Birth Certificate

How to obtain this service...

In Person

Step 1: Submit application on KIOSK

Step 2: Select Birth

Step 3: Complete application information 

Step 4: Once completed with application get in line to be called by a clerk

Step 5: ID & payment at counter

Step 6: Available to pick up on the same day in most cases

By Mail

Step 1: Download and fill out Application Form

Application for Birth Record(PDF, 326KB)

Step 2: Print and Notarize your Application

Step 3: Mail your original application & (NO CASH) only check or money order to:

Mailing Address: 
Fresno County Recorder
P.O. Box 766
Fresno, CA 93712

Fees:
$29.00     Birth Certificate 

**Note: You will be charge for any search fee of the files and records performed by the custodian of the records for a specific record when no certified copy is made shall be paid in advance by the applicant (Section 103650). The fee shall be the same as the fee required (Section 103625).

Drive Thru

Step 1: Go to https://fresnocountyca-web.tylerhost.net/ 

Step 2: Select Birth

Step 3: Complete application information 

Step 4: Select Payment Method / Credit Card or Debit 

Step 5: You will receive a phone call or email once your documents are ready to pick up

Step 6: ID & Credit Card must be present at the time of pickup

Step 7: Drive-thru pick up is intended for Pre-Order

 

Online via VitalChek

Step 1: Go to our third party vendor https://www.vitalchek.com/

Step 2: Fill in information 

Step 3: Get forms Notarize

Step 4: Fill out Authorization Form(PDF, 63KB)

Step 5: Fax / Upload 

Step 6: Order will be process once received 

Step 7: Receive by UPS/ Mail

**Note: Additional service fee charges will apply. Processing time can vary and may take up to 2-3 days. Please contact VitalChek directly for any questions regarding their online process at (800) 669-8312.


What you need to provide:

If you order in person

  • Name of the person

  • Date of birth

  • City of birth

  • Father or other parent's name

  • Mother's maiden name

  • Your signature must be witnessed by a clerk in our office for an unrestricted copy. It does not need to be notarized.

The fee is $29.00 for each copy. You may pay by check or money order payable to Fresno County Recorder, or by credit card for an additional $2.50.

If you order by mail

  • Name of the person

  • Date of birth

  • City of birth

  • Father or other parent's name

  • Mother's maiden name

  • Your signature must be notarized for an unrestricted copy.

  • The name and address of the person or agency to whom the copies are to be returned

The fee is $29.00 for each copy. A check or money order for the full amount payable to Fresno County Recorder must accompany the order. Do not send cash.


Restricted Copies

Anyone may obtain a restricted certified copy of a birth or death record. The record is for informational purposes only and may not be used to establish identity. Restricted copies will have across the face of the document the words:

"INFORMATIONAL, NOT A VALID DOCUMENT TO ESTABLISH IDENTITY"

Unrestricted Copies

If you need a certified copy to obtain a driver's license, passport, or register for insurance coverage you should not use a restricted certified copy of a birth or death record. To obtain an unrestricted certified copy of a birth record you must be one of the following:

  • The registrant or a parent or legal guardian of the registrant

  • A party entitled to receive the record as a result of a court order, or an attorney or a licensed adoption agency seeking the record in order to comply with the requirements of Section 3140 or 7603 of the Family Code

  • A member of a law enforcement agency or a representative of another governmental agency, as provided by law, who is conducting official business

  • A child, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, spouse or domestic partner of the registrant

  • An attorney representing the registrant or the registrant's estate, or any person or agency empowered by statute or appointed by a court to act on behalf of the registrant or the registrant's estate

  • Any funeral director who orders certified copies of a death certificate on behalf of any individual specified in paragraphs (1) to (5), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 7100 of the Health and Safety Code