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Event: Birth or death
Cost of copy: $15.00
Address:
Division of Vital Records
NYC Department of Health
and Mental Hygiene
125 Worth Street, CN4, Rm. 133
New York, NY 10013-4090
Remarks: Office has
birth records since 1910 and death records since 1949 for those occurring in the Boroughs
of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island. For birth records prior to 1910
and death records prior to 1949, write to Archives Division, Department of Records and
Information Services, 31 Chambers Street, New York, NY 10007.
There are strict
identification requirements. A 24-hour automated telephone system is
available that provides detailed information. The number is (212)
788-4520. Information on how to obtain certified copies and
applications are available via the Internet at http://www.nyc.gov/health.
Event: Marriage
Cost of copy: $10.00
Address:
Bronx Borough:
City Clerk's Office
1780 Grand Concourse
Bronx, NY 10457
Brooklyn Borough:
City Clerk's Office
Municipal Building
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Manhattan Borough:
City Clerk's Office
Municipal Building
New York, NY 10007
Queens Borough:
City Clerk's Office
120-55 Queens Boulevard
Kew Gardens, NY 11424
Staten Island Borough (no longer
called Richmond):
City Clerk's Office
Staten Island Borough Hall
Staten Island, NY 10301
Remarks: Records from
1847 to 1865. Archives Division, Department of Records and Information Services, 31
Chambers Street, New York, NY 10007, except Brooklyn records for this period, which are
filed with County Clerk's Office, Kings County, Supreme Court Building, Brooklyn, NY
11201. Additional copies of same record ordered at same time are $5.00 each. Records from
1866 to 1907. City Clerk's Office in borough where marriage was performed. Records from
1908 to May 12, 1943. New York City residents write to City Clerk's Office in the borough
of bride's residence; nonresidents write to City Clerk's Office in borough where license
was obtained. Records since May 13, 1943. City Clerk's Office in borough where license was
issued.
Event: Divorce
Remarks: See New York
State
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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