Arkansas Death Certificates

Ordering Arkansas Death Certificates Online

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General Information on Ordering Arkansas Death Certificates

Death records maintained by the Division of Vital Records start with February 1, 1914 through the present. The Division does have a limited number of deaths occurring prior to 1914 for Little Rock and Fort Smith dating from 1881. The Arkansas State Archives has a death index of deaths occurring in Arkansas from 1914 through 1949. This is only an alphabetical listing of deaths occurring in Arkansas. The Archives does not have copies of the death records.

Arkansas Statute 20-18-305 does not allow public release of death records, which are less than 50 years old. The law does permit release to specific persons who are related to the registrant and to his/her designated representatives, to academic research groups, and to persons who can demonstrate a right to the record.

Information Must be Provided with Death Application:

• The full name of the deceased.
• The date of death
• The county or city of death
• The name of the funeral home (optional)
• The requester's relationship to the deceased
• The requester's reason for requesting the certificate

Information for Genealogists

For assistance with your family history research, please do not contact the State of Arkansas. Instead please refer to the following websites for help:

• Arkansas Birth, Marriage and Death Records - online databases of primary records.

• Arkansas Adoption Registry - for help with locating adoptees and birth families from Arkansas.

• Arkansas Obituaries - find obituaries from Arkansas newspapers.

• Social Security Death Index - National database of deaths dating back to the 1940's.