Oregon Death Certificates

Ordering Oregon Death Certificates Online

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General Information on Ordering Oregon Death Certificates

The Center for Health Statistics is responsible for issuing certified copies of vital records, including birth, death, marriage and divorce certificates for events that occurred in Oregon. The office has birth and death records dating from July, 1903; marriage records from 1906 and divorce certificates (not decrees) from 1925.

For death records prior to July 1903, refer to the Oregon State Archives.

Access to death records filed in the State Vital Records office is restricted for 50 years after the date of the event to family members and their legal representatives, persons or organizations with a personal or property right, government agencies and persons licensed in Oregon under ORS 703.430. When ordering a death, marriage or divorce record, you must state your relationship to the decedent, or your reason for needing the record. If you are a legal representative of a family member, include whom you represent and how they are related to the person named on the record. If you have a personal or property right, explain why you need the record. If you are not eligible to order the record, please include a permission note with the notarized signature of an eligible person.

Most county vital records offices in Oregon issue birth and death records for six months following the date of the event. You will find vital records offices in your county health department or your county clerk's office.

Information for Genealogists

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

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

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

• Oregon Obituaries - find obituaries from Oregon newspapers.

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