Certified Birth and Death Records

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How To Obtain

You can purchase a certified birth record for anyone born in Minnesota in 1935 or after and a certified death record for anyone who died in Minnesota 1997 or after at the Government Center Vital Statistics office or at any Anoka County License Center.

To obtain a certified record for births recorded in Anoka County before 1935 or deaths recorded in Anoka County before 1997, you will need to go to the Government Center Vital Statistics office.  Questions? E-mail: VitalStats@co.anoka.mn.us

In order to obtain a certified birth or death record, you must show that you have a tangible interest in the record.

In person:

• Certified Birth (1935 or later) and Death (1997 or later) Records can be purchased at the Government Center Vital Statistics office or at any Anoka County License Center. Submit a completed Minnesota Birth and Death Record application form, the required identification, and the required fee. 
• In some cases it may also be necessary to submit a Statement to Identify Certified Birth or Death Certificate Applicant

By mail or fax:

• Fill out a Minnesota Birth and Death Record application form, have your signature verified by a Notary Public
• Download and print the Vital Statistics Credit Card Form (Adobe Acrobat format)
• Mail or fax the Vital Statistics Credit Card Form, along with the required fee, to:
   
  Anoka County Government Center
  Vital Statistics
  325 East Main Street, W120
  Anoka, MN 55303
  fax:  763-323-5203
  phone:  763-323-5202

Required Forms

Download the Minnesota Birth and Death Record application form (Adobe Acrobat format), type in your information and print it, or...

Pick up the application form at the Government Center Vital Statistics office or at any Anoka County License Center, or...

Request that the application form  be sent to you.

In some cases, you may need someone to fill out the Statement to Identify Certified Birth or Death Certificate Applicant form (Adobe Acrobat format).

If submitting an order by mail or fax, download and print the Vital Statistics Credit Card Form (Adobe Acrobat format)

Required Identification

The following documents must be accepted as meeting the requirements, unless the document has been altered or changed, or there is evidence of fraud on the face of the document.

1. Unexpired picture driver's license of a U.S. state or territory
2. Unexpired picture identification card of a U.S. state or territory
3. Unexpired U.S. federal, state, or local government employee picture ID
4. Unexpired FAA aircraft pilot's license
5. Unexpired U.S. military picture ID
6. Unexpired U.S. passport

Required Fees (effective 8-1-05)

$16.00 First Certified Birth Record

$9.00 Each additional Birth Record of the same record issued at the same time.

$13.00 First Certified Death Record without cause of death (only for records 1997 to present).

$13.00 First Certified Death Record with cause of death.

$6.00 Each additional Death Record of the same record issued at the same time.

Anoka County License Centers can accept payment by cash or check.

If submitting an order by mail or fax, you can pay with VISA or MasterCard by using the Vital Statistics Credit Card Form (Adobe Acrobat format)

page last updated - 05/09/2008

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