Data Collection and Analysis Unit
Department of Public Health
County of Los Angeles
313 North Figueroa Street, Room 127
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Phone: (213) 240-7785
Fax: (213) 250-2594
Email: dca@ph.lacounty.gov
Vital Records Office
313 North Figueroa Street
Room Lobby-1
Los Angeles, CA 90012
(213) 240-7812 (births)
(213) 240-7816 (deaths)
Open Monday-Friday 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Did You Know...
Los Angeles County is home to more people than any state other than California, Texas, New York, Florida, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Michigan.
Approximately 150,000 babies are born in Los Angeles County every year.
Approximately 57,000 deaths occur in Los Angeles County every year.
Data Collection & Analysis - Rush and Emergency Birth Certificates
Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk
Birth, Death and Marriage Records Section
P.O. Box 53120
Los Angeles, CA 90053-0120
(562) 462-2137
"Rush" and "Emergency" Birth Certificates
Birth Certificates may be obtained from our office on newborns when the hospital of birth has rushed the document with the emergency status. Please make this request through the hospital birth clerk.
What is "rush"?
If a certified copy of the birth certificate is needed within two weeks, it will be considered a rush. However, the Vital Records Office (VRO) will require proof of needing the rush for the order to be processed such as airline tickets or a notarized statement that the parents and child will be traveling by car to a foreign destination.
The VRO maintains the right to refuse a "rush" if proper documentation is not provided. Currently, most birth certificates are available within a month's time from the birth.
Please contact us at 213-240-7812 for "RUSH" certificates.
