Alabama Request for Keepsake Birth Certificate (ADPH HS-14H)
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Order form for a decorative Keepsake Birth Certificate for a person born in Alabama. It cannot be used for legal purposes. The form is mailed to the Center for Health Statistics in Montgomery.
Who can use this form
- The person named on the certificate.
- The mother, father, husband, wife, son, daughter, sister or brother of the person named on the certificate.
- Anyone else, such as a grandparent, needs written and signed permission from one of those people, plus a copy of that person's valid identification.
- The office must have a birth record on file for the person.
What to send with it
- The completed, signed form with the design choice (Kites, Bunnies or Nature).
- Valid identification. The ID requirements are printed on the back of the form.
- $45 for each Keepsake Birth Certificate. A check or money order payable to "Center for Health Statistics". Do not send cash.
- If the applicant is not one of the listed people: the written, signed permission and a copy of the ID of the person giving it.
Where to send it
- Mail to
- Alabama Center for Health Statistics P.O. Box 5625 Montgomery, Alabama 36103-5625
- State fee
- $45 for each Keepsake Birth Certificate. Fees are non-refundable. If the record is not found, the office sends a Certificate of Failure to Find and keeps the $15 search fee.
- Typical processing
- Not provided
- Form revision
- Revised 10/2024
- Source
- Official government page