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NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Vital Records Section
Mail-in Application for Copy of Divorce Certificate
Information Page — Mail-in Application for Copy of Divorce Certificate
General Instructions
• Use this application if you are the wife, husband or spouse named on the divorce certificate.
• If you are not the wife, husband or spouse named on the certificate, then you must submit with this application a copy of a New York State
Court Order requiring the divorce certificate.
• Use this application only if the divorce was granted in New York State (including New York City) on or after January 1, 1963. Contact the
county clerk of the county where the divorce was granted if prior to January 1, 1963.
• Do not use this application for genealogy requests.
• If delivery is to a P.O. Box or to a third party you must submit, with this application, a not arized statement signed by the wife, husband or
spouse and a copy of the wife, husband or spouse's driver license.
To order by mail, sen
d by first class mail, registered mail, certified
mail or U.S. Priority Mail to:
New York State Department of Health
Vital Records Certification Unit
P.O. Box 2602
Albany, NY 12220-2602
Who is eligible to obtain a divorce certificate copy?
• If the applicant is not the wife, husband or spouse, a New York State Court Order is required to obtain a copy of the divorce certificate.
• A copy of the New York State Court Order must be submitted along with the application if the request is being made by someone other than
the wife, husband or spouse on the record.
Identification Requirements -- Application
must
be submitted with copies of either A or B:
Note: Copy of Passport required if request is made from a foreign country that requires a U.S. Passport for travel.
One (1) of the following forms of valid photo-ID:
• Driver license
• State Issued Non-Driver Photo-ID Card
• Passport
• U.S. Military Issued Photo-ID
-- OR --
Two (2) of the following showing the applicant's current name and address:
• Utility or telephone bills
• Letter from a government agency dated within the last six (6) months
Fees: If no record is on file, a No Record Certification is issued and the fee is not refunded.
• The fee is $30.00 per copy. — Total for one (1) copy is $30.00. Total for two (2) copies is $60.00, etc.
• Send check or money order payable to the New York State Department of Health. Do not send cash.
Note: Payment submitted from foreign countries must be made by a check drawn on a United States bank or by international money order.
Do not send cash.
Compl eting the Form
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• If you are using Adobe Reader 7.0 or newer (available as a free download from www.adobe.com) you can fill in the form directly in Adobe
Reader by clicking on the appropriate space and entering the information (use the TAB key to move to the next field, shift-TAB to move
backwards). Print the completed form, sign and mail to the above address.
• You can print out a blank copy of the form and then type or pri nt the required information.
• Be sure to sign the form before mailing and include a check or money order made payable to the New York State Department of Health
along with any required documentation.
For Expedited order placement and processing:
Please visit
www.VitalChek.com
or call VitalChek Network, Inc. at 877-854-4481