Vital Records are not considered public access documents

Vital Records are not considered public access documents. Certified copies of records in the custody of the Department of Health may be obtained by persons having a legitimate and tangible interest in such records. In order to protect the confidentiality of documents, no public access is permitted to the storage vault or to any indexes and all requests from members of the public must be accompanied by the published fee. Suitable forms are provided for initiating any such requests. State issued picture identification or other forms of identification acceptable to the State Registrar may be required.