Vital Records
Service Options & Choices
| Service Options/Choices | Required Fee | Approximate
In-Office |
| Walk-in at Vital Records office Receive a certified copy of an identified record when meeting proper purpose. |
$12.00 for each birth certificate $11.00 for each death, marriage or divorce certificate |
30 minutes |
| View at Vital Records
office Identify and view a record in the office, with the ability to take notes (the copy must remain in office). |
$12.00 for each birth certificate $11.00 for each death, marriage or divorce certificate |
30 minutes |
| Regular mail Vital Records P.O. Box 95065 Lincoln, NE 68509-5065 |
$12.00 for each birth certificate | 10 to 15 working days |
| Internet Applications Birth Certificates Only charged to Visa or MasterCard. Required ID MUST be faxed to
|
$12.00 for each birth certificate Genealogy applications WILL NOT BE accepted through Internet requests.
|
7 to 10 working days If the birth certificate is needed in less than 7 to 10 working days, please consider using Expedited Service or our VitalChek - emergency service. |
| Regional
office applications at Kearney, Norfolk, North Platte, Gering |
$12.00 for each birth certificate | 2 to 3 working days |
| Expedited
service:
Mail your application using the USPS Services, (i.e. Priority, Express, etc.) or Express Services to Vital Records |
$12.00 for each birth certificate $11.00 for each death, marriage or divorce certificate
Certificates will be returned in your prepaid envelope. If no pre-paid envelope provided, it will be sent out regular mail. |
1 to 2 working days
|
| *VitalChek-
emergency service Required ID must be faxed to 402-471-8238 by 3:00 p.m. Central time of the day ordered. |
$35.00 for a birth certificate $34.00 for a death, marriage or divorce certificate The fee for this service is non-refundable. |
Sent out UPS same day |
*Vital Chek: This service may be accessed by calling the Vital Records office at (402) 471-6440, from 9 a.m. through 3 p.m. Central Time, Monday through Friday, except holidays. Applications must be charged to your major credit card and sent to an address where someone will be available to sign for the package. The fee for this service is non-refundable. Requires UPS Next Business Day Delivery. These prices are for service in the Continental US. Delivery to other areas or Saturday delivery may include an increase in fees. Please call for more information.Viewing a record
You may apply to view a record of an event that occurred in Nebraska (if the record is not closed by state statute) by:
- coming into the office of Vital Records, 1st floor of the Gold's Galleria Building, 1033 "O" Street, Suite 130 (11th & N Streets) in Lincoln, NE;
- showing a current government-issued photo id (such as a driver’s license);
- meeting the
proper purpose regulations;
- paying the non-refundable search fee
- correctly identifying the record.
Other services
- Genealogy applications (processed by means of regular mail).
- Making changes to or corrections/additions to records.
- An adopted person who was born in Nebraska can contact our office for information on how to get original birth information, per
- Notice of Intent to Claim Paternity Registry
Contact:
E-mail: Vitalrecords@dhhs.ne.gov
Phone: (402) 471-2871
Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services
Division of Public Health
Vital Records
P.O. Box 95065
Lincoln, NE 68509-5065
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