New Mexico · Certified copy
New Mexico Birth Certificate: Order a Certified Copy Online
We prepare your application and file it with the New Mexico Vital Records, New Mexico Department of Health. The office mails the certified copy to you.
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New Mexico at a glance
- Issuing office
- New Mexico Vital Records, New Mexico Department of Health
- Who can order
- 18 relationships · see the list
- Standard processing
- 7–10 Business Days
- What you need
- Photo ID, names, date and place of birth, parents' names
- Expedited processing
- 3–5 Business Days
- Proof of relationship
- Required for some relationships
A certified copy is the document most agencies accept for a passport, a driver's license, school enrollment or benefits. New Mexico issues it for births recorded in the state.
New Mexico birth certificate: Albuquerque, Las Cruces and public health offices
New Mexico issues birth certificates to the registrant and immediate family: mother, father, sibling, child, grandchild, current spouse and grandparents, with the father and paternal grandparents qualifying only when the father is listed. Guardians, custodians and legal representatives also qualify. Many public health offices, including Albuquerque and Las Cruces, can print a certified copy.
Immediate family and tangible legal interest
The application and the state rule 7.2.2 NMAC give a direct and tangible interest to the registrant, the immediate family, a legal guardian or custodian, their legal representatives and certain law enforcement officials. Immediate family means the mother, father, a brother or sister, a son or daughter, a grandchild, the current spouse, and a maternal or paternal grandparent. A father and the paternal grandparents qualify only when the father appears on the record, and birth parents of an adopted child do not qualify. Siblings, children, spouses and grandparents show proof of the relationship, and anyone else needs tangible proof of a legal interest.
Three ways to prove who you are
New Mexico's identification guide offers three routes. List A is a single document: a driver's license, state ID, passport, Mexican matricula, military ID, or a foreign passport with a visa and I-94. List B takes two or more items, such as a signed Social Security card, a baptismal certificate, school or medical records, a marriage application, a voter card, a tax form or a tribal or school ID. List C lets an immediate family member with valid government ID apply for you. Documents must be unexpired, and form 607 asks for the ID's type, issuing state, number and expiration date; no notary is involved.
Santa Fe, Albuquerque, Las Cruces and other offices
The Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics serves the public in person in Santa Fe, at the Midtown Public Health Office in Albuquerque, in Socorro and in Gallup. Many other public health offices also issue birth certificates on the state registrar's authority, among them Las Cruces, and the department suggests calling ahead. The state holds births from 1920 and delayed registrations reaching back to 1880.
Certified copies and when records open
A New Mexico certified copy omits the confidential medical and health section of the record. Birth records become public a hundred years after the birth, and the state rule adds that the registrant must have died or that fifty years must have passed since the death. Form 607 asks for the full name at birth, gender, date of birth, city or county, the mother's maiden name and the father's name, and it has a box for applicants experiencing homelessness.
Adoption, acknowledgments and amendments
An adoption is recorded from a certified Report of Adoption with the final decree, and the original certificate is sealed. An Acknowledgment of Paternity signed by both parents before a notary adds a father only when the mother was unmarried and no other father is listed. A child fourteen or older must consent to amendments. A first or middle name change needs an affidavit plus two documents at least five years old, a last name change needs a court order, and the sex marker can be amended to M, F or X.
How it works when you order with BirthChek
Our New Mexico form separates maternal and paternal grandparents so the father-listed rule can be applied, and brothers, sisters, children, spouses and grandparents upload proof of the relationship. You add your ID details as form 607 asks and sign. BirthChek files the request with New Mexico Vital Records.
Facts checked October 24, 2026 against the sources below.
Sources
- Vital records — New Mexico Department of Health – Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics
- Birth certificates — New Mexico Department of Health – Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics
- Application for a birth certificate (form 607) — New Mexico Department of Health – Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics
- Acceptable identification — New Mexico Department of Health – Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics
- 7.2.2 NMAC: vital records and health statistics — New Mexico State Records Center and Archives
- Public health offices — New Mexico Department of Health
- Where to write for vital records: New Mexico — Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Where to get a New Mexico birth certificate: state and local offices
Certified copies for births recorded in New Mexico are issued by the New Mexico Vital Records, New Mexico Department of Health.
We take orders for births anywhere in New Mexico, including Albuquerque.
Who can order a New Mexico birth certificate
- You, the person named
- Brother · proof needed
- Daughter · proof needed
- Father
- Grandchild of Registrant · proof needed
- Maternal Grandfather · proof needed
- Maternal Grandmother · proof needed
- Mother
- Paternal Grandfather · proof needed
- Paternal Grandmother · proof needed
- Sister · proof needed
- Son · proof needed
- Spouse · proof needed
- Guardian · proof needed
- Custodian · proof needed
- Attorney · proof needed
- Executor · proof needed
- My relationship is not listed · proof needed
Relationships marked "proof needed" must send proof of the relationship with the application; we tell you what counts after you order.
If your relationship is not listed, the office may refuse the application or ask for a court order.
Reasons to request a New Mexico birth certificate
- Driver's License
- Dual Citizenship/Immigration
- Employment
- Genealogy/Family History
- Government Assistance/Benefits
- Housing
- Identification
- Income Tax
- Inheritance/Estate Settlement
- Insurance
- Legal Purposes
- Marriage (International)
- Marriage (US Only)
- Passport
- Personal Records/Use
- Retirement
- School
- Social Security Card/Benefits
- Sports
- Travel
What you need to order a New Mexico birth certificate
- A photo ID: driver's license, state ID, passport or military ID
- Full name on the certificate and date of birth
- City or county of birth
- Both parents' names, including the mother's maiden name
- A debit or credit card
- Proof of your relationship, for the relationships marked above
Prefer to order directly? Find the office in the CDC directory
Ready to order your New Mexico birth certificate?
About ten minutes. Have your photo ID nearby.