How to Obtain Arkansas Vital Records

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How to Obtain Arkansas Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates

This page provides information on obtaining copies of Arkansas birth certificates, Arkansas marriage licenses, Arkansas divorce decrees and Arkansas death records. There are also useful links to past Arkansas Vital Records for those of you conducting family history research. General information about US vital records can be viewed on the Vital Records Index Page

Arkansas birth, marriage and death certificates may be obtained from the following government office:

Division of Vital Records
Arkansas Department of Health
4815 West Markham Street Little Rock, AR 72201

Arkansas birth, marriage and death certificate order forms as well as more information are available on the following pages:

The Arkansas State Department of Health may be contacted by phone on (501) 661-2174 or online at https://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/

More Arkansas Vital Records Resources

Birth, Marriage and Death Historical Record Collections at FamilySearch.org
 over 700 million records online, search Arkansas birth, marriage and death certificate databases from the 1800s and 1900s

Vitalcheck Express Certificate Service
order copies of Arkansas birth, marriage and death certificates online

Vital Records Search at Ancestry.com
search births, marriages, deaths, divorces, obituaries and wills; a database of over 9 Billion records