Get Minnesota Death Certificate Application 2005-2024

Mail, fax or email application: Death certificates are available for a fee by completing an application and sending it to the Minnesota Department of Health. Applications are available online or by calling the Anatomy Bequest Program at 612-625-1111.

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.

In Minnesota, medical certifiers are: Physicians (including medical examiners and coroners) Advanced practice registered nurses. Physician assistants.

You may purchase a Minnesota death certificate from any Minnesota county vital records office or from the state vital records office.

Complete a Death Certificate Application and present valid photo identification such as your driver's license. (The form certifies your right to a copy of the death certificate for that person.) The fee is $13 for the first copy and $6 for each additional copy of the same record.

The Office of Vital Records (OVR) oversees vital records in Minnesota. And OVR manages death records in Minnesota Registration & Certification (MR&C). MR&C is web-based; various user groups register Minnesota vital events in, and issue certificates from, MR&C.

You can obtain a death certificate in any county in the State of Minnesota as long as the death occurred in Minnesota after 1996. For a death certificate for a death prior to 1997, you must contact the county in which the death occurred.

If you order a certificate from the Office of Vital Records at the Minnesota Department of Health, please allow approximately two to three weeks for the office to process your request. Requests for changes or other services in addition to a certificate may take longer.

Mail, fax or email application: Death certificates are available for a fee by completing an application and sending it to the Minnesota Department of Health. Applications are available online or by calling the Anatomy Bequest Program at 612-625-1111.

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.

In Minnesota, medical certifiers are: Physicians (including medical examiners and coroners) Advanced practice registered nurses. Physician assistants.

You may purchase a Minnesota death certificate from any Minnesota county vital records office or from the state vital records office.

Complete a Death Certificate Application and present valid photo identification such as your driver's license. (The form certifies your right to a copy of the death certificate for that person.) The fee is $13 for the first copy and $6 for each additional copy of the same record.

The Office of Vital Records (OVR) oversees vital records in Minnesota. And OVR manages death records in Minnesota Registration & Certification (MR&C). MR&C is web-based; various user groups register Minnesota vital events in, and issue certificates from, MR&C.

You can obtain a death certificate in any county in the State of Minnesota as long as the death occurred in Minnesota after 1996. For a death certificate for a death prior to 1997, you must contact the county in which the death occurred.

If you order a certificate from the Office of Vital Records at the Minnesota Department of Health, please allow approximately two to three weeks for the office to process your request. Requests for changes or other services in addition to a certificate may take longer.