Alabama Request for Certified Copy of Acknowledgment of Paternity (ADPH-HS-21)
Official state formParentage and paternityForm ADPH-HS-21Free downloadLast verified November 10, 2026
Request for a certified copy of an Acknowledgment of Paternity on file in Alabama. It is a restricted record. The form is mailed to the Center for Health Statistics in Montgomery or taken to a local Alabama county health department.
Who can use this form
- An immediate family member.
- A person who demonstrates a legal right to the record (Code of Alabama 22-9A-21).
- By signing, the applicant certifies a legal right to the record.
What to send with it
- The completed form with the applicant section filled in and signed.
- Valid identification. The ID requirements are printed on the back of the form.
- The $15 search fee. A check or money order payable to "Center for Health Statistics". Do not send cash.
Where to send it
- Mail to
- Alabama Department of Public Health Center for Health Statistics P.O. Box 5625 Montgomery, AL 36103-5625
- State fee
- $15 record search fee, which includes one certified copy or a Certificate of Failure to Find. Additional copies of the same record ordered at the same time are $6 each. Fees are non-refundable.
- Typical processing
- Not provided
- Form revision
- Rev. 10/2024
- Source
- Official government page