To Order Vital Records you will need to provide the following information:

FOR BIRTH RECORD:

• Full name on birth record
• Date of birth
• Place of birth - city and/or county
• Father's full name; first, middle and last 
• Mother's full maiden name; first, middle and last 
• Your relationship to the person named on the record
• Your reason for ordering the record
• Your name, mailing address, daytime telephone number (or email) as the applicant
• Your signature on the application
• Copies of legal documents, if needed, to prove legal guardianship, authority from power of attorney. If you are not an immediate family member, send a permission note with a notarized signature of an eligible immediate family member.
• Photocopy of a valid driver's license or official I.D. for the applicant ordering if the birth record. If you do not have an id please see thelist of alternative acceptable documents. 
• Download Order Form

FOR DEATH RECORD:

• Full name of person listed on the record
• Spouse or Domestic Partner's Name (if applicable)
• Date od death
• Place of death
• Your name and relationship to the person on the record, or
• Your reason for needing the record
• Your name, mailing address, daytime phone number (or email) as the applicant
• Your signature on the application
• Copies of legal documents, if needed, to prove you have authority from power of attorney. If you are not eligible to order the record, send a permission note with a notarized signature of an eligible immediate family member.
• Photocopy of a valid driver's license or official I.D. for the applicant ordering if the birth record. If you do not have an id please see the list of alternative acceptable documents. 
• Download Order Form

FOR MARRIAGE, DIVORCE OR DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP RECORD:

• Full name of person listed on the record
• Spouse or Domestic Partner's Name (if applicable)
• Date marriage, divorce or certificate of domestic partnership filing date
• County which issued marriage license, or filed domestic partnership, or granted divorce
• Your name and relationship to the person on the record, or
• Your reason for needing the record
• Your name, mailing address, daytime phone number (or email) as the applicant
• Your signature on the application
• Copies of legal documents, if needed, to prove you have authority from power of attorney. If you are not eligible to order the record, send a permission note with a notarized signature of an eligible immediate family member.
• Photocopy of a valid driver's license or official I.D. for the applicant ordering if the birth record. If you do not have an id please see thelist of alternative acceptable documents. 
• Download Order Form

Note: If the death, marriage, divorce record, or certificate of domestic partnership you need is for a recent event (two to four weeks for death and six to eight weeks for marriage and divorce), it may not yet be available from our office. You may need to order the death record from the local county vital records office, the marriage or domestic partnership record from the local county clerk's office, or the divorce decree from the county court that granted the divorce. If you place an order with our office, the order will be held until the record is received and the certificate can be issued.

Non certified copies of death records more than 50 years old are available from the Oregon State Archives, 800 Summer Street NE, Salem, Oregon 97310 (503-373-0701) for a small fee. You may review the records at the library.

Marriage records, including some records prior to 1906, may be requested from the county marriage office which issued the license. A few county marriage offices have sent their oldest marriage records to the Oregon State Archives.

Divorce decrees, both certified and uncertified are available from the county court that granted the divorce. The State Vital Records office issues a summary document called a divorce certificate. A divorce certificate does not have all the information contained in the decree but may be used as proof of divorce. In some cases, courts approve divorce orders but the certificates are not completed or filed. If you order a missing divorce certificate, issuance will be delayed until court staff create the certificate and file it.