Idaho Death Certificates

Ordering Idaho Death Certificates Online

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General Information on Ordering Idaho Death Certificates

The Idaho Bureau of Health Policy and Vital Statistics maintains birth and death records filed from July 1911 to the present, and marriage and divorce records filed from May 1947 to the present.

Some counties may have older birth, death, marriage, or divorce records in their files, but county files contain only records of vital events that occurred in that county.

Death, stillbirth, marriage, and divorce certificates are legally confidential in Idaho for 50 years. Only the person named on the certificate, immediate family members, their legal representative, or those who provide documentation showing it is needed for their property right may order certified copies of legally confidential certificates.

Information required for requests include:

• Full name(s) on the certificate.
• Date of event.
• City of event.
• Your relation to the person whose certificate you are ordering. Only immediate family, legal guardian or their legal representative may order certificates. Proof of relation may be required.
• Purpose for the certificate.
• Number of certificates ordered.
• Your return address.
• A photocopy of your identification (see Acceptable Identification). Copies must show both sides of ID(s).
• Your signature.

Information for Genealogists

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

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

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

• Idaho Obituaries - find obituaries from Idaho newspapers.

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