{"breadcrumb":"Vital Records - Home","title":"Home","content":"  <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<!-- Banner 1 -->\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n  .banner-1 a:hover {\n    text-decoration: none !important;\n  }\n  .banner-1 {\n    -webkit-transition: all 1s ease-in-out;\n    -moz-transition: all 1s ease-in-out;\n    -o-transition: all 1s ease-in-out;\n    transition: all 1s ease-in-out;\n    cursor: pointer;\n  }\n  .banner-1:hover {\n    cursor: pointer;\n    -webkit-box-shadow: inset 10px 10px 5px -8px rgba(0,0,0,0.75);\n    -moz-box-shadow: inset 10px 10px 5px -8px rgba(0,0,0,0.75);\n    box-shadow: inset 10px 10px 5px -8px rgba(0,0,0,0.75);\n  }\n  .banner-1 {\n    width: 100%;\n    height: 150px;\n    background: #B92928;\n    margin-bottom: 10px;\n    color: #fff !important;\n    text-align: center;\n    padding: 15px;\n  }\n  .banner-1 a {\n    color: #fff;\n  }\n  .btn-white {\n    border-color: #fff;\n    background-color: #fff;\n    margin-top: 10px;\n  }\n  .btn-white:hover {\n    color: #B92928 !important;\n  }\n  .box-content.thumbnail span.custom-feature1 {\n    background-color: #B92928;\n    padding-bottom: 10px;\n  }\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"alert alert-default fade in\">\n  <div class=\"row\">\n    <div class=\"col-sm-1 hidden-xs\"> <span class=\"glyphicon glyphicon-bullhorn\"><\/span> <\/div>\n    <div class=\"col-sm-11 col-xs-12\">\n      <ul>\n        <li>Effective October 2nd, the <a href=\"\/licensing\/vital-records\/index.php#dave-home\">D.A.V.E. system<\/a> was implemented for hospitals, funeral home staff and physicians to process death records. Need help or info about D.A.V.E.? Call the help desk at (602) 364-2230<\/li>\n        <li>The ADHS Bureau of Vital Records now accepts <a href=\"#online-ordering-options\">Online Orders<\/a> for birth and death certificates.<\/li>\n      <\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n  <div class=\"banner-1\">\n    <a href=\"\/licensing\/vital-records\/index.php#fees-home\">The ADHS Bureau of Vital Records <strong>no longer provides same day walk in customer service<\/strong> for certificate issuance. You may apply for a certified copy of a birth or death certificate by mail. If you would like same day walk in customer service please visit your local county health department Office of Vital Records.\n    <\/a>\n    <p align=\"center\"><a href=\"#online-ordering-options\" onclick=\"ga('send', 'event', 'button', 'click', 'vitalrecordsindex');\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"btn btn-white btn-md\">Online Ordering<\/button><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<!-- End Banner 1 -->\n<div class=\"row\">\n  <div class=\"col-sm-3 text-center\">\n    <div class=\"box-content thumbnail\"> <a href=\"#birth-certificates-home\" class=\"item-image\"> <img class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"\/assets\/images\/features\/birth-certificate.jpg\" alt=\"Birth Certificate\" \/>\n      <h3> <span class=\"custom-feature1\">Birth Certificates<\/span> <\/h3>\n      <\/a>\n      <div class=\"caption text-left\">\n        <p class=\"custom-feature1\">Find out how you can apply for a certified copy of a birth certificate.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"col-sm-3 text-center\">\n    <div class=\"box-content thumbnail\"> <a href=\"#death-certificates-home\" class=\"item-image\"> <img class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"\/assets\/images\/features\/death-certificate.jpg\" alt=\"toolkits\" \/>\n      <h3> <span class=\"custom-feature1\">Death Certificates<\/span> <\/h3>\n      <\/a>\n      <div class=\"caption text-left\">\n        <p class=\"custom-feature1\">Get info on applying for death, still-birth and fetal death certificates.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"col-sm-3 text-center\">\n    <div class=\"box-content thumbnail\"> <a href=\"#fees-home\" class=\"item-image\"> <img class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"\/assets\/images\/features\/fee-schedules.jpg\" alt=\"advisory council\" \/>\n      <h3> <span class=\"custom-feature1\">Local Counties & Fee Schedules<\/span> <\/h3>\n      <\/a>\n      <div class=\"caption text-left\">\n        <p class=\"custom-feature1\">Find a certificate and the cost by county.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"col-sm-3 text-center\">\n    <div class=\"box-content thumbnail\"> <a href=\"#maps-directions\" class=\"item-image\"> <img class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"\/assets\/images\/features\/usa.jpg\" alt=\"national information\" \/>\n      <h3> <span class=\"custom-feature1\">Maps & Directions<\/span> <\/h3>\n      <\/a>\n      <div class=\"caption text-left\">\n        <p class=\"custom-feature1\">Can't seem to find us? Get a better look here for our location and parking.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- end row -->\n\n<p>Welcome to the official web site for the Bureau of Vital Records for  the State of Arizona. We hope you find this web site both helpful and  informative. If you have any comments or suggestions, <a href=\"mailto:webovr@azdhs.gov\" alt=\"email us at webovr@azdhs.gov\">please email us<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p>The Arizona Department of Health Services Bureau of Vital Records no  longer provides same day walk in customer service for certificate  issuance. You may apply for a certified copy of a birth or death  certificate by mail. If you would like same day walk in  customer  service please visit your <a href=\"#fees-home\">local county health department Office of Vital  Records.<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p>The Bureau of Vital Records is responsible for maintaining and  issuing certified copies of vital records, including birth, death, fetal  death certificates and certificates of birth resulting in stillbirth  for events that occurred in Arizona. The Bureau of Vital Records  officially began recording birth and death events in July, 1909.  However, it maintains a sampling of delayed birth records of Arizona  citizens (from 1855) and death records (from 1877) from other sources.<\/p>\n<p>The Arizona Department of Health Services Bureau of Vital Records provides the following specialty services by appointment only.<\/p>\n<ul>\n  <li>Delayed Birth Registration<\/li>\n  <li>Foreign Born Registration<\/li>\n  <li>Adoptions<\/li>\n  <li>Putative Father Registrations and Searches<\/li>\n  <li>Corrections or Amendments of records for births that occurred prior to 1997 and deaths that occurred prior to 2008<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Bureau of Vital Records is responsible for maintaining and  issuing certified copies of vital records, including birth,  death and   fetal death certificates as well as certificates of birth resulting in  stillbirth  for events that occurred in Arizona. The Bureau of Vital  Records officially began recording birth and death events in July 1909.<\/p>\n<p>Each state maintains its own vital records. If you are looking for a birth or death record from another state, you must <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/w2w.htm\">contact that state's vital records office<\/a>. Birth and death records for events that occurred in other states are not available from Arizona's Bureau of Vital Records.<\/p>\n"}