| Georgia has its statewide birth registration in the | | | | ID card is needed. You may opt to avail of the |
| year 1919, though it did not achieve full | | | | mailing service or personally visit the County Vital |
| compliance until the year 1928. For records that | | | | Records Offices or the State Vital Records |
| happened before 1919, you may consult the clerk | | | | Office. |
| assigned to the county, where the event | | | | If you want more convenience, you may log on |
| happened, while births that happened after 1919 | | | | to an online public records search site to avail of |
| can be accessed to the Georgia Vital Records | | | | their online service with a credit card payment |
| office of the Georgia Division of Public Health. The | | | | method. Other payment methods include money |
| state of Georgia's law and the Department of | | | | order and certified check payable to the Vital |
| Community Health necessitate vital records | | | | Records Statistics and Services. It is not |
| requests to include the applicant's signature, photo | | | | recommended to send your cash via mail. |
| ID and the standard fee. Applicants eligible are | | | | It's easier to search for birth records though an |
| those whose name appears on the certificate | | | | online birth records search site since you can get |
| (may it be the applicant or parents/guardian), | | | | instant results and a full money-back refund if the |
| grandparents, adult siblings, adult children and | | | | correct birth records are not found in the online |
| spouse. A photocopy of a valid picture ID, such as | | | | records database. |
| State Issued ID card, driver's license or Employee | | | | |
