Hours of Operation:

Monday, Wednesday, Thursday        8:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Tuesday                                          8:00 AM to 6:30 PM
Friday                                             8:00 AM to 2:30 PM

This department can provide birth and death certificates.

The State of Georgia's birth and death records started in 1919.  Only Hall County births and deaths are at this location.

To inquire about births and deaths in other counties and states, please call (770) 531-5674 for their phone numbers.

Birth Certificates are confidential and are kept in the county of the birth.

For a child's birth certificate:  Only natural parents, grandparents or legal guardian can purchase the record.

For an adult:  Only natural parents, grandparents, legal guardian, spouse, sibling, or grown child can purchase the record.

To purchase a birth or death certificate:

1.  Rush orders can be federal expressed using customer's bank card by calling 1(800) 255-2414.

2.  Request through mail by sending a Money Order for $10 and $5 for each additional copy to:

      Vital Records, 1290 Athens Street, Gainesville, GA  30507.

• For birth certificate requests, include your relationship to the person you are requesting the record for, their name, date of birth, mother's maiden name, and father's name.

• For death certificates, include your relationship to the person you are requesting the record for, their name, place of death, date of death, funeral home (if known), and any other information that would be helpful in locating the record.

3.  Come in person to the Hall County Health Department with your picture I.D. and $10 in cash, Master Card or Visa.  No personal checks accepted.

Name changes, Paternity Acknowledgment (adding the father's name when the parents are not married), and Legitimations (adding the father's name when the parents were married after the birth of the child), can be done at this location by appointment only.  Please call (770) 531-5674 for an appointment.