Birth Record Parentage-Pre-Birth Court Orders : Yes
Birth Record Parentage-Parentage Labels : Mother/Father, Parent/Parent
Birth Record Parentage-Two or More Parent Certificates : Yes, through court order
Birth Record Parentage-Parentage Legal Citation : Yes, through court order
Data Use-Require Agreement for Partners Within Health Department : Yes
Data Use-Require Agreement for External Partners : Yes
Data Use-Allowed to Charge for Sharing Data : Yes
Data Use-How Do You Share : SFTP/FTP, Secure Network Folder, STEVE
Data Use-Statistical Suppression Rules Birth Other : Small numbers suppression, deidentified data and indirect identifiers cannot be used to reidentify individuals
Data Use-Statistical Suppression Rules Death Numerator : WAC 246-492-300
Data Use-Statistical Suppression Rules Death Denominator : WAC 246-492-300
EBRS-Vendor : ManTech
EBRS-System Name : WHALES
EBRS-Geocoding : No
EBRS-API Capability : No
EBRS-FHIR API Capability : No
EDRS-Vendor : ManTech
EDRS-System Name : WHALES
EDRS-Year Updated : 2024
EDRS-Homelessness : Yes
EFDRS-System Name : Not electronically registered. Paper process.
Fees-Birth Certificates : $25.00
Fees-Additional Birth Certificates : $25.00
Fees-Amended Birth Records : No charge except for Parentage Acknowledgment ($18 public and $5 hospital filed) and Adoption ($15); have authority to do rule-making to charge for other corrections
Fees-Death Certificates : $25.00
Fees-Additional Death Certificates : $25.00
Fees-Amended Death Records : No charge but have authority to do rule-making to charge
Fees-Marriage Certificates : $25.00
Fees-Additional Marriage Certificates : $25.00
Fees-Divorce Certificates : $25.00
Fees-Additional Divorce Certificates : $25.00
Fees-Fetal Death Certificates : $25.00
Fees-Additional Fetal Death Certificates : $25.00
Fees-Amending Demographic Items : No charge but have authority to do rule-making to charge
Fees-Amending Medical Items : No charge but have authority to do rule-making to charge
General Questions-Health Dept HIPAA : No
General Questions-Vital Records HIPAA : No
General Questions-Births Vital Events Volume : 82835
General Questions-Deaths Vital Events Volume : 35682
General Questions-Fetal Deaths Vital Events Volume : 410
General Questions-ITOP Vital Events Volume : 45709
General Questions-Marriage Vital Events Volume : 20029
General Questions-Divorce Vital Events Volume : 22072
General Questions-Medical Examiners Amount : 6
General Questions-Coroners Amount : 33
General Questions-Local Registrar Count : 36
General Questions-Local Registrar Abilities : Register vital events, Issue certified copies of vital events, Only register death not birth
Operations Questions-Birth Records Public Access : Closed
Operations Questions-Birth records Public Access Details : 100 years from date of birth
Operations Questions-Death Records Public Access : Closed
Operations Questions-Death Records Public Access Details : 25 years from date of death
Operations Questions-Adoption Records Access : Other
Operations Questions-Cert Birth Short Form : SFN, Date Issued, First, middle and last names, date and time of birth, sex, place of birth (city,county,state), facility, mother/father or parent/parent name, place of birth and date of birth, date filed and fee number
Operations Questions-Cert Birth Other Form : Informational copy (not certified) with same information as short form. New product offered 1/1/21.
Operations Questions-Cert Death Long Form : Yes - all fields collected
Operations Questions-Birth Filing Mandate : 10 calendar days after the birth occurs
Operations Questions-Death Filing Mandate : 5 calendar days after the death
Operations Questions-Birth Registration Timeline : 6.7 days
Operations Questions-Death Registration Timeline : 6.2 days
Sex Designation-Sex on birth record : Male, Female, X
Sex Designation-Gender Marker on BC : No
Sex Designation-Sex on death record : Male, Female, X
Sex Designation-Death Cert Gender Marker : No
Sex Designation-Sex Change Amendment Birth : Administrative Amendment
Sex Designation-Sex Change Amendment Death : The informant can change administratively. Anyone else needs a court order.
Sex Designation-Sex Change Requirements : Yes
Sex Designation-Sex Change Legislation : RCW 70.58A.500(4) The state registrar may amend a vital record to change the sex designation of the subject of the record. The state registrar shall include a nonbinary option for sex designation on a record. https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=70.58A.500Did rulemaking to add nonbinary X option at time of death registration.
Sex Designation-Notes : In Washington State non-binary gender X option is not available at birth registration. However, gender X is available as an amendment. We have different request process for adults and minors. The forms and process for both are made available on our website.
Designation change information: https://www.doh.wa.gov/LicensesPermitsandCertificates/VitalRecords/
SexDesignationChangeonaBirthCertificate
We also have gender X available for death certificates.