New Castle County, Delaware: Vital Records

Two options exist for obtaining certified copies of Vital Records occurred in the state of Delaware: one of them is requesting them at the State office, and the second one is obtaining them through the County Recorder's Office, the Local Health Department or the city or town's Civil Registration office.

Bear in mind that county offices generally provide faster processing times and more payment flexibility, since you may be able to obtain your records within one week, and may be provided the option to pay issuance fees by credit card, either by phone, fax or online.

The New Castle County Registrar of Vital Statistics provides you with birth, death, and marriage certificates. This Vital Records office may be reached through the telephone number or email address given below. It is also possible to order your vital records online through the official website of the County Vital Records office.

To obtain a copy of a divorce decree, you will need to contact the Clerk of the Superior Court in the county where the divorce was granted. Death records are sometimes available only from a certain year onwards; this can be verified with the county recorder.

Please note that official information is provided by government sites only, so contact information provided below may not be up to date.

The Vital Records office in the County of New Castle serves all of the following towns and cities in Delaware:

• Arden
• Ardencroft
• Ardentown
• Bellefonte
• Delaware City
• Elsmere
• Middletown
• Newark
• New Castle
• Newport
• Odessa
• Townsend
• Wilmington

Click here if you need to get a certificate from a different county in Delaware such as Sussex County, Kent County, then you can follow this link.