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Many Missouri residents can quickly obtain their birth, death, marriage, and divorce records at the local level. 1,2 There are some types of vital records only available at the county level, and other types of records that are only available from the Bureau of Vital Records in Jefferson City.
The Bureau of Vital Records, within the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, provides services including: Maintaining a central registry of Missouri births , deaths , and fetal deaths reported from Jan. 1, 1910 to the present 1
To receive a copy of a birth certificate, or any vital record, the record must be requested by an authorized individual or entity via a notarized application and the appropriate fee must be paid to the Missouri Bureau of Vital Records.
The application form for obtaining birth or death records in Missouri.
To request a paper copy of a certificate of live birth or for further details about correctly documenting an out of facility birth/home birth, contact the Bureau of Vital Records at 573-751-6387, Option 3.
Additional $15.00 for copy of new birth certificate upon submission of an Application for Missouri Vital Record. Make check or money order payable to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.
Both adoptees and birth parents have the option to complete a contact preference form stating whether they would like to be contacted. View more on the Missouri Adoptee Rights Act. Application for Non-Certified Copy of Original (Pre-Adoptive) Birth Certificate by Adoptee, Adoptee’s Attorney or Birth Parent
copy of the original birth certificate requested above and that the information contained in this application is true and correct to the best of my knowledge. I attest that I am the adoptee, adoptee's attorney, or birth parent.
Live birth records are compiled from the live birth certificates, which are filed with the Department of Health and Senior Services by state law. The birth certificate system has been in place in Missouri continuously since 1911, although changes in data items and definitions have taken place over the years.
Birth certificates are $15.00 per copy. Death certificates are $14.00 for the first copy and $11.00 for additional copies ordered at the same time. There is no extra administrative fee for the Bureau of Vital Records.