Vital Records Service Choices

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Vital Records
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What would you like to do?

What you need to know

​​​Expedited Services

United States Postal Service, (i.e. Priority, Express, etc.) 

           or

Express Services like
FedEx or UPS.

Mail requests to:
Vital Records
P.O. Box 95065
Lincoln, NE
68509-5065 ​​

$17.00 for each birth certificate

$16.00 for each death, marriage or divorce certificate

We will return certificates to you in your prepaid envelope.

If no prepaid envelope is provided, we will return it by regular mail.

1 to 2 days in-office processing.


 

Standard Services

Service Options/Choices Required FeesEstimated In-Office
Processing Time

WALK-IN

Apply in the Vital Records office for a certified copy of a record meeting proper purpose.

$17.00 for each birth certificate

$16.00 for each death, marriage or divorce certificate 

Minimum 30 minutes

VIEW ONLY

TAKE NOTES, because the document must stay in the office and CANNOT be photographed.

$17.00 for each birth certificate

$16.00 for each death, marriage or divorce certificate

Minimum 30 minutes

REGULAR MAIL
Vital Records
P.O. Box 95065
Lincoln, NE 68509-5065

$17.00 for each birth certificate

$16.00 for each death, marriage or divorce certificate

Minimum 15 days in-office processing.

If you need a certificate as soon as possible, please consider using Expedited Services.

ONLINE APPLICATIONS



$17.00 for each birth certificate

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Minimum 7 days in-office processing.

Viewing a Record

If not closed by state statute, you may apply to view a record of an event that occurred in Nebraska by completing all of the following:

  • Visiting the Vital Records Office
    Nebraska State Office Building
    301 Centennial Mall South, (First Floor)
    Lincoln, NE 68509
  • Showing a current government-issued photo ID (such as a driver's license)
  • Meeting the proper purpose regulations
  • Paying the non-refundable search fee(s) for the record(s) requested
  • Correctly identifying the record(s)

Other Services


 

Nebraska Vital Records
Phone Number
(402) 471-2871
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 95065, Lincoln, Nebraska 68509-5065