Colorado Death Certificates

Ordering Colorado Death Certificates Online

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General Information on Ordering Colorado Death Certificates

The Vital Records Section of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment maintains official documentation of vital events in our state. Certified copies of these legal documents are necessary or helpful for many purposes.

Death records for the entire state are available for the years 1900 to present. Certified copies may be issued to: parents; grandparents; stepparents; siblings; spouse; adult children, stepchildren or grandchildren of the deceased; legal representatives of any of the above; legal representatives of the deceased; probate researchers; genealogists representing family members with appropriate credentials; others who may demonstrate a direct and tangible interest when information is needed for determination or protection of a personal property right.

Information for Genealogists

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

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

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

• Colorado Obituaries - find obituaries from Colorado newspapers.

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