Get a Birth Certificate in Lorain County, OH
This service isn't handled by the Clerk of Courts. Here's where to go instead.
Birth certificates are issued by Ohio Vital Records, not the County Clerk.
🌐 Go to the official portalodh.ohio.gov ↗Set by ORC 3705.24 from 1 January 2025. Make the check or money order out to Treasurer, State of Ohio and post it to Vital Statistics, PO Box 15098, Columbus. Not to this office. Ohio also has more than 100 local health departments issuing same-day copies, and any of them can issue a certificate for any Ohio birth — but each sets its own fee, typically higher than the state's (roughly $22–$30), so you are trading money for speed. State birth records begin 20 December 1908.
⚠️ This office does not process birth certificates. Use the agency linked above. The office below is your county's Clerk of Courts — useful for other services.