New York Public Records

The New York Department of Health houses most of the states vital records dating back all the way to 1881 for many records. Records are available by mail, phone, or the internet. The fee for a search with a single certified copy is $30 dollars and an additional $15 dollars for expedited service. Phone and internet searches have a higher priority and have an additional $7.50 fee on top of the expided fee. Records not found from this department might be found at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

New York State Department of Health
Vital Records Section
Certification Unit
800 North Pearl Street
P.O. Box 2602
Menands, NY 12204

• Birth Certificate Application (PDF)
• Death Certificate Application (PDF)

The vital records department can issue certificates for most of New York except for those granted in New York City. Those records are only available from the New York City Marriage Bureau. Records from the NYC Marriage Bureau are quite a bit cheaper than those from the state as $15 dollars for a search and one copy and $10 dollars each additional copy.

City Clerk
New York City Marriage Bureau
141 Worth Street
New York, NY 10013

• Marriage Certificate Application (PDF)
• NYC Marriage Certificate Application (PDF)
• Divorce Certificate Application (PDF)

In New York, all adult aged adoptees are allowed to access al non-identifying information from their birth parents including general appearance, religion, occupation, education and race without consent. Medical records require the consent and the registration of the birth parents or birth siblings. Identifying information can only be given if both living birth parents register and agree to receiving contact.

Adoption Information Registry
New York State Department of Health
P.O. Box 2602
Albany, NY 12220-2602

• Adoptee Registration Form (PDF)
• Birth Parent Registration Form (PDF)
• Sibling Registration Form (PDF)

Real property information include tax valuations, parcel information and property records for the major counties around NYC are consolidated into the NYC applications. Surrounding areas are mantained by individual county governments.

• New York City Tax Maps
• New York City Parcel Search
• New York City Property Records
• Suffolk County GIS Maps
• Nassau County Land Records Viewer
• Westchester County Tax Parcels
• Erie County Real Property Search
• Monroe County Real Property Application
• Onondaga County Property Tax
• Orange County Parcel Information