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Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Vital Records Section
4300 Cherry Creek Drive South
HSVRD-VS-A1
Denver, CO 80246-1530
Phone: 303.692.2200
http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/hs/certs.asp

Birth Certificates

What is available?
1910 to present for entire state. Some earlier records can be found at local registrars offices.
Who may request a copy?
-Person named on the records.
-Immediate family.
-Legal representatives of those named above.
-Others demonstrating a direct and tangible interest in the records.
Copy of ID required.

Death Certificates

What is available?
1900 to present for entire state. Some earlier records can be found at local registrar offices.
Who may request a copy?
-Parents; grandparents; stepparents; siblings; spouse; adult children, stepchildren or grandchildren of the deceased.
-Legal representatives of any of the above.
-Legal representatives of the deceased.
-Probate researchers.
-Genealogists representing family members with appropriate credentials.
-Others who may demonstrate a direct and tangible interest when information is needed for determination or protection of a personal property right.
Copy of ID required.

Marriage Records

What is available? 
Records are available for the entire state for the following years: 1900-1939 and 1975-present. 1940-1974 are not available through the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment,
Vital Records Section and must be obtained from the county where the license was obtained.
Who may request a copy?
No restrictions, but copy of ID required.

Dissolution Records (divorce, separation, annulment)

What is available?
Records are available for the entire state for the following years: 1900-1939 and 1968-present. 1940-1967 are not available through the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment,
Vital Records Section and must be obtained from the county where the dissolution was decreed.
Who may request a copy?
No restrictions, but copy of ID required.

 

 

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