Tennessee Vital Records

Event: Birth

Cost of copy: Long form: $15.00
Short form: $8.00

Address:
Tennessee Vital Records
Central Services Building
421 5th Avenue, North
Nashville, TN 37247

Remarks: State office has birth records for entire State since January 1914, for Nashville since June 1881, for Knoxville since July 1881, and for Chattanooga since January 1882.  Birth  enumeration records by school district are available for July 1908 through June 1912. Birth records more than 100 years old are maintained by Tennessee Library and Archives, Archive Division, Nashville, TN 37243-0312. Additional copies of the same birth, marriage, or divorce record, requested at the same time, are $5.00 each.

Personal check or money order should be made payable to Tennessee Vital Records. To verify current fees, the telephone number is (615) 741-1763.   Information on how to obtain certified copies is also available via the internet at http://health.state.tn.us/vr/.

Event: Death

Cost of copy: $7.00

Address:
Tennessee Vital Records
Central Services Building
421 5th Avenue, North
Nashville, TN 37247

Remarks: Vital Records Office keeps death records for 50 years; older records are maintained by Tennessee Library and Archives, Archives Division, Nashville, TN 37243-0312.

Personal check or money order should be made payable to Tennessee Vital Records. To verify current fees, the telephone number is (615) 741-1763.   Information on how to obtain certified copies is also available via the internet at http://health.state.tn.us/vr/.

Event: Marriage (State)

Cost of copy: $15.00

Address:
Tennessee Vital Records
Department of Health
Central Services Building
421 5th Avenue, North
Nashville, TN 37247-0450

Remarks: Vital Records Office keeps marriage records for 50 years.  Older records are maintained by Tennessee Library and Archives, Archives Division, Nashville, TN   37243-0312.

Event: Marriage (county)

Cost of copy: Varies

Address: See remarks

Remarks: County Clerk in county where license was issued.

Event: Divorce (State)

Cost of copy: $15.00

Address:
Tennessee Vital Records
Department of Health
Central Services Building
421 5th Avenue, North
Nashville, TN 37247-0450

Remarks: Vital Records Office keeps divorce records for 50 years.  Older records are maintained by Tennessee Library and Archives, Archives Division, Nashville, TN   37243-0312.

Event: Divorce (county)

Cost of copy: Varies

Address: See remarks

Remarks: Clerk of Court in county where divorce was granted.