Introduction to Oklahoma Birth Certificates

This article is designed to help you get a Oklahoma birth certificate.  Counter to common belief, not everything is on the Internet.  Personal birth certificates are one of the items that are not readily available online, and that is probably a good thing.  You do not want your birth certificate in the public domain, where it can be seen by anyone.  However, this does not mean that you can’t easily get your birth certificate.  

Oklahoma birth certificates have been maintained by the Oklahoma State Department of Health Vital Records Service for individuals born in the state of Oklahoma since 1908. Some Oklahoma birth certificates before 1940 may be missing.

Oklahoma Birth Certificate Authorized Persons

By Oklahoma state law, Oklahoma birth certificates are confidential records and can only be obtained by the following authorized individuals:

• Person Named on the Oklahoma Birth Certificate
• Mother/Father (or Legal Guardian) of Person Named on the Oklahoma Birth Certificate
• Grandparents and Great Grandparents of Person Named on the Oklahoma Birth Certificate
• Husband/Wife of Person Named on the Oklahoma Birth Certificate 
• Adult Son/Daughter of Person Named on the Oklahoma Birth Certificate
• Legal Representative of an Authorized Person of Person Named on the Oklahoma Birth Certificate

Oklahoma Birth Certificate for Genealogy Purpose

Anyone can obtain an Oklahoma birth certificate for genealogy purposes; if the individual on the Oklahoma birth certificate is diseased (death record may be needed to prove death).  If the individual on the Oklahoma birth certificate is not deceased; a statement from subject releasing the record is needed.

Oklahoma Birth Certificate Ordering

Options Option 1 – Order Oklahoma Birth Certificate Online

This option is the simplest and easiest way to get your Oklahoma Birth Certificate.  Order online and you will get your Oklahoma Birth Certificate usually in less than a week.  Many times you will have the option of receiving your vital record by next-day or second-day service.

Order Birth and Death Records Online!  

Option 2 – Order Oklahoma Birth Certificate through the Mail

Follow the instructions below, if you are not ordering your Oklahoma birth certificate online.  It usually takes 4 weeks upon receipt of request to be sent to you:

Step 1: Download Mail-In Application

Step 2: Please provide as much of the following information as possible to locate the Oklahoma birth certificate:

• Full name of person at birth on the Oklahoma birth certificate
• Date of birth on the Oklahoma birth certificate
• Sex on the Oklahoma birth certificate
• County (or city) of birth on the Oklahoma birth certificate
• Hospital of birth - if not in a hospital state "home" 
• Full maiden name of mother on the Oklahoma birth certificate
• Full name of father on the Oklahoma birth certificate
• Your name 
• Your signature 
• Your relationship to the person whose Oklahoma birth certificate you are requesting 
• Address where the Oklahoma birth certificate is to be mailed 
• Self addressed stamped envelope
• Your daytime phone number
• By Mail: Send the above information and the appropriate fee to:

 

Division of Vital Records,

PO Box 53551,

Oklahoma City, OK 73152

Option 3 – In Person

In Person in Oklahoma: You may go to any county health department in the State of Oklahoma to obtain a certified copy of a Oklahoma birth certificate. Most Oklahoma birth certificates can be issued while you wait.

Oklahoma Birth Certificate Ordering Cost

The fee to search for an Oklahoma birth certificate is $15.00, which includes one certified copy of the Oklahoma birth certificate or a "Certificate of Failure to Find." For each additional copy of the Oklahoma birth certificate ordered at the same time, the fee is $15.00. Checks or Money Orders should be made payable to "OSDH." Please do not send cash. Fees are not refundable. Additional fees are required for expedited service.