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GN 00308.070: Oregon Vital Records

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  • Effective Dates: 07/31/2017 - Present
  • Effective Dates: 12/18/2017 - Present
  • TN 24 (07-04)
  • GN 00308.070 Oregon Vital Records
  • A. Process
  • Divorce records beginning with May 1925 are available from the county clerk in the county where the divorce was granted. The cost of copy varies. Marriage records are also available from most counties.
  • B. Procedure - state sources
  • 1. Address and FO Code
  • Oregon Vital Records P.O. Box 14050 Portland, OR 97293-0050
  • FO code 932
  • NOTE: You can find the most up-to-date information at the Oregon Vital Records website. In addition, you can find EIN information here .
  • 2. Cost of Copy:
  • $25.00, additional copies $20.00 each
  • $25.00, additional copies $25.00 each (effective 01/01/2018)
  • See Remarks, below, for information about verifications.
  • 3. Type of Payment:
  • Check, money order or third party draft.
  • 4. Remarks:
  • Send mail requests directly to the Division of Vital Records. Include an SSA L-706, a return envelope and payment. Telephone requests for all types of records, using VISA or Mastercharge, can be made by telephoning (971) 673-1190. Fax requests can be made to (971) 673-1203. The fee for a record request by phone or fax is $32.50.
  • Verification only is $8.00. Contact Oregon Center for Health Statistics directly using the State of Oregon’s form CHS45–110. Oregon does not accept credit cards for verifications.
  • NOTE: Birth verifications are preferred evidence only if the birth occurred in 1939 or later and the record is not marked delayed.
  • Can FO verify, certify or obtain free copy of birth/death record? No – effective 12/01/03.
  • C. List of counties
  • NOTE: The following counties do not maintain records of birth:
  • Baker
  • Benton
  • Clackamas
  • Clatsop
  • Crook
  • Deschutes
  • Douglas
  • Grant
  • Jefferson
  • Klamath
  • Lake
  • Lane
  • Lincoln
  • Linn
  • Marion
  • Morrow
  • Polk
  • Tillamook
  • Umatilla
  • Union
  • Wallowa
  • Washington
  • Yamhill
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  • Baker
  • Courthouse Third and Court Baker, OR 97814
  • Benton
  • Courthouse Corvallis, OR 97330
  • Clackamas
  • Clerk of the Court Oregon City, OR 97045
  • Clatsop
  • County Clerk County Courthouse Astoria, OR 97103
  • Coos
  • County Clerk Coos County Courthouse Coquille, OR 97423
  • Crook
  • County Clerk County Courthouse Prineville, OR 97754
  • Curry
  • County Clerk Curry County Courthouse Gold Beach, OR 97444
  • Deschutes
  • County Clerk 1164 N.W. Bond Bend, OR 97701
  • Douglas
  • Clerk and Recorder's Office Roseburg, OR 97470
  • Gilliam
  • County Clerk's Office County Courthouse Condon, OR 97823
  • Grant
  • County Courthouse Canyon City, OR 97820
  • Harney
  • Harney County Courthouse Burns, OR 97720
  • Hood River
  • Dept. of Records and Elections County Courthouse Hood River, OR 97031
  • Jackson
  • County Courthouse Medford, OR 97501
  • Jefferson
  • County Clerk County Courthouse 657 C Street Madras, OR 97741
  • Josephine
  • County Courthouse Grants Pass, OR 97526
  • Klamath
  • County Courthouse Klamath Falls, OR 97601
  • Lake
  • County Courthouse Lakeview, OR 97630
  • Lane
  • County Courthouse Eugene, OR 97401
  • Lincoln
  • County Courthouse S.W. Olive Street P.O. Box 947 Newport, OR 97365
  • Linn
  • County Courthouse P.O. Box 100 Albany, OR 97321
  • Malheur
  • Clerk of the Court Malheur County Vale, OR 97918
  • Marion
  • County Courthouse Salem, OR 97321
  • Morrow
  • County Courthouse Heppner, OR 97836
  • Multnomah
  • Oregon State Health Division Vital Statistics Section P.O. Box 116 Portland, OR 97207
  • Polk
  • County Courthouse 850 Main Street Dallas, OR 97338
  • Sherman
  • County Clerk's Office County Courthouse Moro, OR 97039
  • Tillamook
  • County Clerk County Courthouse Tillamook, OR 97141
  • Umatilla
  • County Courthouse 216 SE 4th St. Pendleton, OR 97801
  • Union
  • County Courthouse La Grande, OR 97850
  • Wallowa
  • County Courthouse Enterprise, OR 97828
  • Wasco
  • County Clerk's Office County Courthouse The Dalles, OR 97058
  • Washington
  • County Clerk's Office Administration Building 150 N. First Avenue Hillsboro, OR 97123
  • Wheeler
  • County Clerk's Office County Courthouse Fossil, OR 97830
  • Yamhill
  • County Courthouse 5th and Evans McMinnville, OR 97128