Minnesota Noncertified Birth Record Request
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Request for an informational copy of a Minnesota birth record on plain paper, not a certified certificate. Mail it to the Minnesota Department of Health, Office of Vital Records. Some options must be signed before a notary.
Who can use this form
- Public records (parents married): anyone may request a noncertified copy.
- Confidential records (single mother): the subject age 16 or older, a parent named on the record, the guardian, or a person with a U.S. court order.
- Certain child support, medical assistance and tribal program staff may also request, with an employee ID.
- The full record with health information (births 2001 to present) is only for the mother named on the record or a local public health representative.
What to send with it
- The completed form, signed in front of a notary if you choose option 3 or 4 on the form.
- A copy of the court order if you are the guardian or rely on a court order, or an employee ID if you act for a program.
- Payment, not cash.
- If the record is not found, the office sends a noncertified Statement of No Birth Record Found.
Where to send it
- Mail to
- Minnesota Department of Health Office of Vital Records Mail: PO Box 64499, St. Paul, MN 55164-0499 Courier/express delivery: 625 Robert St. N, St. Paul, MN 55155 (no vital-records counter service at this location) Fax: 866-416-1357 (credit card payments only)
- State fee
- $13 for the first noncertified birth record and $6 for each additional copy. Faster processing is $20 and express delivery is $21. As printed on the form.
- Typical processing
- Not provided
- Form revision
- 01/2024
- Source
- Official government page