Kentucky Death Certificates
The required fee covers the cost of the record search and no refunds are issued if a certificate is not found.
Kentucky death certificates. The kentucky department for libraries and archives po. Vital records now offers secure delivery and fast process times. Certified death certificates can be ordered and the required fee paid by phone mail online or by visiting the office. The kentucky vital statistics office will upon receiving the application and fee perform a search of the records and if a certificate is on file it will be mailed to you.
Apply for your official kentucky death certificates online for funerals banking insurance social security benefits. Kdla also has birth and death records statewide coverage prior to 1911 and 1911 1957 death records statewide coverage. New death certificate replace death certificate copy of death certificate. How to get a copy of a kentucky death certificate.
You may choose to get your death certificate directly from a corresponding vital records office losing all the benefits that vital records now has to offer. Death certificates 1911 1965 mortuary records registers of deaths and death certificates for newport louisville lexington covington and jefferson county up to 1911. Please allow 30 working days to process mail orders. Kentucky death certificates kentucky vital records issues only certified copies of death certificates which can typically be used to obtain death benefits to claim insurance proceeds and for other legal purposes.
Visit the kentucky office of vital statistics website 2. The online ky edrs supports collaboration among multiple users including funeral homes hospitals nursing homes physicians coroners advanced practice registered nurses physician assistants dentists or chiropractors and ovs. The kentucky office of vital statistics cannot by law. The office of vital statistics has on file death certificates from 1911 to the present.
Box 537 300 coffee tree road frankfort ky 40602 502 564 8300 has birth and death records for the cities of louisville lexington covington and newport which enacted records collection ordinances before 1911. This database contains the following kentucky death records. Vital records now is completely independent of any vital records office or any other us. Fill out the kentucky death certificate application 3.