Oregon

Birth

Event: Birth

Cost of copy: $25.00

Additional copies of the same record ordered at the same time are $25.00 each.

Photostatic, full image certificates for birth from 1903 through 2007 are available for $30.00 each.

Personal check or money order should be made payable to OHA/Vital Records. To verify current fees, the telephone number is (971) 673-1190 ext. 0. This will be a recorded message. Information on how to obtain certified copies is also available via the internet at the Oregon Health Authority websiteExternal.

The Oregon State Archives can provide non-certified copies of Birth records prior to 1903.

The telephone number for the Oregon State Archives is (503) 373-0701 and the fax number is (503) 373-0953. Information on how to obtain copies is also available via the internet at the Oregon State Archives websiteExternal.

Remarks: State vital records office has birth records starting from 1903. Oregon State Archives has birth records for the City of Portland from 1864 to 1902 and statewide delayed birth records from 1845 to 1902.

Address:
Oregon Vital Records
P.O. Box 14050
Portland, OR 97293-0050

Address:

Oregon State Archives
800 Summer Street, NE
Salem, OR 97310


 

Death

Event: Death

Cost of copy: $25.00

Additional copies of the same record ordered at the same time are $25.00 each.

Short form death certificates without cause of death data available for the same fee.

Personal check or money order should be made payable to OHA/Vital Records. To verify current fees, the telephone number is (971) 673-1190. This will be a recorded message. Information on how to obtain certified copies is also available via the internet at the Oregon Health Authority websiteExternal.

The Oregon State Archives can provide non-certified copies of Death records that are more than 50 years old.

The telephone number for the Oregon State Archives is (503) 373-0701 and the fax number is (503) 373-0953. Information on how to obtain copies is also available via the internet at the Oregon State Archives websiteExternal.

Remarks: State vital records office has death records starting from 1903. The City of Portland has death records from 1862 to 1902 and statewide death records from 1903 to 1955.

Address:
Oregon Vital Records
P.O. Box 14050
Portland, OR 97293-0050

Address:

Oregon State Archives
800 Summer Street, NE
Salem, OR 97310

Marriage

Event: Marriage (State)

Cost of copy: $25.00

Additional copies of the same record ordered at the same time are $25.00 each.

Personal check or money order should be made payable to OHA/Vital Records. To verify current fees, the telephone number is (971) 673-1190. This will be a recorded message. Information on how to obtain certified copies is also available via the internet at the Oregon Health Authority websiteExternal.

The Oregon State Archives can provide non-certified copies of Marriage records that are more than 50 years old.

The telephone number for the Oregon State Archives is (503) 373-0701 and the fax number is (503) 373-0953. Information on how to obtain copies is also available via the internet at the Oregon State Archives websiteExternal.

Address:
Oregon Vital Records
P.O. Box 14050
Portland, OR 97293-0050

Remarks: State vital records office has marriage records starting from 1911. Oregon State Archives has some county records from the 1800s and statewide records for 1906 to 1910 and 1946 through 1965.


Event: Marriage (County)

Cost of copy: Varies

Address: See remarks

Remarks: County Clerk in county where license was issued. County Clerks also have some records before 1906. Some older county records have been transferred to the Oregon State Archives, 800 Summer Street NE, Salem, OR 97310.

Divorce

Event: Divorce (State) – Certificates Only

Cost of copy: $25.00

Additional copies of the same record ordered at the same time are $25.00 each.

Personal check or money order should be made payable to OHA/Vital Records. To verify current fees, the telephone number is (971) 673-1190. This will be a recorded message. Information on how to obtain certified copies is also available via the internet at the Oregon Health Authority websiteExternal.

The Oregon State Archives can provide non-certified copies of Divorce records that are more than 50 years old.

The telephone number for the Oregon State Archives is (503) 373-0701 and the fax number is (503) 373-0953. Information on how to obtain copies is also available via the internet at the Oregon State Archives websiteExternal.

Address:
Oregon Vital Records
P.O. Box 14050
Portland, OR 97293-0050

Remarks: State vital records office has divorce records starting from 1925.


Event: Divorce (County) – Decrees Only

Cost of copy: Varies

Address: See remarks

Remarks: County Circuit Court Clerk in county where divorce was granted. County Clerks also have some records before 1925.

Page last reviewed: January 19, 2018