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    Office Hours and Locations

    All Vital Records Offices are open for walk-in services, Monday through Friday, 8:00AM - 4:00PM, unless otherwise stated below. Closed holidays. Same day services are available in most offices for applications received by 2:30 PM. Please check back frequently for updates. ​​​​​

    • Erie 
      1910 West 26th Street
      Erie, PA 16508 

    • Harrisburg  (Office will be open from 1PM – 4PM on Thursday 9/12/2024)
      Forum Place, 1st Floor
      555 Walnut Street
      Harrisburg, PA 17101

    • New Castle
      105 Nesbitt Road
      New Castle, PA 16105

    • Philadelphia (Office hours 9AM-12PM. Certificates for previously placed orders can be picked up between 2PM – 4PM.)​​​
      110 N. 8th Street
      Philadelphia, PA 19107

    • Pittsburgh
      411 Seventh Avenue, Room 360
      Pittsburgh, PA 15219

    • Scranton (Office will close at 12PM on Wednesday 9/11/2024)
      Scranton State Office Building, Room 112
      100 Lackawanna Avenue
      Scranton PA 18503