Get Copy Of Death Certificate Application

You can obtain a birth or death certificate from 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.

The Office of Vital Records (OVR) oversees vital records in Minnesota. And OVR manages death records in Minnesota Registration & Certification (MR&C).

Generally the entire death certificate process takes approximately three weeks. An Anatomy Bequest Program staff member will contact you when the certified death certificate is available to be purchased via the Minnesota Department of Health.

General death certificate information The legal facts include the date, time, and place the death occurred, and information to identify the person who died. Then, a medical professional adds the cause and manner of death to complete the death record.

Death Records Instructions for getting a copy of a death certificate can be found at the Minnesota Department of Health Office of Vital Records. National Historical Records (birth, death, marriage).

You can search in the online catalog with the county, township or city name and the subject "death records" for a complete listing of death records, indexes, and registers. Some early records are held by the counties. Contact the vital statistics or registrar's office for the county in which the person died.

Contact the Vital Records Call Center at (855) 322-1022.

Are Death Certificates Public in Minnesota? No, certified death certificates are not public in Minnesota. These are only available to authorized parties like family members. However, you can do a Minnesota death certificate search to obtain non-certified death certificates that cannot be used for legal procedures.