Important Information

Access to birth, death, and marriage records will now be limited to the person on the record, the person's spouse, registered domestic partner, parent, guardian, descendant (child, grandchild) attorney or agent, certain other family members, genealogists/agent, officiant, informant, or funeral establishment. Other family members able to request these records include:

• Grandparent

• Sibling

• Step-parent

• Stepchild

• Aunt

• Uncle

• Niece

• Nephew

• Mother-in-law

• Father-in-law

Individuals requesting records must provide proof of their eligibility to obtain the record (proof of lineage, certificate of domestic partnership, marriage license, guardianship papers, notarized statement from family, etc.).

Persons requesting to purchase copies of vital records must complete a request form that declares their name and connection with the person listed on the record. These identification requirements apply to both certified and non-certified copies of vital records.

Anyone purchasing a certified copy must show proof of identification:

• Driver's license

• Passport

• Other government-issued picture identification card

If one of these is not available, the requestor will need to show two items from the following list:

• Utility bills

• Bank statements car registration

• Copy of income tax return

• Personal check with printed address

• Previously issued vital record

• Letter from a government agency requesting the vital record

• Department of Corrections ID card

• Social Security card

• DD214

• Hospital birth worksheet

• License/rental agreement

• Pay stub or W-2

• Voter registration card

• Medicare/Mainecare insurance card

• Private or public-school photo ID

• College photo ID

• Employee photo ID

• Disability card from SSA