When someone dies in Minnesota

Certified copies come from the Any Minnesota county vital records office, or the Minnesota Department of Health Office of Vital Records (official site).

County offices generally give the fastest service, and for deaths from 1997 to the present ANY Minnesota county can issue the record, not just the county where the death happened. Deaths between 1908 and 1997 must come from the county of death or the state. One copy is $13 and each additional identical copy is only $2, so order everything you need at once. Fees are non-refundable even if the record cannot be found. If you order by mail or fax you must sign the form in front of a notary, and some counties do not take credit cards.