Death Certificate Search and Order Service

• Information in this index comes from the actual record. So if the person whose certificate you were searching for was named Robert but went by Bobby, you may need to search by both names to find the record.
• If your search does not contain a selection for county you will get the entire state.
• If your search does not specify a month, you will get the entire year.
• If you are unsure of the spelling of a name, you might consider using a wildcard. A wildcard is a character that may be substituted for any of a defined subset of all possible characters. For example: A search using Deb* as the first name would return all names that begin with Deb such as Deborah, Debra, Debi, Debbi, Debbie and Debby.

If your initial search does not return the record you are looking for, try one of the following:

• Use a wildcard (*) on either the first or last name
• If the person has a suffix in his name such as Jr. or Sr., do not include it
• Try one of the possible search combinations listed below

Possible combinations for searches include:

• First name, last name, county of death, month and year
• First name, last name and county of death
• Last name, county of death and year
• Last name, county of death and date range
• First few letters of the first name followed by an *, last name and year
• First few letters of last name followed by * and county of death

If after trying the various search methods listed above, you still do not find the record, you can submit an application for the record to Vital Records to search. Keep in mind that does not guarantee the record is on file. A no record letter may still be issued.