POMS Reference

GN 00308: Sources and Fees for State and Local Vital Statistics Records

TN 24 (07-04)

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 $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

   

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