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Birth Records

Copies of birth records for personal or genealogical use can be obtained from the Archives for the years 1890-1915. You can also search online.

For birth records from 1916 - present, contact:

Health Department

Salt Lake County Health Department, Bureau of Vital Records

(385) 468-4230

610 South 200 East
Salt Lake City, Utah 84111

Monday through Friday
8:00 - 4:00

The Salt Lake County Health Department Bureau of Vital Records maintains records as follows:

  • Births occurring within the Salt Lake CITY limits: 1890-present.
  • Births within current Salt Lake COUNTY limits: September 1969-present.
  • Births for all of the STATE of Utah: 1975 and 1977-present.

Additional resources include:

  • The Utah State Office of Vital Records and Statistics is another source for certificates for births that occurred in Utah since 1905.
  • Utah History Research Center and the Family History Library have birth certificates from 1898 to 1905 on microfilm.
Salt Lake County Health Department Bureau of Vital Records

Death Records

Copies of death records for personal or genealogical use can be obtained from the Archives. You can also search death records online.

For death records from 1950 to the present, contact:

 

Health Department

Salt Lake County Health Department, Bureau of Vital Records

(385) 468-4230

600 South 200 East
Salt Lake City, Utah 84111

Monday through Friday
8:00 - 5:00

The Salt Lake County Health Department Bureau of Vital Records maintains records as follows:

  • Deaths occurring within the Salt Lake City limits: 1847 to the present and
  • Death within the current Salt Lake County limits: 1969 to the present.

Additional resources include:

  • The Utah State Office of Vital Records and Statistics is another source for death certificates that occurred in Utah since 1905.  
  • FamilySearch (Family History Library) has death certificates from 1904 - 1951 on microfilm.

Health Department

Salt Lake County Health Department Bureau of Vital Records

(385) 468-4230

610 South 200 East
Salt Lake City, Utah 84111

Monday through Friday
8:00 - 4:00

Marriage Records

Copies of marriage records for personal or genealogical use can be obtained from the Archives for the years 1887-1939.  Marriage records from 1887 to 1904 can be searched online.  

Copies of marriage records for personal or genealogical use can be obtained from the Archives for the years 1887-1939.  Marriage records from 1887 to 1904 can be searched online. 

Marriage License Finding Aid

For birth records from 1940 to the present, contact:

Salt Lake County Clerk, Marriage License Division

Salt Lake County Clerk, Marriage License Division

(385) 468-7300

2001 South State Street , Ste #S2-200
Salt Lake City, Utah 84190-1050

Divorce Records

The Archives maintains these records. Divorce records are part of the Civil and Criminal Case Files and cases are arranged chronologically.  

The Archives maintains these records. Divorce records are part of the Civil and Criminal Case Files and cases are arranged chronologically.  

For divorce records from 1888 - 1969, contact:

Utah History Research Center

Utah History Research Center

(801) 533-3535

300 Rio Grande Street
Salt Lake City, Utah 84101-1182

For divorce records from 1970 to the present, contact:

Third District Court

Third District Court

(801) 238-7480

450 South State Street
Salt Lake City, Utah 84114-1860