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Records Available

Salt Lake County vital records offices have the following records available:

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Birth Certificates

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For births that occurred anywhere in Utah.

You may order your own birth certificate or a birth certificate for your:

  • current spouse
  • parent
  • grandparent
  • sibling
  • child
  • grandchild

Government-issued identification is required to order a birth certificate, and proof of relationship is required for ordering a birth certificate other than your own.

Proof of relationship may include a marriage license or chain of birth certificates showing your connection to the person whose birth certificate you are ordering.

Birth certificates become public and may be ordered by anyone 100 years or more after the date of birth.

Death Certificates

For deaths that occurred anywhere in Utah.

You may order a death certificate for your:

  • spouse (if you are listed on the certificate as the spouse at the time of death, proof of relationship is not necessary)
  • parent
  • grandparent
  • sibling
  • child
  • grandchild

Government-issued identification and proof of relationship is required to order a death certificate.

Proof of relationship may include a chain of birth certificates showing your connection to the person whose death certificate you are ordering.

Death certificates become public and may be ordered by anyone 50 years or more after the date of death.

Marriage/Divorce Abstracts

Abstracts of marriage licenses and divorce records for anywhere in Utah from 1978 to 2010.

Marriage and divorce records are available to the general public 75 years after the marriage or divorce.

Note that abstracts are certified copies but have limited information.

To obtain a full, certified copy of a Utah marriage license, contact the county clerk's office (such as the Salt Lake County Clerk) in the county where the initial application was submitted. Certified divorce decrees are available at the Utah District Court where the divorce was granted.

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County Clerk Offices

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