Hawaii, vital records
The Hawaii State Department of Health, Vital Records, issues birth, death, marriage and civil union certificates and marriage licenses. Divorce decrees come only from the circuit court that granted the divorce.
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Vital records
The Honolulu office that issues Hawaii birth, death, marriage and civil union certificates, marriage licenses and record corrections. It keeps no divorce records.
Open official site Hawaii Department of Health, Vital RecordsVital records
How to order certified copies, or $5 letters of verification, for Hawaii birth, marriage and civil union records, online, by mail or in person.
Open official site Hawaii birth, marriage and civil union certificatesVital records
Department of Health statistics on births, deaths, marriages and divorces in Hawaii, available on request and published in annual reports.
Open official site Hawaii vital statisticsVital records
Mail form for a certified Hawaii birth record. Send a copy of government photo ID and a money order or cashier's check to the Vital Records Issuance Section in Honolulu.
Open official site Hawaii birth certificate request formVital records
How to order a certified Hawaii death certificate, or a letter of verification by mail or in person, and what happens when no record is found.
Open official site Hawaii death certificatesVital records
Mail form for a certified copy of a Hawaii marriage or civil union certificate, sent with a copy of photo ID and the prepaid fee to the Department of Health.
Open official site Hawaii marriage and civil union certificate request formVital records
The Department of Health keeps no divorce records. This sheet lists the circuit court offices on each island where a divorce decree is obtained.
Open official site Hawaii divorce records, court contactsVital records
Archives collection of birth, marriage and death reports and marriage license records, with indexes for 1832 to 1910 and 1911 to 1929 arranged by island and name.
Open official site Hawaii State Archives, vital statistics collectionVital records
National Center for Health Statistics links to every state and territory vital records office, with fees and mailing addresses. The federal government itself issues no certificates.
Open official site CDC, Where to Write for Vital RecordsVital records
National Center for Health Statistics data on births and deaths in the United States, such as leading causes of death and life tables. It publishes statistics, not copies of records.
Open official site CDC, National Vital Statistics SystemVital records
Department of Health portal to order and track certified copies. The first copy is $10, each extra copy of the same record $4, plus a $2.50 portal fee.
Open official site Hawaii vital records online orderingFederal
Social Security Administration form to apply for an original or replacement card or to correct your record. It generally asks for your birth certificate as proof of age.
Open official site SSA, Form SS-5, Social Security card applicationGuide
The Hawaii Department of Health, Office of Health Status Monitoring, holds divorce records only for divorces from July 1951 through December 2002 and issues certified copies for that window alone. Divorces before July 1951 and after December 2002, and the decree itself in every case, are held by the family court of the circuit where the divorce took place. The Department's divorce record instructions are at health.hawaii.gov.
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No. The CDC is explicit: 'The Federal Government does not maintain files or indexes of these records.' Every U.S. vital record is kept by the state where the event occurred.
A certified copy has a raised seal and is accepted by SSA, passport offices, and courts. An informational copy is marked 'Informational, Not a Valid Document to Establish Identity' and cannot be used for legal ID.
It varies by state, but a mail order to a state vital records office is typically 4, 8 weeks. Walk-in county clerk requests can be same-day. Online orders through VitalChek add a separate processing time on top of the state's.
Most states limit certified copies to the registrant, immediate family, and legal representatives. Informational copies are generally available to anyone after a waiting period defined by state law.
You should have a Consular Report of Birth Abroad (CRBA, form FS-240). Replacements come from the U.S. Department of State, not from a state vital records office.
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Every state page lists that state's official vital record sources, each opened and verified.