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Issuance (Certified Copies)
GENERAL INQUIRIES
Call 971-673-1190
  • Eligibility
  • Tracing an Order
  • To Place a Credit Card Order by Phone
  • Referral of Calls to Other Staff
For vital record events that did not occur in Oregon
Call state/county vital records office where the event occurred
Website with links to other states/counties vital records office:
https://www.vitalchek.com/agency_listings.aspx
 
Ordering by Fax
FAX: 503-234-8417
Eric Ramos: 971-673-1208
Eric.Ramos@state.or.us
Ordering at Public Counter
JoAnne Hall: 971-673-1159
Talia Riordan: 971-673-1194
Ordering on the Internet
Funeral Home Fax Orders/Billing Statements
Talia Riordan: 971-673-1194
Heirloom Birth Record Orders
Karen Wagner: 971-673-1170
Government Agency Verification Orders/Billing Statements
Karen Wagner: 971-673-1170
Intaglio Paper Ordering
Carol Sanders: 971-673-1178
Dani Hall: 971-673-1193
Problems in Obtaining Certificates or Records
Karen Rangan, Supervisor: 971-673-1182
Laws, Rules & Regulations for Issuance of Records
Fraud Related to Record Requests
Carol Sanders, Manager: 971-673-1178
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Amendments to Records
GENERAL INQUIRIES
Status of Corrections Submitted Electronically by Certifiers:
Contact staff person below in list by record and amendment type
 
BIRTH RECORDS
 
Adoptions
For Oregon Births
Debbie Draghia: 971-673-1152
 
Foreign born children adopted in Oregon
Tony Bojanowski: 971-673-1143
Corrections to Birth Certificates
If the birth occurred within the last year:
Patricia Thompson: 971-673-1169
 
If the birth occurred more than one year ago:
Amanda Vega: 971-673-1137
Delayed Registration of Births
(More than one year from birth)
Becki Buskirk: 971-673-1147
Home Birth without Medical Attendant (within one year of birth)
Patricia Thompson: 971-673-1169
Adding father to birth record
By Voluntary Acknowledgment of Paternity
By Legitimation (after parents marry)
Debbi Gott: 971-673-1155
 
By Filiation (court or child support order/judgment)
Tony Bojanowski: 971-673-1143
 
Filiation Notification Queries
Verification if father filed petition to establish paternity
Tony Bojanowski: 971-673-1143
 
DEATH RECORDS
 
 Corrections to Death Records
Non-medical information if the death occurred within the last year:
Patty Thompson: 971-673-1163
 
Non-medical information if the death occurred more than one year ago:
Amanda Vega: 971-673-1137
 
Corrections to cause of death, time of death or other medical data:
Melissa Franklin: 971-673-1144
MARRIAGE RECORDS
Correction to Marriage record can be submitted only by County Marriage Office
Amanda Vega: 971-673-1137
DIVORCE RECORDS
Correction to Divorce record can be submitted only by Court that approved it
Amanda Vega: 971-673-1137
 
Laws, Rules and Regulations for Amendments
Problem Amendments
Fraudulent Amendments
Carol Sanders 971-673-1178
 
 
 
 

Registration
GENERAL INQUIRIES
Status of or problems with registration of records submitted by certifiers:
Contact staff person in list below by record type 
 
BIRTH RECORDS
Delayed Registration of Births
(More than one year from birth)
Becki Buskirk: 971-673-1147
Becki.r.buskirk@state.or.us
 
Home Birth without Medical Attendant (within one year of birth)
Patricia Thompson 971-673-1169
Patricia.a.thompson@state.or.us
 
Contact for Funeral Directors
Contact for County Vital Records Staff
Data Entry (All certificates)
Divorce/Marriage
Darcy Niemeyer 971-673-1160
 
Disinterment Permits/Burial and Cremation Tags
Requests for Vital Records Supplies
Mary Ann Jensen 971-673-1154
 
 
 
 

Statistics
GENERAL INQUIRIES
971-673-1180
Health Statistics Data Online
Published Statistics:
971-673-1180
 
Analysis of Trends
Births, Abortion, Teen Pregnancy, Marriage, Divorce, and Domestic Partnership
Heidi Murphy: 971-673-1179
heidi.r.murphy@state.or.us
 
Deaths, Fetal Deaths, Infant Deaths, and Death with Dignity
Vicky Buelow: 971-673-1150
victoria.l.buelow@state.or.us
 
Youth and Adult Health Behavior Survey
Renee Boyd: 971-673-1145
renee.k.boyd@state.or.us
Medical Certification - Cause of Death
Melissa Franklin: 971-673-1144
Population Statistics for Oregon
Purchase of Data
Joyce Grant-Worley: 971-673-1156
 
 
 
 

 
Page updated: April 23, 2009

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