Missouri Birth & Death Certificate:

• Certified Missouri Birth and Death certificates may be acquired through the Franklin County Health Department in person or by mail at

  • F.C.H.D.

  • 414 E Main St.

  • Union MO 63084

• Certified birth certificates can be issued for persons born in Missouri since 1920. Certified death certificates can be issued for deaths occurring in Missouri since 1980. Please contact the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services for certificates prior to these dates.

• To Change a Birth or Death Record contact State office at the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.

 

Who can get a Missouri vital record?
If you were born in the state of Missouri, you may get a birth certificate through our department. You may request a copy of a Birth or Death Certificate for someone else if you are an immediate relative of the person that you are requesting. For any questions please call the Franklin County Health Department at 636.583.7300 option 0.
 

Walk-In Service
Birth and death certificates are available to print in office Monday through Friday from 8:00 am – 4:15 pm if paying with cash or check, and 8:00 am - 4:00 pm if paying with debit/credit card.

 

To obtain a copy of a Missouri Birth Record you will need to do the following:

• Fill out our vital record form

• Present your current Photo ID

• Have payment of $15.00 per copy (Please see payment options below)

• Walk-in requests are printed in our office the same day

To obtain a copy of a Missouri Death Record you will need to do the following:

• Fill out our vital record form

• Present your current Photo ID

• Have payment of $14.00 for first copy and $11.00 for each additional copy (see below for payment options)

• Walk-in requests are printed in our office the same day

Mailing in an application:

• You may mail in an application to the Franklin County Health Department.

• All applications must be completed and notarized prior to processing.

• If the application is not notarized, we will be unable to process your request.

• Please mail in application, along with the proper fee and a self-addressed stamped envelope to: Franklin County Health Dept. Attn: Vital Records, 414 East Main Street, Union, MO 63084

*Mail in requests will be processed right away and mailed out the following business day.

Payment options that are accepted:

• Cash, check, money order and Visa, Mastercard and Discover credit cards*

• All checks must have current phone number, address and D.O.B. A $25.00 processing charge may be applied to returned checks.

• For all credit/debit cards there is a $1.55 fee accessed for anything under $62.00. A 2.5% fee is applied for anything over $62.00.  PLEASE NOTE: Credit/Debit cards only accepted in person until 4:00pm. We cannot take any credit/debit cards online or via mail. Also, please do not mail cash.

WARNING: False application for a certified copy of vital record is a felony and is punishable by a fine up to $5,000, five years in prison or both (RSMo 193.315)