Apply for a copy certificate

You can apply and pay online for copy certificates for a birth, death, marriage or civil partnership that occurred in Herefordshire through the links below.

For copy certificates from elsewhere or if you are overseas, you will need to contact the registration service for that area or visit the main General Register Office (GRO) website.

Servicing times and prices

Each copy certificate currently costs £12.50. This is a statutory fee set by central government and is reviewed annually.

Our standard service

  • Certificates are produced within 15 working days of the order being received
  • Certificates can be collected from the Register Office or are
  • Sent by second class post through Royal Mail

Our priority service

  • Costs £26 per order in addition to the certificate costs
  • Certificates are produced on or before the next working day if ordered before 3pm
  • Certificates can be collected from the Register Office or are
  • Sent by first class post through Royal Mail

For deliveries to an overseas address, we charge Royal Mail's International Tracked and Signed rate for a large letter.

We can supply up to 10 certificates in one order.

Please also allow time for deliveries to be made by Royal Mail before contacting us to chase certificates that have not arrived.