Missouri Birth Records
The St. Louis City Recorder and Registrar is a Certified Copy Center for
- 1920 to Present Missouri Birth Certificates
All Missouri Counties
Including St. Louis City
- Pre-1910 St. Louis City Birth Registers
If you live or work in St. Louis City, or are visiting the City, the quickest source for a Certified Copy of a Birth Certificate is likely the St. Louis City Recorder and Registrar.
Missouri and Illinois Statutes
and Administrative Rules
The St. Louis City Recorder and Registrar cannot change or correct a Missouri Birth Certificate.
- Change or Correct a Birth Certificate
Contact Missouri Vital Records Bureau
P.O. Box 570, Jefferson City, MO 65102
573.751.6378
- Add Father's Name to a Birth Certificate
Contact Missouri Vital Records Bureau
P.O. Box 570, Jefferson City, MO 65102
573.751.6378
- File Notice of Intent to Claim Paternity
with Putative Father Registry
P.O. Box 570, Jefferson City, MO 65102
573.751.6378
Important-
Before Requesting a Birth Record
- Read about Missouri
Birth Records Restrictions
- Read about Missouri
Birth Certificate Fees and
Payment Method
In most cases, the St. Louis City Recorder and Registrar can provide a Birth Certificate copy to a walk-in customer within a few minutes and responds to mail-in requests same day received.
Request a 1910-Present
Missouri Birth Certificate
Request a Pre-1910 St. Louis City
Birth Register
Transcript
Request a Birth Record for a person born a U.S. citizen outside the U.S.
U.S. Department of State
Vital Records Section
1111 19th Street N.W., #510
Washington, D.C. 20524
202.955.0307
Missouri Secretary of State Certification, Authentication, and Apostille (authentication of a Missouri Birth Certificate for use in foreign country)
Old Post Office Building
815 Olive Street, Room 210
St. Louis, Missouri 63101
314.340.7490
File Name Change Petitions
with the Circuit Court
Name Change Petition Forms
available @ Law Library
Civil Courts Bldg,
8th Floor,
10 N. Tucker
St. Louis, Missouri 63101
314.622.4436
Renew Driver's License and Motor Vehicle Plates, Obtain State ID Card, Update Voter Registration at Collector of Revenue's Motor Vehicle Fee Office @ City Hall, Room 111,
1200 Market Street
St. Louis, Missouri 63103
314.589.6190
Missouri Driver's License
and
Identification Card Requirements
Find Your Nearest Social Security Office
and SSA Answers Online
or Call SSA Toll Free
1.800.772.1213
Downtown SSA Office,
717 N. 16th Street
St. Louis, Missouri 63103
314.621.2704
U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services
Downtown St. Louis Office:
Robert A. Young Federal Bldg
(one block south of City Hall)
1222 Spruce
St. Louis, Missouri 63103
314.539.2532
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