Request a Death Certificate
You may apply for Certifications of death in person at any of our locations. If you choose to mail in your application, please address it to the Central Dade office (see address below). Telephone requests are accepted at 1-866-830-1906. You may also apply on the internet at www.miamivitalrecords.com.
Death registration was not required by state law until 1917; however there are some records on file at the State Office of Vital Statistics dating back to 1877. Currently, the Miami-Dade County Health Department has records dating back to approximately two years. To obtain a certified copy of earlier death records, please contact the State Office of Vital Statistics.
The first step is to determine your eligibility to receive a death certificate.
WITHOUT CAUSE OF DEATH: Any person of legal age (18) may be issued a certified copy of a death record without the cause of death.
WITH CAUSE OF DEATH INFORMATION: Death records with the cause of death information may only be issued to the following individuals:
- The decedent’s spouse or parent,
- The decedent’s child, grandchild or sibling, if of legal
age,
- Any person who provides a will, insurance policy or other document
that demonstrates his or her interest in the estate of the decedent,
or
- Any person who provides documentation that he or she is acting
on behalf of any of the above named persons
If after reading the above information, you are still uncertain regarding your eligibility for cause of death information, please call the Miami-Dade County Health Department’s Office of Vital Records at 305-324-2489 for assistance.
Cause of death information on death records over 50 years old is available to anyone completing an application and submitting the required fee. To obtain a certified copy of such older death records, please contact the State Office of Vital Statistics at 904-359-6900 or via the internet at www.doh.state.fl.us/planning_eval/vital_statistics .
All requests for certification of a death certificate, that includes the cause of death information must include the following:
- The applicant’s PICTURE ID (such as a valid driver’s
license, state identification card, passport or military identification
card). A photocopy of your PICTURE ID is required for mailed-in
applications
- Please note the applicant’s signature IS REQUIRED
- The applicant’s eligibility status (relationship to the
decedent)
- The Decedent’s full name, date and place of death
- The applicant’s full name, address and telephone number(s)
The fee for each certified copy of a Florida death record is $20.00. When purchased at the same time, additional copies of the identical death record are $16.00 each.
For Walk-In applications, fees are payable either in cash, by money
order or cashier’s check. For Mailed-In applications, fees
are payable by money order or cashier’s check only. (Please
do not send cash by mail). Money Orders/Cashier’s checks should
be made payable to Vital Records Unit.
Optional Purchases
Protective Certificate Sleeves: $5.00
Expedited Mail/Phone/Internet Service (3 days or less processing
time): $10.00 (Does not include Express Delivery)**
Express Delivery: Price Varies (Does not include Expedited Service)**
**Please note, Expedited Service and Express Delivery are separate
options.
Locations & Office Hours
North Dade
18680 NW 67 Avenue
North Miami, Florida
(305) 628-7227
Monday - Friday
9:00 AM to 5:30 PM
(WALK-IN APPLICANTS ONLY)
For a map of this location, please click here.
Central Dade
1350 NW 14 Street, Room 3
Miami, Florida 33125
(305) 324-2489
Monday - Friday
8:00 AM to 4:00 PM
(WALK-IN AND MAIL APPLICANTS)
For a map of this location, please click here.
South Dade
18255 Homestead Ave #113
West Perrine, FL 33157
(305) 278-1046
Monday - Friday
8:00 AM to 4:30 PM
(WALK-IN APPLICANTS ONLY)
For a map of this location, please click here.
The following form can be downloaded in Adobe PDF format. If you
do not have an Adobe PDF Reader, you can download the appropriate
version at the Adobe
Web Site or contact The Miami-Dade County Health Department
at (305) 324-2400 and request a form.
Also, to download a death certificate, please click here:
Death
Certificate Request Form
