How Do You Obtain A California Birth Certificate?
A birth certificate is a vital piece of identification. If you have misplaced your California birth certificate, you will need to go through the California Department of Public Health’s Office of Vital Records in order to obtain a replacement. Getting your California birth certificate is a fairly simple process. After you download the proper forms, fill them out and mail them in, you can expect to receive your birth certificate in roughly six weeks. Download the “Application for Certified Copy of Birth Certificate” form from the website for the Office of Vital Records of the California Department of Public Health (see Resources). Print that document. Choose which type of birth certificate you want to obtain (“Certified Copy” or “Certified Informational Copy”), verify that you can legally obtain this particular birth certificate, write in your personal information (such as name, address, phone number) and write in the information that is found on the birth certificate (such as the names
