Louisiana Death Certificates
Request A Birth Or Death Certificate | La Dept. of Health
If you need a certified copy of a birth or death certificate from another state, you must contact that state's vital records office. Under Louisiana law, birth records are strictly confidential until 100 years after the year of birth and death records are strictly confidential until 50 years after the year of the death. Birth records older than 100 years and death records older than 50 years are available at the Louisiana State Archives.
https://ldh.la.gov/page/2663Louisiana Death Records
This service only issues certified copies of microfilmed death certificates for deaths that occurred in Louisiana between 1911–1971. The database also contains older death records for some parishes, such as deaths that occurred in Jefferson parish before 1911, and deaths that occurred in Orleans parish as early as 1804.
https://www.sos.la.gov/HistoricalResources/ResearchHistoricalRecords/LocateHistoricalRecords/Pages/LouisianaDeathRecords.aspxLouisiana Death Records
About this Service. This service only issues certified copies of microfilmed death certificates for deaths that occurred in Louisiana between 1911–1971. The database also contains older death records for some parishes, such as deaths that occurred in Jefferson parish before 1911, and deaths that occurred in Orleans parish as early as 1804.
https://www.sos.la.gov/HistoricalResources/ResearchHistoricalRecords/LocateHistoricalRecords/Pages/LouisianaDeathRecords.aspx?PF=1How To Order Death Records | La Dept. of Health
Vital Records Registry PO Box 60630 New Orleans, LA 70160. Please complete the application to obtain a certified death certificate and allow approximately 8-10 weeks for delivery. INTERNET, FAX AND TELEPHONE. You may use a major credit card to place internet, fax or telephone orders through VitalChek Network, an authorized service provider. There are additional fees when using this service provider or requesting expedited services.
https://ldh.la.gov/page/640Death Certificates - lsbme.la.gov
Louisiana law provides that the last physician to attend a decedent within 10 days of death must complete and execute a death certificate within 24 hours of death.[1] A physician who willfully and knowingly neglects or refuses to complete and sign a death certificate within the time allotted by law may be subject to criminal prosecution, incarceration and civil fines.[2]
https://www.lsbme.la.gov/licensure/death-certificatesHow to Find a Death Record in Louisiana? - State Records
How Much Does a Death Certificate Cost in Louisiana? A death certificate issued by the Louisiana Vital Records Office costs $9 for the first copy, which is often issued to the funeral director. Thereafter, subsequent copies of the death certificate cost $7 each. However, a Parish Clerk of Court may issue a death certificate at $26 per copy.
https://louisiana.staterecords.org/deathrecordsFree Louisiana Death Records | Enter a Name to View Death Records
To order by phone through VitalChek, you can call 1-877-605-8562. Louisiana Death Records By Mail If you apply for a record by mail, you will need to send your application, as well as a check or money order to cover the fees – there is an additional charge of $0.50. Send the application to the following address:
https://www.searchquarry.com/louisiana-death-records/Online Public Vital Records Index - Louisiana
You can search the Louisiana Death Records Index Database and order certified copies of death certificates for deaths that occurred in Louisiana more than 50 years from the end of the current calendar year. Photocopies of death certificates are delivered by mail for $5 each, and certified copies are delivered by mail for $10 each. Louisiana Birth Records
https://www.sos.la.gov/HistoricalResources/ResearchHistoricalRecords/Pages/OnlinePublicVitalRecordsIndex.aspxDeath Search - Louisiana
This service only issues certified copies of microfilmed death certificates for deaths that occurred in Louisiana between 1911–1971. The database also contains older death records for some parishes, such as deaths that occurred in Jefferson parish before 1911, and deaths that occurred in Orleans parish as early as 1804.
https://vitalrecords.sos.la.gov/Deaths/DataView.aspxLEERS Electronic Death Registration - Louisiana Department of Health
Louisiana Vital Records has implemented electronic filing of Louisiana Death records. This means the record will be filed online via the Internet, using the Louisiana Electronic Event Registration System (LEERS). This change occurred March 2012 and will become mandatory beginning January 2019. What is LEERS?
https://ldh.la.gov/page/913How to Get a Death Certificate in Louisiana (Original or Copy)
All copies of death certificates in Louisiana cost $7 each. However, make all of your requests at once so you do not have to pay shipping or expedited fees multiple times. You'll pay a $0.50 charge to all mail-in and VitalChek orders.
https://www.joincake.com/blog/death-certificate-louisisana/Louisiana Death Records Search - County Office
Perform a free Louisiana public death records search, including death certificates, death indexes, deceased records, death registers & registries, obituaries, and death notices. The Louisiana Death Records Search links below open in a new window and take you to third party websites that provide access to LA public records.
https://www.countyoffice.org/la-death-records/