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Minnesota Public Records Search
Minnesota Birth Certificates
Cost for copies: $13.00
Minnesota Department of Health
Section of Vital Statistics
717 Delaware Street, SE
P.O. Box 9441
Minneapolis, MN 55440State office has birth records since January 1900. Copies of earlier records may be obtained from Local Registrar in county where event occurred. Additional copies of the birth record when ordered at the same time are $7.00 each.
Personal check or money order should be made payable to Minnesota Department of Health. To verify current fees, the telephone number is (612) 676-5120. Information on how to obtain certified copies is also available via the internet at http://www.health.state.mn.us/
Minnesota Death Certificates
Cost for copies: $10.00
Minnesota Department of Health
Section of Vital Statistics
717 Delaware Street, SE
P.O. Box 9441
Minneapolis, MN 55440State office has death records since January 1908. Copies of earlier records may be obtained from Local Registrar in county where event occurred. Additional copies of the death record when ordered at the same time are $4.00 each.
Personal check or money order should be made payable to Minnesota Department of Health. To verify current fees, the telephone number is (612) 676-5120. Information on how to obtain certified copies is also available via the internet at http://www.health.state.mn.us/
Minnesota Marriage Certificates
Cost for copies: see remarks
Minnesota Department of Health
Section of Vital Statistics
717 Delaware Street, SE
P.O. Box 9441
Minneapolis, MN 55440State office has a statewide index since January 1958. Inquiries will be forwarded to appropriate office. Certified copies are not available from State Department of Health.
For earlier records contact the Local Registrar in county where license was issued. Cost of copy $8.00. Additional copies of the marriage record when ordered at the same time are $2.00 each.
Minnesota Divorce Records
Cost for copies: see remarks
Minnesota Department of Health
Section of Vital Statistics
717 Delaware Street, SE
P.O. Box 9441
Minneapolis, MN 55440State office has an index since January 1970. Certified copies are not available from State office.
For earlier records contact the Local Registrar in county where divorce was granted.
