public.health.oregon.gov How to Order Birth & Death Certificate : Public Health Division

Name of the Organization : Oregon Public Health Division
Type of Facility : How to Order Birth & Death Certificate
State : Oregon
Country : United States of America

Website : https://public.health.oregon.gov/BirthDeathCertificates/GetVitalRecords/Pages/Eligibility.aspx
Birth Order Form : https://www.statusin.org/uploads/24386-birth.pdf
Death Order Form : https://www.statusin.org/uploads/24386-death.pdf

How to Order Birth & Death Certificate :

Ordering a Vital Record :
** In Oregon, the Center for Health Statistics is responsible for issuing certified copies of vital records for events that occurred within the state of Oregon.

Related : Wisconsin Department of Health How to apply for a copy of a Vital Record : www.statusin.org/24381.html

** Vital records are the legal records documenting a vital event, such as a birth, death, marriage, Oregon Registered Domestic Partnership, divorce or fetal death.
** Birth certificates are the primary documents used to establish identity.

Eligibility to Order Vital Records :
Birth Certificates :
** Access to birth records is restricted for 100 years following the date of birth.

During the first 100 years the following persons may order :
** the registrant (person named on the record) aged 15 or older,
** the registrant’s husband or wife or domestic partner who is registered by the state,
** child, parent, step-parent until child is age 18, brother or sister, grandparent, grandchild, legal guardian, legal representative,
** an authorized representative, or a government agency acting in the conduct of its official duties.

Death Certificates :
** Access to death records is restricted for 50 years after the date of the event.

During the first 50 years the following persons may order :
** The decedent’s husband or wife or domestic partner who is registered by the state, child aged 18 or older,
** parent, brother or sister, grandparent, grandchild, next of kin, legal guardian immediately before death,

** an authorized representative, a person in charge of disposition, a government agency acting in the conduct of its official duties, an employee or agent of a funeral home or person acting as a funeral service practitioner who is named in the record of death for up to two years following the date of death, or a person that demonstrates to the satisfaction of the state registrar that the certified copy is necessary for a determination related to or the protection of a personal or property right of the applicant.

** When ordering a death certificate, you must state your relationship to the person named on the record;if you are an attorney, you must state whom you represent.

** If an attorney does not legally represent the estate of the person named on the record, they must include how their client is related to the person named on the record.

** If you do not share the surname of the person whose record you are ordering, you may be asked to show a copy of your own birth certificate or marriage record or other document to prove you are an immediate family member and have the right to order the record.

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