The Vital Records Office of the Sullivan County Regional Health Department offers certified copies of birth certificates and death certificates. Another service provided through the Vital Records Office is Voluntary Acknowledgement of Paternity. At the present time, this service is offered only at our Blountville Office.
Birth Certificates
Death Certificates
Voluntary Acknowledgement of Paternity
Other Options
Birth Certificates
Birth certificates issued for anyone born in the State of Tennessee from 1949 to the present year. Identification requirements for Vital Records
Information needed includes: name, date of birth, mother and father’s names, mother’s maiden name, and persons place of birth
Cost $8.00 for the first certificate and $5.00 each additional certificate of the same person. Checks should be made payable to Treasurer State of Tennessee.
Request for a long form or certificate of person born prior to 1949, call (423) 279-2780 or (423) 224-1616.
Birth Certificate Form
Birth Certificate Form - Spanish
Voluntary Acknowledgement of Paternity
If you are not married when your child is born, your child does not have a legal father. This service allows the father’s name to be placed on the birth certificate for a child born out of wedlock.
Please call for an appointment only Monday through Friday.
For questions about Voluntarily Acknowledgement of Paternity, call (423) 279-2780 or 1-800-457-2165.
Death Certificate
Death certificates available to eligible individuals for those who have expired within Sullivan County. Identification requirements for Vital Records
Last five years kept on file in Blountville office only.
Cost is $7.00 for each certificate. Check should be made to Sullivan County Regional Health Department.
Information needed: name, sex, date of death, place of death, funeral home, relationship to the decedent, purpose of copy. Photo ID and other verifying information will be necessary if cause of death is to show on the certificate. Call (423) 279-2780 for more information.
Death Certificate Form
Other Options
Death Certificate and Birth Certificate Applications may be printed from our website.
If unable to come into the Health Department for a birth or death certificate, request can be made by mail. Just call (423) 279-2780.
For those with a major credit card, orders may also be completed through the Vital Chek service for with a major credit card at www.vitalchek.com
For phone orders call (423) 279-2780 or for fax orders call (423) 279-7595
No client will be refused services based on disabilities, age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or any other classification protected by Federal or State law.
