| Vital recording of significant events such as | | | | the application form is a copy of photo |
| deaths that happened within the state of | | | | identification, required amount for the fee, mailing |
| Tennessee started in the year 1951. This | | | | address, telephone number, and signature. After, |
| information is brought to the State Vital Records, | | | | you mail it to the Office of Vital Records. |
| Department of Health wherein you can obtain | | | | Locate millions of death documents online quickly |
| certified copy of death certificate. Recorded | | | | and easily online from your home computer or |
| deaths before the given year are kept by the | | | | with your laptop while your on the move. Search |
| Tennessee State Archives. | | | | for any death record quickly and easily at any |
| To get a death certificate one must be an | | | | time. The fastest way to obtain death records |
| authorized person and must have proof that he | | | | and or documents. |
| or she is an immediate family member or a legal | | | | The standard fee for certified copy of death |
| representative for confidentiality sake. Next, one | | | | certificate is $5. If we cannot locate the record |
| must order forms online and complete the items | | | | based on the information you provide, we will |
| on the application form. Important information | | | | keep the fee and issue a Certificate of No Public |
| such as date of death, county where the death | | | | Record. Fees should be paid by check or money |
| occurred, name of the departed, and age must | | | | order payable to the Office of Vital Records. |
| be provided in the application form. Attached in | | | | |
