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    • Resident Parking Program
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    • Tax Assessor's Office
    • Property Records
    • Request a Final Water Reading
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    • Adult & Youth Leagues & Organizations
    • Concerts in King Park
    • Park Calendar
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    • Park Rental Fees
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    • Trash & Yard Waste Calendar
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Vital Records

Obtain a certified copy of a birth, death or marriage record


Pursuant to Rhode Island General Law, you must be an immediate blood relative in order to obtain a copy of a vital record (i.e., parents, siblings, grandparents etc.), or if you have a direct tangible interest for the record (i.e., attorney’s, government agents on behalf of a client, etc.).  

 

 

Order a copy of Marriage, Birth, or Death Certificate Online

  

Obtain a Record In-Person 

 

Walk-in Requests: ​The fee for one certified copy is $22 and $18 for each additional record requested at the same time.  

Mail Requests: The fee for one certified copy is $25 and $18 for each additional record requested at the same time.   Please send a written request providing the information regarding the record, a photocopy of a valid ID, a daytime phone number, a self-addressed stamped return envelope, (if needed as described above), and a check or money order payable to :  City of Newport.

 


If you have questions about obtaining a record, please City Clerk’s Office.  All records may be obtained from the city or town where the birth, death or marriage occurred, or where the party/parties resided at the time.

*Please note, death records are public after 50 years and birth and marriage records become public after 100 years.  

A valid government picture ID, (such as a driver’s license, military ID or passport, etc.) is required at the time of the request.

Please contact the clerk’s office if you do not have one of the above forms of identification for additional information on how you may obtain the record.  

Contact Information 

Mail requests to:         
City Clerk’s Office  
43 Broadway 
Newport, R.I. 02840             

Phone:
(401)-845-5340
(401)-845-5341
(401)-845-5342                       

Office Hours
Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.
City of Newport

43 Broadway, Newport, RI 02840
Phone: (401) 845-5300 (M-F 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.)
Fax: 401-848-5750

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