How to Find Birth Records for Tiffin, Ohio
When you are born you are given a birth certificate, or birth record, from the hospital. Should you lose your birth certificate, you should order/request a new one to be sent to you. Luckily, doing this is very easy. For birth records from Tiffin, Ohio, or anywhere in Ohio, you can do this in five different ways. However, you can only request a copy of a birth record if the record belongs to you, a child, spouse or parent.
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Visit the Tiffin/Seneca County Health Department and request the birth records in person. You will have to pay a fee of $25 per birth record requested.
Health Department
71 South Washington Street
Tiffin, OH 44883-2359
419-447-3691
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Go to the Ohio Department of Health Vital Statistics office in Columbus if it's closer for you. You can go to the office, fill out the request application, pay the fee of $21.50 (the fee for birth records vary from place to place) and receive the certificate.
Ohio Department of Health
Vital Statistics
225 Neilston Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215
614-466-2531
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Mail your request in to the Ohio Department of Health. You will still need to pay a fee of $21.50; however, it may take 3-6 weeks for the birth records to be mailed back to you.
Mail your request to:
Ohio Department of Health
Vital Statistics
P.O. Box 15098
Columbus, Ohio 43215-0098
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Order the birth records online. Visit the Ohio Department of Health website at odh.ohio.gov, and click on the letter "V" under the A-Z Index. Select "Vital Records." Then, click on "Full Instructions" under Online Ordering. From there you can pay the request fee using a credit or debit card, then request your birth records. Again, allow 3-6 weeks to receive the records.
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Order a copy of a birth certificate from a private vendor called VitalChek. Go to the Ohio Department of Health website, and click on the letter "V" under the A-Z Index. Select "Vital Records." Then, click on "Full Instructions" under VitalChek.
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