Florida Putative Father Registry Application for Search (DH 1963)
Official state formParentage and paternityForm DH 1963Free downloadLast verified November 10, 2026
Application for a search of the Florida Putative Father Registry. The State Registrar issues a certificate that lists matching registrations or states that there is no match. It is mailed to the Florida Department of Health, Vital Statistics, in Jacksonville.
Who can use this form
- An adoption entity, in connection with a planned adoption
- The registered unmarried biological father (notarized request)
- The birth mother (notarized request)
- The court, by order
What to send with it
- Completed application
- Notarized affidavit on page 2 and a copy of photo ID, if the applicant is the putative father or the birth mother
- Check or money order payable to Vital Statistics
Where to send it
- Mail to
- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH VITAL STATISTICS P.O. BOX 210 Jacksonville, FL 32231-0042
- State fee
- $9.00 search fee; optional $10 rush fee.
- Typical processing
- Generally within five work days
- Form revision
- 07/2012
- Source
- Official government page