| As early as 1913, the State of Delaware established | | | | request of the certified copy of a Delaware Death |
| the Office of Vital Statistics of the Delaware | | | | Certificate, you must completely answer the requested |
| Department of Public Health wherein significant events | | | | form. After that, you can send it with Checks or |
| such as deaths, births, and marriages are recorded. | | | | Money Orders payable to the "Office of Vital |
| The archives department of the Office of Vital | | | | Statistics" including a copy of your official valid photo |
| Statistics keeps files of death certificates since the | | | | identification (Drivers license, State ID or Work ID) or |
| year 1969. They also keep track of other records that | | | | parent identification needed for children. |
| you might want to get a hold of for your research. | | | | You are required to pay $25 dollars to get the |
| The access to the death records of this state is | | | | certificate in which a portion of it is donated to the |
| restricted; person with "direct interest" or with proof of | | | | distressed cemetery fund. If the record is not located, |
| relationship can only obtain copies of death certificate. | | | | fees will be retained for search effort, which means |
| There are ways in obtaining death certificate in | | | | fees are non-refundable. |
| Delaware; you can either go to the Office of Vital | | | | If you just need to search a death record, it's faster |
| Statistics personally, or you can send a request, as | | | | and cheaper online, you can also get a refund this way |
| well as calling the office. You can also check online | | | | if the info is not present. |
| and get the death records that way. For applying for a | | | | |