Vital Records

• We issue certified birth, marriage, and death certificates, marriage licenses, and file records for deaths that take place in Providence
• All RI birth certificates for births in 1960 and after can be obtained from any city or town hall in the state.

Payment Information

We accept cash, credit cards, debit cards, checks, money orders, and Apple Pay. Please note: If you’re paying with cash, please bring the exact amount, as we are unable to provide change.

• Visit City Hall Suite 104 to make an in-person request
  – You must fill-out the appropriate form (listed below) for a birth, death or marriage certificate and will need to show a valid photo ID.
• Request record(s) by mail
  – You must fill-out the appropriate form (listed below) for a birth, death or marriage certificate, provide a copy of a valid photo ID, include correct payment of $25.00, and include a self-addressed return envelope. Each additional certified copy requested of the same record is $18.00
  • Expedited service is available by including a pre-paid, overnight return envelope with your request.  You are responsible for paying postage both ways.
• Request your record online through this link – State of RI: Birth, Death & Marriage Records

• All certified copies of birth, marriage and death records cost $22.00 and any additional certified copies requested on the same day of the same record is $18.00.
  • • For examples:
      • • You request two (2) certified copies of your child’s birth record, the fee is $22.00 + $18.00  for a total cost of $40.00.
        • You request a birth certificate and your marriage certificate, the fee is $22.00 for each record, for a total cost of $44.00.

• You must provide two (2) pieces of mail that state your name and address; no junk mail will be accepted.

• Members of the immediate family only (mother, father, brother, sister, and grandparents) as well as attorneys with a copy of their bar card and ID.  Biological children over the age of 18 can request records.
• If there is no father listed on a birth record, only the mother and the child, once the child is 18 years old can request the record.

• You must contact the State of RI Department of Health Vital Records Division at (401) 222-2812. They are the only state entity that can make any changes to records.

• You must request your record through the State of RI Department of Health Vital Record’s Division at (401) 222-2812 or visit their office at 6 Harrigton Road, Cranston, RI 02920.