Certificate Information
The North Dakota Department of Health manages all the states birth and death records for distribution and archives. All requests must be made in writing. So the office can only take requests by mail, fax, online forms or in person. No telephone or email requests are honored. Requests take approximately one week to process with limited availablity to expedited service. Search and first certified copy is $7 dollars. Additional copies are $4 each. Fedex and UPS over night shipping costs vary based on location and time. $16 dollars for weekday deliveries, $30 dollars for weekend and $50 dollars for international shipping.
Division of Vital Records
600 E. Boulevard Ave. - Dept. 301
Bismarck, ND 58505-0200
Fax: (701) 328-1850
• Birth Certificate Form (PDF)
• Death Certificate Form (PDF)
Marriage certificates are only issued by the county that issued the marriage license. While divorce and annulment decrees are only issued by the Court Clerk or Recorder from the court who heard the case.
• List of County Offices for Marriage Certificate
• List of Courts Serving Divorce Decrees
Adoption Records
North Dakota allows for open adoptions and information sharing for all adoptions in the state. By law, all adoptees apon reaching adult age (18) may view non-identifying information on birth family as well as medical history. While birth families may initiate a search for the adoptee when that person reaches the age of 21. Although the state does not maintain an updated database on medical history and is often only information that was inputed at the time of adoption. It's suggested that you use a private search agency to find more recent records.
The fees for finding indentifying information vary depending on the search agency used but average around $425 dollars while nonidentifyinig information is approximately $90. All searcher should start by contacting the Children and Family Services.
600 East Boulevard Avenue, Dept 325
Bismarck, ND 58505
Phone: (701) 328-2316
TollFree: (800) 245-3736
Fax: (701) 328-3538
dhscfs@nd.gov
Property Records
Property and parcel records are generally handled and updated by the county government. In most cases the County Assessor with cooperation of the GIS department. The state also handles some parcel and property records for many of the smaller counties that do not have their own computeried systems.
• North Dakota Unified Property Tax Search
• Cass County Parcel Search
• Burleigh County Parcel Search
• Grand Forks Property Information
• Morton County Property Maps