Public Health / Vital Records / Patient Records
Jefferson County Department of Health / Vital and Patient Records
Use JCDH Vital Records for eligible birth, death, marriage and divorce certificates. Use the Release of Information route for a patient's own medical records; administrative public-health records require confirmation with JCDH rather than the County portal.
Official access rules and fees located; administrative route pending auditOfficial vital and patient-record routes and fees located
Use JCDH Vital Records for eligible birth, death, marriage and divorce certificates. Use the Release of Information route for a patient's own medical records; administrative public-health records require confirmation with JCDH rather than the County portal.
Contact and filing details
- Records custodian or office
- Jefferson County Department of Health Vital Records / Release of Information Division
- roi.info@jcdh.org; hipaaprivacyofficer@jcdh.org
- Phone
- Vital Records: (205) 930-1106; main: (205) 933-9110
- Submission methods
- Vital-record application with ID/payment; secure email or mail for eligible patient records; confirm administrative-record route.
- Mailing address
- 1400 Sixth Avenue S., Birmingham, AL 35233
- Physical address
- Guy M. Tate Building, 1400 Sixth Avenue S., Birmingham, AL 35233
- Fee information
- Vital certificates are $15 for the first copy and $6 for each additional copy ordered at the same time; patient-copy fees may be reasonable and cost-based.
Public notes
Birth certificates are restricted for 125 years and death certificates for 25 years, subject to eligibility rules. Patient records, vital certificates and administrative public-health records are distinct categories.