Where to Obtain • How to Obtain

Application • Cost

Birth records on file in the Town Clerk's office date back to 1871. Records 100 years old and older are public records. All records less than 100 years old are only available by request to the person named on the record or to a close relative.

WHERE DO I OBTAIN A COPY OF MY BIRTH CERTIFICATE?

If you were born in Smithfield, or if you were born in Rhode Island and your mother lived in Smithfield at the time of birth, you may obtain your birth certificate in the Town Clerk's Office:

Smithfield Town Hall
64 Farnum Pike
Smithfield, RI 02917

OR you may obtain your birth certificate at the Department of Health, Vital Records:

3 Capitol Hill, Room 101
Providence, RI 02908
Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Phone: (401) 222-2812

HOW TO OBTAIN A COPY OF A BIRTH CERTIFICATE

• Enter the Town Clerk's Office, 1st Floor

• Present a picture identification of yourself

• To request a birth record by mail:

• State full name and date of birth for certificate, enclose photo ID of yourself

• State father's name and mother's maiden name

• Enclose check payable to the "Town of Smithfield"

• If request is for certificate other than your own, follow the above steps and also state your relationship to that person.

• Mail request to: Town Clerk's Office, 64 Farnum Pike, Smithfield, RI 02917

APPLICATION TO REQUEST RECORD

Available here in .pdf format  Birth Record Request  

BIRTH CERTIFICATE COST

$20.00 for the first certificate and $15.00 for each additional certificate when ordered simultaneously.

For further information please call Ann Marie Torregrossa, at 233-1000, ext. 113

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