New Jersey Death Certificates

Ordering New Jersey Death Certificates Online

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General Information on Ordering New Jersey Death Certificates

The Office of Vital Statistics maintains all birth, marriage and death records for the period from 1878 to present

Requests for genealogical records need to supply the name of the individual as it is recorded on the vital record, the type of event (birth, marriage or death), the year the event occurred (full date is preferred but not required), and the city, township or county where the event occurred.

Genealogical records are those births that occurred more than 80 years ago, marriages that occurred more than 50 years ago and deaths that occurred more than 40 years ago. Requests for genealogical records must be submitted in writing.

Request for Non-genealogical records must include exact information that identified the name of the individual as it is recorded on the vital record, the type of event (birth, marriage or death), the exact date that the event occurred (MM/DD/YYYY), the exact city/municipality and county in which the event occurred. For death records you must provide the full maiden name of the mother and the name of the father of the deceased, if recorded on the document. For birth records the full maiden name of the mother and the name of the father if recorded on the document.

Please allow 6 to 8 weeks processing time for non-genealogical requests OR 12 to 14 weeks for genealogical requests. If you have not received your documents after the maximum number of weeks please call (609) 292-4087 and select the option "Status of a current request".

Information for Genealogists

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

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

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

• New Jersey Obituaries - find obituaries from New Jersey newspapers.

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