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What is ADH's mailing address,
phone, and hours?
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Arkansas
Department of Health
Division of Vital Records, Slot 44
4815 West Markham Street
Little Rock, AR 72205-3867
(501) 661-2726
The Division of Vital Records
iis open Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. until 4:30
p.m. The building is closed on state holidays and weekends.
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What is the cost of a birth
certificate?
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cost of a birth record is $12.00 for the first copy and
$10.00 for each additional copy ordered of the same record
at the same time. If no record is found or no copy made,
state law requires that we keep $12.00 for a searching
fee. The customer may request a refund of any amount paid
over the required $12.00 search fee. |
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What is the cost of a death
certificate?
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cost of a death certificate is $10.00 for the first copy
and $8.00 for each additional copy issued at the same
time for the same certificate. If no record is found or
no copy is made, state law requires that we keep the
$10.00
for a searching fee. The customer may request a refund
of any amount paid over the required $10.00 search fee.
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What is the cost to search
the files for a birth or death certificate?
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search fee for a birth record is $12.00 and the search
fee for a death record is $10.00.
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Who may apply for a record
without the need of written authorization or documentation
indicating need for the copy?
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The
individual named on the record, specific family members
and designated representatives.
All other applicants must submit written authorization
from one of the eligible family members, or provide
documentation-proving need of the copy.
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I am working on my family tree
(genealogical research), can I get a copy of records
on family members?
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Family
members who are conducting genealogical research and genealogists
representing relevant family members may obtain copies
of vital records. Birth records occurring over 100 years
ago are open to the public and deaths which occurred more
than 50 years ago are also open to the public. The Arkansas
History Commission has an index of deaths for 1914 - 1949. |
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How can I get a copy of my birth
certificate?
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You
may come into our office or write to the following address:
Arkansas Department of Health
4815 West Markham Street
Slot 44
Little Rock, Arkansas 72205-3867
You may expedite your request with a credit card (Visa, Master Card, Discover or American Express) by calling toll free 866 209-9482 or on the Internet at
www.vitalchek.com. Your request will be processed the next business day. The certificate or a response to your request will be returned by regular mail in seven to ten business days or it maybe returned by Federal Express for the additional shipping fee. Call and verify fees as they may change without notice. Vital Records cannot fax copies of records.
Please process family history and genealogical requests through regular mail.
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How long will it take to receive a
birth certificate requested through regular mail?
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receive a certificate through the regular mail it will
take four to six weeks. |
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How do you correct information
on a certificate?
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may mail or bring a copy of your birth certificate, indicating
the information that is in error, and furnish us with
the correct information. We will mail you instructions
on how to have the information corrected. |
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We just adopted a child born in
Arkansas. What do we need to send to your office?
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to us a certified report of adoption or a certified final
decree for adoption from the county clerk's office where
the adoption was finalized. The fee is $27.00 for preparing
the new certificate and one certified copy of the new
certificate. |
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How do I add the father's name to
the birth certificate when the parents did not marry?
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will need an Acknowledgement of Paternity form, which
maybe obtained from our office or the Office of Child
Support Enforcement. Both the mother and father must sign
this form and have it notarized. You can only use this
form if the mother was not married at the time of birth
and there is no father listed on the birth certificate.
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I married the natural father of
my child. How do I add his name to the birth record?
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will need a certified marriage license and the affidavit
signed and notarized. We can only do this process if the
natural parents married after the child was born. The
mother cannot be married to another man before the child
was born. |
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How do I remove the father's name
from a birth certificate and change the child's name?
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will need a court order directing this office to remove
the father's name from the certificate. The same court
order can be used to have the child's name changed. We
will remove or add only the information the court order
directs us to remove or add. |
