Arizona Birth Certificate: Order a Certified Copy Online

Eligible applicants and the documents each one sends

Arizona's rules pair each relationship with proof:

• Spouse: the marriage certificate and a notarized letter of permission from the registrant.
• Grandparent: the birth certificate of their child, the registrant's parent.
• Adult child, grandchild or sibling: birth certificates that link you to the registrant.
• Guardian or conservator: a certified court order.
• Power of attorney: a current power of attorney naming you.

Arizona births in those linking documents can be checked in the state's own registry instead of being mailed in. Family trees and pedigree charts are not accepted as proof. The registrant normally orders from age eighteen, with exceptions for sixteen- and seventeen-year-olds who are homeless or in state custody and for emancipated or married minors.

Phoenix, Tucson and county vital records offices

The state office holds records from July 1909, plus a sampling of delayed records of earlier births. County vital records offices also issue certified copies, and Pima County says they can print a birth from anywhere in Arizona, so a birth in Phoenix can be picked up in Tucson and the other way round. Corrections follow a split: counties handle births from 1997 on, while earlier births, delayed records and adoptions go to the state.

What the Arizona application asks for

The application asks for the name on the certificate, the date of birth, sex, the town, county and hospital of birth, each parent's name, including the mother's name before first marriage, the parents' dates and places of birth, and whether the registrant belongs to an Arizona tribe, along with your relationship and purpose. You include a copy of the front and back of a government photo ID that shows your signature; only when no photo ID is available do you have the signature notarized instead. Supporting documents in another language need an English translation with a translator's statement.

Certified and genealogy copies

Most requests are for certified copies. Family members aged eighteen or older can obtain noncertified genealogy copies when the registrant has died, and the state's genealogy site shows birth records seventy-five years after the birth. Copies issued to government agencies are stamped for government use only. Pima County notes that it prints electronic certificates with a seal and can also supply scanned images of original long-form records.

Adoption, paternity and delayed records

After an adoption Arizona seals the original certificate and issues an amended one. Adult adoptees born before June 20, 1968 or after September 28, 2021 may obtain a noncertified copy of their original. When the mother was unmarried, a father is added only through a notarized or witnessed acknowledgment of paternity or a court order, and only by court order once the registrant is an adult. A birth that was never registered can be filed as a delayed record after the state issues a certificate of no record.

How it works when you order with BirthChek

For Arizona, BirthChek offers the relationships the state rules recognize, from parents and adult relatives to guardians, adoption agencies and power-of-attorney holders. You fill in the birth and parent details the state form needs, upload both sides of your photo ID and sign. If you order as a guardian or under a power of attorney, you upload that document on your order page after payment, and we review it before filing.