Welcome to the Galion City Health Department Birth and Death Certificate online ordering system. Requests will be processed between Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm.

GETTING A BIRTH OR DEATH CERTIFICATE

Birth Certificates 

• The office only issues certificates for births that occurred in Ohio from December 1908 – present. 
• For births outside the State of Ohio, please contact the state in which the event occurred. 
• For Birth records in Crawford county prior to 1909, contact the Crawford County Probate Court 419-562-8891. For Birth records in any other county prior to December 1908, contact the probate court of that county.

New Birth Certificates 

• Certificates for new births typically takes up to 2 weeks to become available. While Galion City Health Department Office of Vital Statistics strives to provide this service as quickly as possible, the information must first be received from the birthing hospital (or center) and uploaded into State of Ohio records system.
• The Office of Vital Statistics processes orders within 2 business days once the information is available.

Attention Applicants 

• If the person listed on the birth certificate for which you are applying has changed his/her name since birth, (Marriage, Legal Name Change, Adoption) please enter the reason for the name change in the 'Special Instructions' field on Step 4 of the application.

Death Certificates 

• This office only issues certificates for deaths that occurred within the city limits of Galion, Ohio from December 1908 – present.
• The address of the death must be within the city limits of Galion, Ohio. (Not the residental address of the decedent)  If you are unsure if the address of the death falls within the city limits of Galion, Ohio you can use Google Maps to confirm the address: Galion Property Search  
• For Death records in Crawford County prior to December 1908, contact the Crawford County Probate Court 419-562-8891. For Death records in any other county prior to 1909, contact the probate court of that county.
• For deaths outside the State of Ohio, please contact the state in which the event occurred. 
• For deaths occurring outside of the City of Galion, but within Ohio, contact the county's office of vital statistics where the death occurred or the Ohio Department of Health.  
• The year of death is mandatory to obtain a Death Certificate.  If you do not know the exact date please enter (99/99/2000).

To begin the order process, click on the links on the left

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