# Alabama — Ordering a birth certificate: each state's own fee and process

For Alabama, certified copy fee is The fee to search for a birth certificate is $15.00, which includes one certified copy of the record, verified against its source on 2026-08-18.

- **Jurisdiction:** Alabama _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Certified copy fee:** The fee to search for a birth certificate is $15.00, which includes one certified copy of the record _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> The fee to search for a birth certificate is $15.00, which includes one certified copy of the record or a "Certificate of Failure to Find." Additional copies of the same record ordered at the same time are $6.00 each. There is an additional fee of $15.00 to expedite a request.

## Source

- https://www.alabamapublichealth.gov/vitalrecords/birth-certificates.html

Last verified: 2026-08-18. Review by: 2027-08-18.
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