Oregon Birth Certificate: Order a Certified Copy Online

Who is eligible under ORS 432.380

Oregon names its eligible applicants in statute, and they must be eighteen or older or emancipated, except a registrant ordering their own record from age fifteen. The list is the registrant, a spouse or state-registered domestic partner, a parent, a child, a brother or sister, a grandparent, a grandchild, a legal guardian, a legal representative such as an attorney, an authorized representative and a government agency. A stepparent qualifies only while the child is under eighteen and the marriage to the parent continues. Aunts, uncles, cousins, stepchildren and former spouses are not eligible unless the registrant gives them notarized permission.

Proof of relationship Oregon expects

If your ID shows the same name as the registrant or a parent on the record, nothing more is needed. Otherwise the state asks for documents that connect you:

• grandparent: your child's birth certificate
• child or sibling: your own birth certificate
• grandchild: your birth certificate and your parent's
• spouse or domestic partner: the state-issued marriage or partnership certificate
• stepparent: the marriage certificate and a recent document in both spouses' names
• guardian: the court's guardianship papers

Short form for recent births, long form for older ones

The computer-issued short form exists for births from 1920 and is the only version for births in 2008 or later, when it carries all the recorded information. For births from 1903 to 2007 you can also get a full-image long form, the copy Oregon recommends for dual citizenship, apostilles, use abroad and genealogy. Form 45-13A asks for each parent's legal name at that parent's own birth, along with the usual birth details and your reason for the request.

Portland, Multnomah County and the state office

County registrars in Oregon can issue a birth certificate only for a birth in their own county, and only in the first months after it, roughly half a year. Multnomah County, which covers most of Portland, follows that window, as do Washington and Clackamas counties. Every older birth is ordered from the state office in Portland, which holds records from 1903; the Oregon State Archives keeps earlier births, including Portland births from 1864 to 1902.

ID rules, adoptees and parentage

Applicants send one unexpired government photo ID or three secondary documents, one showing a current address; someone without ID can have an eligible relative order instead. Adoptees born in Oregon can order a certified copy of their original birth certificate once they turn twenty-one, and only the adoptee may order it. Since January 1, 2026, Oregon uses the term parentage rather than paternity, and an Acknowledgment of Parentage adds a parent when the birth parent was not married. Amendments need notarized affidavits, and delayed registration is handled only by the state.

How it works when you order with BirthChek

Our Oregon form lists the relationships the statute allows, including registered domestic partner and stepparent. You give each parent's name at birth, upload your ID and sign, and if your name does not match the registrant's or a parent's, keep the linking documents ready; we tell you on your order page if the state asks for them. BirthChek files the request with Oregon Vital Records.