Deschutes County Birth Registration

How to Order a Birth Certificate

Birth Certificates are filed at Deschutes County Health Department for hospital and home births occurring in Deschutes County.

Birth Certificates can be ordered by mail or in person from the Vital Records Department at Deschutes County Health Department for births occurring within the last six months. After the child turns 6 months of age, birth certificates must be ordered from the Oregon Vital Records State office.

If your child is under 6 months of age;
You may come into the Deschutes County Health Department office and fill out a Birth Certificate Request Form or download a copy from this website.  You will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to view this form.  You can download a free copy of this program by clicking on this link.  http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html   

Click on the following link to print out a Birth Certificate Request Form online.  Requests are normally mailed out the next business day after being received if no problems are found.  If you prefer, you can request to pick it up in person between 1:00 p.m. & 4:00 p.m. the following day assuming no problems are found.

The fee for a certified copy is $20 for the first copy and $15 for each additional copy ordered at the same time. Order forms are given to new parents at the time of birth and order forms may also be obtained from the Deschutes County Health Department.