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Vital Records
Vital Records
610 South 200 East
Salt Lake city, Utah 84111
385-468-4230
Certificates Available at SLVHD Offices
Vital records are protected private information and are only available to the person listed on the record and the person's parents, current/surviving spouse, siblings, children, grandparents, and grandchildren. Other individuals are required to show legal proof of need.
According to Utah law, historic vital records become public at varying times based on the type of record, as listed below.
Birth
Births that occurred within Salt Lake City limits from 1890 to the present.
Births that occurred anywhere in Utah from 1951 to the present.
If the birth occurred before 1951 in another city in Utah, contact the Utah Department of Health at (801) 538-6105.
Birth certificates may be requested by the general public 100 years or more after the date of birth.
Death
Deaths that occurred within Salt Lake City limits from 1847 to the present.
Deaths that occurred within Salt Lake County limits from September 1969 to the present.
Deaths that occurred anywhere in Utah from August 2006 to the present.
Death certificates may be requested by the general public 50 years or more after the date of death.
Marriage/Divorce Abstracts
Abstracts of marriage licenses and divorce records for anywhere in Utah from 1978 to 2010.
Marriage and divorce records are available to the general public 75 years after the marriage or divorce.
Note that abstracts are NOT certified copies and have limited information. To obtain a cerified copy of a Utah marriage license, contact the County Clerk's office (such as the Salt Lake County Clerk) in the county where the initial application was submitted. Certified divorce decrees are available at the Utah District Court where the divorce was granted.