Birth Certificates
The Birth division of the County Cleark's Office maintains the birth certificates
for cities in Wayne county, excluding Detroit. excluding
Detroit.
Births taking place within the City Limits of Detroit are recorded by the City of
Detroit Health Department.
Birth certificates are not public records and may only be requested by the individual
of the record, a parent who is named on the record, or a legal guardian/representative.
Certified copies of birth certificates may be obtained on-line, in person or by
forwarding a written request to the County Clerk's Office at:
Office of the Wayne County Clerk
Vital Statistics-Birth Division
2 Woodward, Room 201
Detroit, MI 48226
(313) 224-5536
All requests must be written in letter form and must include the signature and return
address of the individual requesting the record. Please note that valid identification
is required [driver's license or State I.D. card]. If no such identification
is available, two pieces of other I.D. that require a signature may be used [i.e.
social security card, voters registration card, passport, school id, and work id].
Identification must be presented at the time of a request. If you are sending a
request by mail, a photocopy of your identification must be included.
Home births may be recorded in our office within one year of the birth only if it
occurred in a city within Wayne County that does not register their own births,
[i.e. Flat Rock, Redford, Highland Park].
Otherwise, if a home birth occurred in a city that registers it's own births, [i.e.
Dearborn, Grosse Pointe, Wayne], it must be recorded in that office.
Forms for Acknowledgement of Paternity may be obtained by coming into the office.
These forms are used to add the father's name to the birth certificate and/or change
the child's name to the father's name.
The fees for obtaining copies of birth certificates are $22.00 for a certified copy
and $7.00 for additional certified copies of the same record. They are made payable
to Wayne County Clerk by money order, cashier's check, or certified check [by mail]
and by cash [in person].
Please address all inquiries to:
Wayne County Clerk
c/o Birth and Death Records Division
201 Coleman A. Young Municipal Cntr
Detroit, MI 48226
Birth Certificates...
Cathy M. Garrett
Clerk of Wayne County
Coleman A. Young Municipal Center
2 Woodward Avenue
2nd floor, Room 201
Detroit, MI 48226
(313) 224-6262
(313) 224-6771
Monday - Friday
8:00 am- 4:30 pm