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Birth Certificates
How to Register a Birth
Children born
in a hospital will be automatically registered. If your child
was born at home, you must register the birth at the Birth and Death
Registration office. Please call to schedule an appointment at
(714) 480-6700. You will be informed as to which
documents to bring with you. These documents will be used to
verify proof of pregnancy and residence.
Birth Certificate
Birth and
Death Registration provides certified copies of birth
certificates for events occurring from 1994 to the present.
For hospital
births, a certified copy of the birth certificate will be available
for purchase after the original certificate has been registered,
usually within 15 days after birth. For home births, a
certified copy of the birth certificate will be available for
purchase after in-person registration of the original certificate
has been completed at the Birth and Death Registration office.
Obtaining a Birth Certificate
in Person
Certified
copies of birth certificates for births that occurred in Orange
County may be purchased in person at the Birth and Death
Registration office located at:
1200
North Main Street, Suite 100-A in Santa Ana.
Payment can be made by cash, personal check, cashier's check or
money order. The fee for each certified copy of a birth
certificate is $17.00.
Obtaining a Birth Certificate by Mail
Certified copies of birth certificates may be purchased by mail if
the birth occurred in Orange County. The fee for a birth
certificate is $17.00. Please include a legal-sized, stamped,
self-addressed envelope with your order.
Click here to print the application form (PDF file).
The form must be completed, notarized and returned with your
payment to:
County of
Orange Health Care Agency
Birth and Death Registration
P.O. Box 234
Santa Ana, CA 92702-0234
For further information,
please call (714) 480-6700.
Note:
For birth certificates
involving a legal name change, please contact the State of
California Department of Health Services at (916) 445-2684.
Obtaining a Birth Certificate for Years 1889 - 1993
Certified
copies of birth certificates may be purchased in person or by
mail from the County of Orange Clerk-Recorder if the birth occurred in
Orange County.
County of
Orange Clerk-Recorder provides certified copies of birth
certificates for events dating back to 1889.
You can access their web site at http://www.ocrecorder.com.
How to
Amend a Birth Certificate
To correct information on a
birth certificate, other than a name change, you must submit an
affidavit to the State Office of Vital Records. Birth and Death
Registration can aid in the process. Please call for assistance at
(714) 480-6700. Affidavits are sent to the State Department of Vital
Records in Sacramento for processing and may take as long as 8
months to be completed. The corrected birth certificate will be more
than one page because the original certificate cannot be altered.
Changing the name on the birth
certificate must be completed through the court system. The
child's last name can be changed to the last name of the natural
father by both parents completing an "Acknowledgment of Paternity"
form and a "Declaration of Paternity" form for births since 1997.
If the parents of a child are not
legally married, the father’s name will not be added to the birth
certificate. The father may have his name placed on the birth
certificate by either having the Declaration of Paternity and an
Acknowledgment of Paternity forms signed by both parents or by going
to court. Birth and Death Registration can provide you with both of
these forms. A fee of $20.00 is payable to the State Office of Vital
Records when submitting an Acknowledgment of Paternity form. There
is no fee for submitting a Declaration of Paternity form and it is
required for all births that occurred since 1997. Declaration of
Paternity forms are available at no charge from:
Orange County
Department of Child Support Services
1055 North Main Street, 1st Floor
Santa Ana, CA 92701
Telephone: (714) 541-7600
All District
Attorney offices
Courts
County
welfare department offices
Offices of
local registrars of births and deaths
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