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Vital Records

The Office of Vital Statistics and Registry registers vital events and maintains the following vital records:

  • Birth records from 1923 to present
  • Marriage records from 1941 to present
  • Death records from 1941 to present
  • Domestic partnership records from 2004
  • Civil union records from 2007
  • Certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth from 1969
  • Adoption records - foreign and domestic

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Public Notices

Find the Department's latest legal and public notices, including:

  • Procurement bidding opportunities
  • Grant and funding opportunities
  • Rulemaking, including emergency rulemaking
  • Enforcement actions (i.e., health care facilities, certified nurse aides, EMS)
  • State Health Planning Board matters (i.e., public hearings, CN decision letters)
  • Public meeting of boards, councils, commissions, and advisory bodies
  • Long-term care facility ownership and leasing changes
  • And more

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In the News

NJ Health Department Issues Advisory Following Measles Detection in Wastewater; No Clinical Cases Identified

The ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Department of Health (NJDOH) is alerting residents that measles virus was detected in a wastewater sample collected on March 20, 2026, from a treatment plant in Essex County that serves areas of Bergen, Passaic, Hudson, Union, and Essex counties. A subsequent sample taken on March 23, 2026, at the same site was negative. 

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³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Department of Health Recognizes March 24 as World TB Day

Today, the ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Department of Health (NJDOH) commemorates World TB Day, observed on March 24 of each year, to raise public awareness and understanding about tuberculosis disease and its impact on people globally. 

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Testimony of Dr. Raynard E. Washington, Acting Commissioner of the ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Department of Health, to the Senate Judiciary Committee on March 12, 2026

Acting Commissioner Washington's opening remarks delivered during his confirmation hearing on March 12, 2026

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Statement from Acting Health Commissioner Raynard E. Washington on Heights University Hospital Emergency Department Closure

After announcing plans to abruptly close Heights University Hospital’s emergency department in Jersey City with just a couple days’ notice to the ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Department of Health (NJDOH), hospital system Hudson Regional Health (HRH) has informed NJDOH of its intention to delay the closure by two weeks.

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