Birth, Death, Fetal Death, Still Birth & Marriage Certificates

California birth, death, fetal death, still birth, marriage and divorce records are maintained by the California Department of Public Health Vital Records.  Services provided by Vital Records include:

• Issuing certified copies of California birth and death records that are on file from 1905 to the present
• Maintaining a central registry of California marriages and divorces
• Preparing new certificates for adoptions and changes in paternity information
• Correcting and amending vital records as authorized by State law
• Issuing certified copies of California fetal death and still birth certificates.