Registrations of vital records all over the state of Vermont started way back in 1857. This was when the General Assembly passed a law providing that all towns should keep track of births, marriages, and deaths and submit them to the Secretary of State.

Death records have become a very important tool for conducting medical and scientific studies (such as that of epidemics). Certified copies of these documents are also indispensable to the completion of various legal and vital transactions such as insurance claims, inheritance, etc.

For all these reasons and more, the Vital Records of the Department of Health continue to maintain the filing and issuance of records on deaths that took place within the past five years. Documents beyond this lapse of time are kept with and issued by the Vermont State Archives and Records Administration.

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If you want to place an order of a copy of a certificate from the department of health, download and complete the application form found in the state's Department of Health website. Make sure you sign it after completing. Send the application form along with your money order or personal check to the address below:

Vermont Department of Health
Vital Records
P.O. Box 70
Burlington, VT 05402-0070

Make sure that checks or money orders are payable to Vermont Department of Health.

Keep in mind that like all other states you must provide all the necessary information that would be needed in order to identify and locate the record that you are looking for. You also have to provide information about yourself for identification purposes.

Applications are accepted either online (via the state's Department of Health website) or by mail. Either of those applications is processed within 5-10 business days.

While the death records of Vermont are distributed to two different offices, the rules are relatively the same for applying for a copy of a death record. In addition to the Vital Records office and the Office of the Secretary of State, you can also visit the town clerk's office of the place where the recorded death occurred to request for that certficiate.

"Looking for Public Death Records in Vermont?"

"Why not save some time by searching billions of public records? Make things a lot faster by starting your preliminary search at the top or bottom of this page to see if there's a record available for your query."