Information

Office Hours are Monday thru Friday  8:00a.m. to 4:00 p.m. closed from 11:30am  to 12:30 p.m. for lunch.

Statewide Issuance is now available at this office for birth certificates

How far back do your birth and death records go?
The Jefferson County Health Department has birth records which start in 1876 and death records beginning in 1908.

What is the cost of a birth/death certificate?
The cost for a certified birth or death certificate is $23.00    We accept cash, money order, personal check.  (Effective October 1, 2009  cost will be $23.00)

How long will it take to receive it?
Once the payment has been received, the certificate is usually sent out the next business day.  You may also stop at the JCHD Vital Statistics Division,   500 Market Street, Steubenville, Ohio, and pick up your copy.

Click here for a printable certificate request form  

Information needed by the clerk

As of January 2011 we went to statewide issuance. Any birth that occurred in the state of Ohio can be issued through this office. The name, the date of birth, mother's maiden name, father's name needs to be included with the request.

Death certificates are still filed on where the person was pronounced deceased. To obtain death certificate, you will need to contact that health department.

All birth and death records at the Jefferson County Health Department are filed by year, then alphabetically by last names.

What if there is an error on a birth or death record?

If a child's father was not listed on the birth record at the time of birth, a supplement to the record can be made within the first year.

If a birth or death record contains an error, an affidavit can be filed with the State, which will then become an attachment to that record.

These forms can be obtained at the Jefferson County Health Department, 500 Market Street, Steubenville, Ohio.