Information Required to Request a Certified Birth
or Death Certificate
Requesting a Certified
Birth or Death Certificate
Birth Public Record/Uncertified
Copies
Information Required
to Request a Certified Birth or Death Certificate
If you request the certificate in person, you will be asked to complete
and sign an application stating that you have tangible interest in
the certificate. You will be asked to show identification.
Minnesota Statutes, section
144.225, subdivision 7 restricts access to a certified birth or
death certificate to a person who has a tangible interest in the requested
certificate.
- You have tangible interest in a certificate:
- if you are the subject of the certificate;
- if you are the child, grandchild, spouse, parent, grandparent,
legal custodian, or guardian of the subject;
- if you are a personal representative of the estate of the
subject; or
- if you are the person who filed or a representative of the
organization that filed the birth or death information with
the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) or a local registrar.
You may also be issued a certificate if a person who has tangible
interest authorized you to receive the certificate or if you can demonstrate
to the state registrar that the certificate is necessary for the determination
or protection of a personal or property right.
A local, state, or federal governmental agency may be issued a certificate
if it is necessary for the governmental agency to perform its authorized
duties.
Tangible interest is a fraud protection measure. The prevalence of
fraud is on the rise and most Minnesota birth and death records are
public data. Tangible interest helps protect people who are born in
Minnesota and the families of people who die in Minnesota by restricting
access to the certificates that are used for most legal purposes such
as school registration, applying for a passport or a social security
number, or settling an estate.
Tangible interest does not change the classification of the data.
Public data is still public. Access to private or confidential data
is still restricted.
If you request the certificate by
mail, you will be asked to provide the same information that
is requested on the application and to have the application notarized
before you mail it. * Please attach a copy of your valid drivers license or State issued identification card.
Requesting a Certified Birth or
Death Certificate
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Certified copies in Blue Earth County since 1870 are available from
the Blue Earth County License Center. Certified birth or death certificates
can be requested in person at the Blue Earth County License Center,
410 S. Fifth St., Mankato, or can be requested by mail. To
request a certificate by mail:
- Print out a Birth Certificate Application or Minnesota Death
Record Application (see below).
- Complete the form.
- Have your signature notarized and mail the completed form
with a copy of your drivers license or State issued identifcation card to:
License Center - Vital Statistics
Blue Earth County Government Center
P.O. Box 3524
Mankato, MN 56002-3524
Phone: (507) 304-4343
Fax: (507) 304-4396
- 4. Payment must be recieved before certificates can be issued.
- Make your check or money order payable to Vital Statistics and send to the address above. United States of America currency only. See Fee Information.
Minnesota
Birth Record Application (PDF)
You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print this version.
Minnesota
Death Record Application (PDF)
You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print this version.
Click
here to get the Adobe Acrobat Reader.
If you are unable to open the applications you can request by
email that an application be mailed to you from vitals@co.blue-earth.mn.us
Birth and Death Certificate Fees
Birth:
$16 for first certified certificate ($26 effective July 1, 2010)
$9 for each additional certificate of the same record issued at
the same time ($19 effective July 1, 2010)
Death:
$13 for first certified certificate
$6 for each additional certificates of the same record issued at
the same time
Birth Public Record
Information needed to obtain record: Name on record, date of birth,
place of birth (city and hospital), mother's name and father's name.
("Restricted" birth records are available only to the child's mother,
the father if he is listed on the certificate, the individual listed
on the birth record when they have reached 18 years of age, a grandparent
who is the child's physical guardian, a legal guardian representing
a certified copy of guardianship papers, an individual presenting
a certified copy of a court order releasing the record to him/her,
the Commissioner of Welfare or authorized representative, or a bonafide
adoption agency or authorized representative. Also, an individual
with a written and notarized authorization from any of the persons
above may obtain a restricted record.) |
