New Jersey Application for a Genealogical Certification or Certified Copy of a Vital Record (REG-28a)
Official state formOther copy requestsForm REG-28aFree downloadLast verified November 10, 2026
Mail application for genealogical records: births more than 80 years ago, marriages more than 50 years ago and deaths more than 40 years ago. You can ask for a certification or a certified copy. It is mailed to the Office of Vital Statistics and Registry in Trenton.
Who can use this form
- Anyone may ask for a certification
- A certified copy: the parent, legal guardian or legal representative of the person on the record
- A certified copy: the spouse, civil union partner or domestic partner, or a child, grandchild or sibling of legal age
- A certified copy: a state or federal agency for official purposes, or a person with a court order
What to send with it
- The completed application
- Copies of valid proof of identity. The mailing address must match the ID
- Proof of relationship, if you ask for a certified copy
- A check or money order payable to "Treasurer, State of New Jersey"
- A notarized letter, if the records are to be mailed to an address other than the one on your ID
Where to send it
- Mail to
- New Jersey Department of Health Office of Vital Statistics and Registry PO Box 370 Trenton, NJ 08625-0370
- State fee
- $25 for the search and the resulting record, $2 for each additional copy of the same record ordered at the same time, and $1 for each additional year searched.
- Typical processing
- Not provided
- Form revision
- MAY 18
- Source
- Official government page