Order Death Certificates

Guidelines to Obtaining an Authorized Certified Copy of a Death Certificate

Burial, Removal and Transit Permits

Certificate of Still Birth

Electronic Death Registration System (EDRS)

• LAC EDRS Policy Sheet
• LAC EDRS Fax communication sheet
• Supplementary EDRS fax sheet for multiple requests
• Local Filing Locations
• ME/Coroner workflow
• CA-EDRS Web site

ORDER DEATH CERTIFICATES

NOTICE OF FEE INCREASE EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2012:  ASSEMBLY BILL 1053, signed by Governor Brown and Chaptered on October 2, 2011 (Chapter 203, Statutes of 2011), authorized an increase of $2.00 for each certified copy of a birth, death or fetal death record.

• Death Certificate is $14.00 per copy (as of January 1, 2012)
• Fetal Certificate is $11.00 per copy (as of January 1, 2012)

Death certificates can be obtained from several different local and state vital records offices depending on when and where the death took place.

The Los Angeles County Vital Records Office Death Section is able to provide certified copies for deaths occurring in Los Angeles County from 1995 to the current year.  For deaths prior to 1995, applications for certified copies must be submitted to the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk(www.lavote.net).  Death certificates from 1995 to present can also be obtained at any of the Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk's offices.

Pursuant to California Health and Safety Code Section 103526, only specific individuals are permitted to obtain an authorized certified copy of a birth of death record. For more information who can obtain and authorized certified copy, see Guidelines to Obtaining an Authorized Certified Copy of a Death Certificate.

To order a copy of a certificate by mail for a death that occurred between 1995-present, please fill out two forms:

1. Application for a Death Record
2. Certificate of Acknowledgment (must be notarized if sent by mail)

Mail check (DO NOT SEND CASH), order form,  and a notarized certificate of acknowledgment to:

Los Angeles County Dept of Public Health -Vital Records Office
313 North Figueroa Street
Room Lobby-1
Los Angeles, CA 90012

To order a copy in-person for a death that occurred between 1995-present, please go to:
Vital Records Office
313 North Figueroa Street
Room Lobby-1
Los Angeles, CA 90012
(213) 240-7816
Open Monday - Friday 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM