Montana Death Certificates

Ordering Montana Death Certificates Online

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General Information on Ordering Montana Death Certificates

Complete copies of a Death Certificate within two years of the date of death can only be issued to the following:

• Parent, Spouse, Child (must provide proof of relationship/legal need)
• Legal Guardian (must provide proof of guardianship) or
• Authorized Representative (must provide proof).

Certificates are mailed within two to three weeks.

Montana began recording births and deaths at the state level in 1907. It was not until about 1915 that mandatory registration of births became more complete. By 1922, compliance was about 90 percent. All pre-1907 birth and death records are filed with the county clerk, as are all original marriage certificates.

Information for Genealogists

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

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

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

• Montana Obituaries - find obituaries from Montana newspapers.

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