chfs.ky.gov Apply for Birth & Still Birth Certificate : Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services

Name of the Organization : Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services
Type of Facility : Apply for Birth & Still Birth Certificate
State : Kentucky
Country : United States of America

Website : http://chfs.ky.gov/dph/vital/birthcert.htm
Birth Application Form : https://www.statusin.org/uploads/24462-Stillbirth.pdf
Still Birth Application Form : https://www.statusin.org/uploads/24462-Stillbirth.pdf

Kentucky Birth Certificates :

** The Vital Statistics office has on file birth certificates from 1911 to the present.
** This office does not have records of births occurring prior to 1911, except delayed records of births for persons born before 1911 which have been established by affidavits and documentary evidence.

Related : Maryland Department of Health & Mental Hygiene Requesting Birth Certificates : https://www.statusin.org/24446.html

** Certified birth certificates can be ordered and the required fee paid by phone, mail, Internet or by visiting the office.
** Please allow up to 30 working days for processing of all type of certificates ordered through the mail.

Note :
** The Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics cannot by law, provide free information from records, perform a genealogical search or verify whether a certificate is on file without a completed application form and the required fee attached.

** The Kentucky Vital Statistics office will, upon receiving the application and fee, perform a search of the records and if a certificate is on file, it will be mailed to you.
** The required fee covers the cost of the record search and no refunds are issued if a certificate is not found.
** The office does not issue non-certified copies or photocopies of certificates.

Information needed to obtain a certificate :
** Full name at birth of the person for whom the certificate is requested
** The month, day and year of birth
** The county of birth
** The mother’s maiden name
** The father’s name

Additional information needed :
** Name and address where the certificate is to be mailed.
** Phone number where you can be reached during the day from 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Eastern time.
** The number of copies being ordered.

Cost :
** $10 for each certified copy of a birth certificate
** $6 for each certified copy of a stillbirth certificate

Certificates may also be ordered by the following methods:
Internet :
** Certificates may be ordered on the internet using a credit card (Visa, MasterCard, Discover or American Express) or check.
** An additional charge card fee will apply.

** This is in addition to the fee for each certified copy requested. Certificates requested via internet, vitalchek.com/kentucky-express-birth-certificates.aspx, may be returned by overnight courier for the cost of the additional shipment fee if that record is available.

Telephone :
** Orders may be placed by telephone using a credit card (Visa, MasterCard, Discover or American Express) or check.
** An additional charge card fee will apply.
** This is in addition to the fee for each certified copy requested.
** Certificates requested via telephone may be returned by overnight courier for the cost of the additional shipment fee.
** The telephone number to place your order is (800) 241-8322, choose option 1.

Mail :
** Orders are accepted by mail, using a check or money order in U.S. dollars drawn on a U.S. bank for payment.
** It can take up to 30 working days to process your request from the date payment is posted.

Mail to :
Vital Statistics,
275 East Main Street 1E-A,
Frankfort, KY
40621.
** The Office of Vital Statistics telephone number is (502) 564-4212.

Walk-in :
** You may order a certified copy of the birth record by coming to this office.
** The office is located at the address above.
** Orders are accepted for same day issuance from 8:00 AM until 3:30 PM Monday through Friday.