Fill out Form DS-64, a statement regarding a lost or stolen passport.
Fill out Form DS-11, an application for a new passport, together with Form DS-64 to apply for a new passport at the time that you report your old passport lost or stolen. Bring both forms in person to a passport agency or an acceptance facility such as a U.S. Post Office or a City Hall. See the list of resources at the bottom of the page to locate passport agencies and acceptance facilities.
Pay the file fee for a search to verify that you previously held a U.S. passport. The fee is $150.
Pay the fee for a new passport. The fee schedule varies according to your age and previous passport status. An adult passport book and card costs $140. A child's passport book and card (under the age of 16) costs $95. See the resources section at the bottom of this page for a full list of passport fees.
Submit a printed or typed request that provides your full birth name and any name changes, your place and date or birth, your current mailing address, your phone number and your email address. (If you want to obtain this information for your minor child, submit this information in her name).
Note the reason that you want to obtain your passport record and write the date (or estimated date) that you applied for the passport. If you have the passport's number, supply that information.
Attach a color photo of your driver's license or another legal photo identification.
Take your signed and dated letter to a notary public for notarization.
Submit the search fee. The search fee is $50. Pay by check or money order made payable to Department of State. If you want to obtain certified records, you must add an additional $50 fee.
Obtain a paper copy of a passport issued until 1925 at the National Archives. Open the National Archives website and click "Ask about research and records."
Fill out the request-for-information form. Include your name and mailing address, the passport applicant's name and his year of birth, approximate year of travel and place of residence when he applied for a passport.
Fill out the order form that the National Archives sends you if it locates the passport records that you request. You will have to pay a search fee as well.
Request a U.S. passport if you have notarized consent from the passport's owner, if you have proof of guardianship, if you have a death certificate or if you have a court order that requests the Department of State to release the records.
Submit a letter with your request and reason for the request. Include your name, address, email and phone number and a $150 search fee.
Send the request to the Department of State's Office of Legal Affairs.
Department of State
Office of Legal Affairs
Law Enforcement Liaison Division
1111 19th Street, N.W. -- Rm. 500
Washington, D.C. 20036
