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Welcome to the Stark County Health Department Birth and Death Certificate online ordering system. Requests will be processed from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM on Monday through Friday, (Closed most holidays).
GETTING A BIRTH OR DEATH CERTIFICATE
Birth Certificates
- The office only issues certificates for births that occurred in Ohio.
- For births outside the State of Ohio, please contact the state in which the event occurred.
- For home births, please contact Carmalee Hand-Cannane, Deputy Registrar, at vitals@starkhealth.org or 330.451.1465.
New Birth Certificates
- Certificates for new births typically takes up to 2 weeks to become available. While Stark County Health Department strives to provide this service as quickly as possible, the information must first be received from the birthing hospital (or center) and uploaded into State of Ohio records system.
- The Office of Vital Statistics processes orders within 2 business days once the information is available.
Death Certificates
- The Stark County Health Department (SCHD) has death records dating from 1908 to the present year, for persons who were pronounced dead within the state of Ohio.
- For Death records in Stark County prior to 1908, contact the Ohio History Connection at www.ohiohistory.org, 800-686-6124, 614-297-2300 or the Stark County District Library at www.starklibrary.org 330-458-2765.
- For deaths outside the State of Ohio, please contact the state in which the event occurred.
- For deaths occurring outside of the County of Stark, but within Ohio, contact the county's office of vital statistics where the death occurred or the Ohio Department of Health.
- The year of death is mandatory to obtain a Death Certificate. If you do not know the exact date please enter (99/99/2000).
Attention Applicants
- If you are applying for your own Birth Certificate and you have changed your name since birth, (Marriage, Legal Name Change, Adoption) please enter the reason for your name change in the 'Special Instructions' field on Step 4 of the application.
To begin the order process, click on the links on the left
Social Security Numbers on Death Certificates
Per Ohio Revised Code (ORC) 3705.23(5): For the first five years after a decedent’s death, a decedent’s social security number shall not be included on a certified copy of the decedent’s death certificate unless that information is specifically requested to be on the certified copy. Relationship restrictions apply and the acceptable proof is required; for details, view the Social Security Number Guidelines and Addendum Form (PDF), effective October 15, 2015.
To begin the order process, click on the links on the left
The Following Vital Records May Be Requested Online:
| Certified Birth Certificate | $25.00 each copy |
| Certified Death Certificate |
$25.00 each copy |
* An additional non-refundable $4 service fee per certificate, along with a credit card processing fee, will be applied to all online orders
Delivery Options
| UPS Next Day Air | Variable pricing, includes tracking number |
| UPS 2nd Day Air | Variable pricing, includes tracking number |
| International - UPS Worldwide Express | Covers more than 130 countries and territories, variable pricing, includes tracking number |
For More Information, Contact:
Stark County Health Department
7235 Whipple Avenue Northwest
North Canton Ohio, 44720
Phone: 330-493-9904
Fax: 330-493-9920
Email: birthanddeath@starkhealth.org
For Technical Support, Contact:
Permitium Software
Email: help@permitium.com