Minnesota Death Certificates

Ordering Minnesota Death Certificates Online

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General Information on Ordering Minnesota Death Certificates

A birth or death certificate or record may be obtained by mail or fax from the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) or in person from a local registrar office.

Since MDH no longer handles in-person requests, you must go to a local registrar office to obtain a birth or death certificate or non-certified copy of a birth or death record in person. It is no longer necessary to go to the registrar's office of the county where the birth or death took place. You may go to a registrar's office in any county in Minnesota for births that took place during or after 1900 and for deaths that took place during or after 1997.

For deaths that took place before 1997, order by mail or fax from MDH, go to the local registrar office in the county where the death took place, or refer to the Minnesota State Archives.

Information for Genealogists

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

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

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

• Minnesota Obituaries - find obituaries from Minnesota newspapers.

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