Skip To Main Content

Vital Records

 

For any person born from late 2002 through the present, once the birth is registered, it can be obtained in any Connecticut Town Clerk's Office.  

Online

*PLEASE NOTE: UPS OVERNIGHT / 2ND DAY ORDERS DO REQUIRE 2-3 BUSINESS DAYS FOR IN-OFFICE PROCESSING PRIOR TO SHIPMENT. ORDERS ARE NOT PROCESSED ON WEEKENDS, HOLIDAYS OR AFTER REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS.*

Enter your request in the Putnam, CT Town Clerk's Permitium Vital Statistics online portal for fast and easy vital record ordering via personal computer or mobile device. Postage and processing fees will apply.

Online ordering will incur additional service fees.

 

In person

You'll need to provide and ID.  Please see the request form for examples. The $20. fee is payable with cash, certified bank check, money order or MC/Visa debit card.  (Debit/Credit cards will incur a $2.00 processing fee.)  NO personal checks accepted. 

 

By mail

For requests via mail (USPS), the fee is $20 payable with a money order to certified bank check. You must provide a self-addressed stamped envelope. Personal checks are NOT accepted. 

See the forms below for instructions.

Birth Certificate Request

Death Certificate Request

Marriage Certificate Request

_________________________________________________________________

Birth Records Less Than 100 Years Old

Connecticut birth records less than 100 years old are not open to the general public. To be eligible to receive a copy of a birth certificate, you must be able to document that you are:

  • The registrant and 18 years of age or older
  • The parent, guardian, grandparent, or spouse of the registrant (see application for more detail)
  • The child or grandchild of the registrant and 18 years of age or older (see application for more detail)
  • A member of an incorporated genealogical society authorized to conduct business in the State of Connecticut (please visit the Connecticut State Library History and Genealogy Unit website for more information)
  • An attorney at law representing the registrant or the registrant’s parent, guardian, child, or surviving spouse
  • A state or federal agency employee and with an authorized release from the registrant, who is 18 years of age or older

Birth Records More Than 100 Years Old

Birth records more than 100 years old are open to any person over 18 years of age.

See Connecticut General Statutes 7-51 and 7-51a.