Minnesota Noncertified Death Record Request
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Request for an informational copy of a Minnesota death record on plain paper, not a certified certificate. Mail it to the Minnesota Department of Health, Office of Vital Records.
Who can use this form
- The form does not list eligibility limits or a notary requirement.
- Deaths from 1997 to the present are available from any Minnesota county or the Office of Vital Records.
- Deaths from 1908 to 1997 are only available from the county of death or the Department of Health.
What to send with it
- The completed form with the decedent's name, date of death, and county of death.
- Your name, phone and mailing address, which are required for mail or fax requests.
- Payment, not cash.
- If the record is not found, the office sends a Statement of No Death Record Found.
Where to send it
- Mail to
- Minnesota Department of Health Office of Vital Records Mail: PO Box 64499, St. Paul, MN 55164-0499 Courier/express delivery: 625 Robert St. N, St. Paul, MN 55155 (no vital-records counter service at this location) Fax: 866-416-1357 (credit card payments only)
- State fee
- $13 for the first noncertified death record and $6 for each additional copy. Faster processing is $20 and express delivery is $21. As printed on the form.
- Typical processing
- Not provided
- Form revision
- 01/2024
- Source
- Official government page