Get a Birth Certificate

As the local registrar for all birth and death certificates that occur in Taney County, TCHD offers same day printing of all certificates. Certified copies of birth certificates for a person born in the state of Missouri after 1920 or for a death in the state after 1980 are available at both TCHD offices. 

Please note, in order to receive a vital record, a photo ID or two alternate forms of identification are required. 

Alternate forms can include; 

• Letter from government or social agencies 

• School yearbook 

• A W-2 form issued within last year in addition to a signed Social Security card (social security numbers must match) 

• Social Security card or Social Security numident printout (print out of an applicant’s Social Security account of activities) 

• Court certified adoption papers that includes adopted parent(s) name 

• Official certified deeds or title to property 

• Certificate of vehicle title or registration documents 

• Proof of auto insurance 

• Insurance policy (health, home, life, etc.) 

• Medicaid/Medicare document or identification card 

• A payroll stub that includes a Social Security number of applicant (cannot be handwritten stubs) 

• Military discharge document (DD-214) 

• Cancelled duplicate check (must show name, address, signature, and name of institution) 

• Utility bills which shows name and address of applicant (water, gas, electric, telephone) 

• Shelter name band (including name of shelter) 

For birth certificates prior to 1920 or death certificates prior to 1980, you must contact Bureau of Vital Records at the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. 

Out of State Vital Records 

Out of state certificates must be obtained from the appropriate state vital records department. To find the appropriate department, visit the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics, or contact the Taney County Health Department. 

For more information call 417-334-4544 ext. 590 or 417-546-4725 ext. 690.