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Cambridge

City Clerk's Office

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The City Clerk is the official record keeper for the City of Cambridge. Records kept by the Office of the City Clerk include vital statistics (including birth, marriage, domestic partnerships and death) and business and professional certificates.

COVID-19 SERVICE CHANGES
  • Vital records (birth, death and marriage certificate) 

    If you would like to request a certified copy of a birth, marriage or death record, you can order online at www.cambridgema.gov/vitals. Due to     COVID-19, we encourage contactless requests

  • Marriages

    In order to apply to be married please call 617-349-4260.
    In order to schedule a wedding ceremony before a Justice of the Peace at city hall please call 617-349-4260.


 

COVID-19 SERVICE UPDATE

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