Vital records office in Missouri
How to obtain certified copies of birth, death, marriage, and divorce certificates from Missouri for immigration filings, USCIS evidence, school enrollment, or any other purpose.
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Birth Event: Birth Cost of copy: $15.00 Address: Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Bureau of Vital Records 930 Wildwood P.O. Box 570 Jefferson City, MO 65102-0570 Remarks: State office has records since January 1910. Certified copies of most Missouri birth and death records are also available from local county health department or the Recorder of Deeds in St. Louis City. For details, please contact these offices directly. If event occurred in St. Louis (City), St. Louis County, or Kansas City before 1910, write to the city or county Health Department. Copies of these records are $15.00 each. Personal check or money order should be made payable to Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services . Please include a legal size self-addressed stamped envelope. To verify current fees on birth and death records, the telephone number is (573) 751-6387. Information on how to obtain certified copies is also available via the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Vital Records website . A valid photo ID is required for walk-in applicants. A signature is required. Notarized requests are required for mail-in orders. Notary date must be the same as the date of application. Death Event: Death Cost of copy: $14.00 Address: Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Bureau of Vital Records 930 Wildwood P.O. Box 570 Jefferson City, MO 65102-0570 Remarks: State office has records since January 1910. Certified copies of most Missouri birth and death records are also available from local county health department or the Recorder of Deeds in St. Louis City. For details, please contact these offices directly. If event occurred in St. Louis (City), St. Louis County, or Kansas City before 1910, write to the city or county Health Department. Copies of these records are $14.00 each. Additional copies of the same record ordered at the same time are $11.00. Personal check or money order should be made payable to Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services . Please include a legal size self-addressed stamped envelope. To verify current fees on birth and death records, the telephone number is (573) 751-6387. Information on how to obtain certified copies is also available via the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Vital Records website . A valid photo ID is required for walk-in applicants. A signature is required. Notarized requests are required for mail-in orders. Notary date must be the same as the date of application. Marriage Event: Marriage (County) Cost of copy: $15.00 Address: See remarks Remarks: Reports of marriage records are on file from July 1948 to the present. Certified copies of Missouri marriage records are also available from the county recorder of deeds where the marriage license was obtained. For details, please contact these offices directly. Certified copies of reports of marriage records are $15.00 eac
Missouri vital records office details
- CDC W2W (Where to Write) page: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w/missouri.htm
Why immigrants need certified vital records
USCIS, courts, schools, and many other US agencies require certified vital records (not photocopies) for:
- I-130 family petition — birth certificate proves family relationship
- I-485 adjustment of status — birth certificate of applicant and beneficiaries
- N-400 naturalization — marriage certificate if applying under spouse-of-USC 3-year rule
- Apostille — for use of US documents in foreign countries (your home country may require US apostille)
- School enrollment — proof of date of birth
- Real ID applications — proof of identity
Apostille and authentication
If you need to use a Missouri vital record OUTSIDE the United States (e.g., for use at your home country’s consulate), you typically need an apostille from the Missouri Secretary of State’s office. See /procedures/apostille-document/ for the process.
Related procedural information
- Consulate of your country in the US — your home country’s transcription/legalization of US records
- Translate documents for USCIS — certified-translation standard
- Apostille (document legalization) — for use abroad
- USCIS Form I-130 — family petition — uses vital records as evidence
- USCIS Form N-400 — naturalization — vital records for marriage-based 3-year rule
Last verified: 2026-05-27. General procedural information — not legal advice. Fees and processing times change; verify with the Missouri office.
Order vital records in Missouri
Birth, death, and marriage certificates are issued by each state. Use your state's official guide:
- Missouri — how to order birth, death & marriage certificates (official CDC guide)
Birth certificate copy: about $15.00 (verify current fee)
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