Long Beach residents can now request birth or death certificates for people who were born or died since 2019.
Online platform VitalDirector, launched by the Long Beach Health Department, will manage the processing, payment and issuance of vital records from anywhere. Residents can request records be mailed directly to them or pick them up from the Vital Records Office at the Main Health Facility at 2525 Grand Ave.
A birth certificate costs $32 to order, and death certificates cost $24, along with additional online fees. Once a record is ordered through VitalDirector, users will be notified by email, phone call or text message once the request is approved and ready for pick up or shipped for delivery.
Birth and death certificates are only available for people who were born or who died in Long Beach since 2019.
The Vital Records Office will continue to offer in-person services for birth and death certificates, as well as registration for out-of-hospital births and burial permits.
Online requests can be made by visiting the VitalDirector website.
