Name of the Organization : City of St. Louis
Type of Facility : How to obtain a copy of a birth certificate
State : Missouri
Country : United States of America
Website : https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/
Application Form : https://www.statusin.org/uploads/24807-birthcertcopies.pdf
How to obtain a copy of a Birth Certificate :
Preparation :
** You must have a valid Driver’s License, State Identification Card, or other acceptable government issued photo identification to apply for a Missouri Birth Certificate copy in person.
Related : City of St Louis How to obtain a copy of a Death Certificate : www.statusin.org/24809.html
** Your address on Application (copy request form) must match your address on photo identification.
Instructions :
Download and fill out appropriate request form :
** ** 1910 – Present Birth Certificate Request
** ** Pre-1910 Birth Transcript Request
** If applying by mail, requires notarization of your signature on the Mail-In Application.
Mail Form or Bring Form to :
Birth Records Department
St. Louis City Recorder and Registrar
City Hall, Room 127, 1200 Market Street
St. Louis, Missouri 63103
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday
Contact 314.613.3016
** Completed Form and Payment due in advance of services.
** Please do not call for record look-ups.
** Please do not e-mail copy requests.
Certified Genealogy Copies :
** Available Only From Missouri Health Department’s Vital Records Bureau in Jefferson City
** Download the 1910-Present Original Missouri Birth Certificate Form
Before you mail the request-At top of Request Form and in “Purpose For Certificate Request” write or type :
** Duplicate of Original for Genealogy Purposes in red ink, OR
** Duplicate of Original for Genealogy Purposes in black ink with yellow highlighter.
** If you do not personalize the Form for Genealogy Purposes, the State will send you a computer-generated copy, the same type of copy the St. Louis City Recorder and Registrar would issue.** **
Fees :
** Non-Refundable $15.00
** per copy request
** Mail-In Customers Add 50¢ for
** return mail if you do not provide
** Self-Addressed-Stamped-Envelope
Payment Method :
** We will accept MasterCard and Visa (No American Express) for amount of Purchase or Deed Recording Fee.
** Minimum $1.50 service fee Walk-in services only.
** No cash back.
** The service fee for all credit cards will be set at 2.95% of the payment amount with a minimum service fee of $1.50 will be charged for all transactions below $52.
** Service fee pricing for electronic checks
** The service fee for electronic checks will be set at $1.50.
This pricing includes the ability for Forte payments to :
** Validate the saving and checking account number real time.
** Validate that there are positive funds in the banks account at the time of the payment.
** The product called ATM Verify validates 95% of all US banks.
** The city will received $.050 per transaction, which will be deposited to the city’s’ designated bank account on the monthly basis.
What to Expect :
** When a record is found: Your payment is used as a Copy Fee and you will be issued one computer generated Certified Copy of the record.
Search Entails :
** 5-Year Search: 2 years before and 2 years after Date of Birth provided by customer on Application for the name provided by customer.
** When a record is not found – Your payment is used as a Search Fee.
Pre-1910 St. Louis City Birth Register Transcripts :
** The St. Louis City Recorder and Registrar provides Certified Transcript services for Pre-1910 St. Louis City Birth Registers.
** Photocopying Birth Register originals for the public is not possible
** St. Louis City’s Birth Registers are handwritten ledgers measuring up to 22 inches by 19 inches per page.
** Many have entries extending over two pages.
** The paper is very frail.
** The ink on many pages has faded.
** Instead, Vital Records staff transcribe entries from the Registers and produce typed Certified facsimiles.