North Carolina Vital Records

Expedited mail service has been temporarily suspended as of 1/10/2022. If your expedited order was postmarked prior to the suspension, it will be processed as an expedited order.

Walk-in (in-person) certificate service is available by appointment only. To make an appointment with the state office for expedited regular certificate purchase walk-in (in-person) services, please use the NC Vital Records Appointments calendar or call 919-733-3000, Option 3. Expedited processing fees ($15) apply in addition to the fees assessed for the service you are requesting.

• Important: At this time, the NCOVR is not accepting appointments for: adoptions, paternities (including affidavits of parentage / AOPs), legitimations, court-ordered name changes, or delayed registration of birth.
• The appointments calendar provides scheduling for a rolling 30-day period. Appointments become available beginning at midnight, if/when the following day of the next month is a business day. If no appointments are currently available, please check back, as more appointments should become available later in the month.

Before scheduling an appointment or placing your certificate order, we strongly recommend you check the processing dates page for estimated processing and shipping dates to determine if estimated timeframes would meet your needs. If not, you may want to consider ordering a birth, death or marriage certificate from the Register of Deeds in the county where the event occurred. Divorce certificates may also be obtained from the clerk of court in the county where the divorce is filed.