Office of Vital Records

Death Certificates

NEW: Family members can order death certificates online.

Death certificates from 1949 to the present are available through the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. For earlier records, contact the Municipal Archives at 311 or 212-NEW-YORK if outside of New York City. Their address is 31 Chambers Street, Room 103, New York, NY 10007. You may also access the Municipal Archives' Web site at www.nyc.gov/doris.

The Office of Vital Records has two ways that you can apply for a copy of a death certificate:

• • Apply by mail
• • Apply in person

Death Certificate Forms

• • Death Certificate Application
• • How to Order and Correct a New York City Death Certificate (PDF)
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• • Death Certificate, Correction Form Instructions
• • Death Certificate, Correction Form

To contact DOHMH's Office of Vital Records, please use the Vital Records Comment Form.