Michigan Death Certificates

Ordering Michigan Death Certificates Online

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General Information on Ordering Michigan Death Certificates

The State of Michigan vital records office has records of births, deaths, and marriages that occurred in Michigan and were filed with the state as early as 1867, and divorce records as early as 1897.

Anyone is eligible to receive a certified copy of a Michigan death, marriage or divorce record if he or she makes the request in writing and prepay the required search fee (MCL 333.2882(1c)) and (MCL 333.2882(1d)).

For mail-in orders, please allow seven days from the time you mail your application until it is received in the Vital Records Office. This will account for mail time and time in our Accounting Division, prior to our receipt of the request.

Information for Genealogists

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

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

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

• Michigan Obituaries - find obituaries from Michigan newspapers.

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