News Release
For Immediate Release: May 11, 2011
Contact Person: Diane Lee, PIO, 301-334-7730
Garrett County Health Department
Fee for Certified Birth Certificates Increase to $30 on June 1st
OAKLAND, MD – The fee for a certified copy of a birth certificate at the Garrett County Health Department will increase from $20 to $30 effective June 1 st . The $10 increase was recently passed on to the local health departments by the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's Division of Vital Records after approval by the legislature during the past session.
The Garrett County Health Department provides certified copies of birth certificates for persons born in Maryland from 1938 to present. Certificates are available to the individual named on the certificate and their parents, as well as guardians of that individual if they present court documentation of guardianship.
Certificates can be obtained at the Oakland office of the Garrett County Health Department located at 1025 Memorial Drive, Oakland. Office hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Certified copies of birth certificates for individuals born before 1940 are available through the Division of Vital Records office located at 6550 Reisterstown Road, Baltimore, at a cost of $12 per copy. The $12 fee is a non-refundable charge for each certified copy requested. If the search provides no record, a “certificate of no record” is provided.