Vital Records

Vital Records include Birth, Marriage, Civil Union & Death

When making a request for a vital record document you must include the following information along with our form filled out and signed  –  Click here for VITAL RECORDS FORM

– A copy of a photo driver’s license with your current address on it.

-If your photo driver’s license does not have your current address on it, you must send two other forms of ID with your current name and address: a utility bill, car insurance, car registration, bank statement, pay stub/record.

-If you have a non-photo driver’s license you must also send an additional ID, as stated above, along with the non-photo license.

-Payment – $15 for each certified copy requested. – Cash, Check or Money Order made payable to the Town of Phillipsburg – No Credit or Debit Cards Accepted

-A MARRIED WOMAN OR CIVIL UNION PARTNER WHO HAS TAKEN THEIR PARTNER’S LAST NAME  MUST PROVIDE A COPY OF THEIR MARRIAGE/CIVIL UNION CERTIFICATE WHEN  REQUESTING THEIR BIRTH CERTIFICATE TO PROVE THE NAME CHANGE.

If you have any questions please call  908-454-5500 Ext. 438 or Ext. 365.  Please don’t forget your payment of $15.00 per certified copy.  

** Please note the only person allowed to request a vital record is you, a sibling (brother or sister), a partner, a parent, executor or executrix.  

** Grandparents cannot request a vital record unless they have guardianship papers, which are current within 5 yrs.