The Village of Avon maintains birth and death records from 1888 to the
present.

Copies of these Village records are available from the Registrar of Vital
Statistics if the person was born or died within the Village boundaries.

The fee for obtaining a certified copy of the birth or death record is $10.

Birth Certificate: A certified copy of a birth certificate may only be issued as follows:

1. To a person with a New York State Court Order
2. To the person named on the birth certificate, if 18 years of age or older
3. To the parents of the person name on the birth certificate
4. To the lawful representative of the person named or the parents of the person named on the birth certificate
5. To the Commissioner of Health
6. To a municipal state or federal agency when needed for official purposes.

Requests for birth certificates by telephone are not valid.

Death Certificate: In Village of Avon, the Registrar of Vital Statistics is the Avon Village Clerk.A certified copy of a death certificate may only be issued as follows:

1. The applicant must provide the decedent's name and date of death. An application form (Click HERE for application form) must be signed. If the request is made by someone other than the spouse, parent or child of the deceased, the application must be accompanied by supporting documents establishing a legal right or claim to obtain a certified copy.
2. To a person with a New York State Court Order issued on a showing of necessity
3. To a spouse, parent or child of the deceased
4. To the lawful representative of the spouse, parent or child of the deceased
5. To a person requiring the record for a documented legal right or claim
6. To a person requiring the record for a documented medical need
7. To a municipal, state or federal agency when needed for official purposes

Requests for death certificates by telephone are not valid.

Fetal Death Certificates:

Local registrars are not authorized to issue copies of fetal death certificates. All requests for copies of fetal death certificates must be referred to the State Department of Health. www.health.state.ny.us/vital-records

Genealogy Copies:

Information from records of birth or death may be provided for genealogical research purposes subject to the provisions of Section 35.5 of the Health Commissioner's Rules and Regulations. Each uncertified copy must include the statement "For Genealogical Purposes Only". Click here for General Information and Application for Genealogical Services.

The fee for genealogy copies is $22.00 for a 1-3 year search; $42 for a 7-10 year search; $62 for a 11-20 year search; $82 for 21-30 year search; etc.

Record searches, copy retrieval and reproduction may be conducted by the local registrar or the deputy registrar. No other person such as members of the public, historians, genealogists, employees of other municipal departments etc., may search, copy or in any other way handle vital records. This prohibition includes all indexes and records, even those covered by the years authorized for genealogy research.

Information may be released for genealogy research subject to the following requirements:

Birth Certificate:

1. No information shall be released from a sealed birth certificate
2. The birth certificate has been on file for at least 75 years
3. The person to whom the birth certificate relates is known by the application to be deceased.

Death Certificate:

1. The death certificate has been on file for at least 50 years.

The time periods specified for birth and death records may be waived if the applicant is a descendant or has been designated to act on behalf of a descendant of the person whose record is being requested. A descendant is a
person in the direct line of descent such as a son, daughter, grandson, granddaughter, etc. The local registrar must require proof that the requestor is a direct line ancestor when a waiver of the waiting period is required.