Statistics, Health Center
Building, Yonkers, NY 10701.
Event:
Divorce (State)
Cost of copy:
$30.00
Address:
Certification Unit
Vital Records Section/2nd floor
800 North Pearl Street
Menands, NY 12204
Remarks:
Records since January 1963.
Event:
Divorce (county)
Cost of copy:
Varies
Address:
See remarks
Remarks:
County Clerk in county where divorce was granted.
Authentication: For documents to be used outside the USA
New York
Upstate Counties
Miscellaneous Records
162 Washington Ave.
Albany, NY 12231
518-474-4770
<http://www.dos.state.ny.us
Fee: $10.00
Designated Authority: Secretary of State; Executive Deputy Secretary of State; any Deputy Secretary of State; any Special
Deputy Secretary of State.
<Down State Counties
New York authorities in Albany advise that documents issued in the nine down state counties are authenticated under the Convention
by the New York City office. The nine down state counties are New York, Kings, Queens, Bronx, Westchester, Nassau, Suffolk,
Rockland and Richmond. The address of the New York Department of State, Certification Unit is 6th Floor, 270 Broadway, New
York, New York 10007, tel: 212-417-5684. Fee: $10.00
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