New York vital records are available through various courts in New York.  New York Birth and Death records are filed through the Clerk of the city or town in which the life event took place.  These records are usually filed through the New York State Bureau of Vital Records.  A New York marriage license may also be obtained from a town or city clerk if they issued the license.  Since 1847, all divorce decrees have been handled by the Supreme Court in the county where the divorce took place.  New York divorce decrees are sealed for 100 years.  Counties will also be able to supply land transfer records, wills and probate record information.

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Information On New York’s Vital Records

How to Contact New York's Vital Records Offices by Life Event

Birth and Death Certificates

$15 per copy

Contact Information:
New York Certification Unit
Vital Records Section
Post Office Box 2602
Albany, New York 12220- 2602

The state office in New York carries vital records dating back to 1880.  If you require vital records from Buffalo, Albany, Yonkers, before 1914 or before 1880 and other cities, please contact Register of Vital Statistics in the city where the event took place.  For the rest of the cities in the state contact the state office, except New York City.

Please make your personal check or money order payable to New York State Department of Health.  You can confirm the current fees by listening to the recorded message at (518) 474- 3075.

New York State Marriage Records Information

$5.00 per copy

Contact Information:
New York Certification Unit
Vital Records Section
Post Office Box 2602
Albany, New York 12220- 2602

The New York Certification Unit carries vital records from 1880 to the present.

New York City Marriage Records Information

$5.00 per copy

Applicants that need vital records from 1880-1907 and require a license that was issued in Buffalo, Albany, or Yonkers, need to apply to Albany: City Hall, City Clerk, Albany, NY 12207

For Buffalo: City Hall, City Clerk, Buffalo, NY 14202. 

For Yonkers: Health Center Building, Registrar of Vital Statistics, Yonkers, NY 10701.

New York State Divorce Records Information

Cost per copy varies

Contact the County Clerk in the county where the divorce was originally authorized.

New York County Divorce Records Information

Cost per copy varies

Contact the County Clerk in the county where the divorce was originally authorized.