Nebraska Death Certificates

Ordering Nebraska Death Certificates Online

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General Information on Ordering Nebraska Death Certificates

A certified copy of a death certificate cannot be issued without proper purpose. You may obtain a death certificate for your spouse, your parent, or your child.

Before proceeding insure that you meet the above proper purpose criteria (a request by spouse, parent, next of kin or legal representative of deceased). The statutory file search fee will be retained in the event that no record is located or the proper person has not requested the record. You will be notified in writing if no record is located or proper purpose criteria has not been met.

Required Information:

• Name of deceased
• City/town of death/County of death
• Month/day/year of death
• Your relationship to decedent
• Purpose for the record
• Photo identification

Information for Genealogists

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

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

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

• Nebraska Obituaries - find obituaries from Nebraska newspapers.

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