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How to Get a Birth Certificate Copy in Florida (One of the Cheapest, Fastest States)

Florida is one of the easiest states: low fee (about $9 for the first copy [Verify]), roughly a week's processing once received, and a single statewide office.

What to include

The application, a photocopy of your photo ID, and payment. Florida birth certificates are confidential for 100 years: registrant (18+), parents listed on the record, legal guardians, and legal representatives are the eligible orderers [Verify].

Want it handled?

Certified Copy Order does this for $34 — or follow the steps above yourself, free.

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Straight answers

Can I get a Florida death certificate with the cause of death?

Cause-of-death copies are restricted for 50 years to family and legal representatives; the no-cause version is public.