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Marriage Certificates and Divorce decrees.  Copies of certificates of marriage are available from the county that issued the marriage license, and divorce decrees are available from the county that granted the divorce. For ordering and fee information, please contact the local registrar in the county where the marriage license was issued or the divorce granted

HENNEPIN COUNTY OFFICIAL WEBSITE -Vital Records

Note: Hennepin County has certificates from 1870.

Hennepin County Government Center
300 South 6th Street - Public Service Level
Minneapolis, MN 55487
Open Monday - Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
http://www.co.hennepin.mn.us/

PLEASE READ INFORMATION BELOW REGARDING OBTAINING BIRTH AND DEATH RECORDS:

Certified Copies - Birth/Death Records

New Law Regarding Certified Birth and Death Certificates

 

Tangible Interest Law and when it is Effective:

 

Minnesota Statues, section 144.225, subdivision 7, as amended by the Laws of Minnesota 2000, Chapter 267, restricts access to a certified birth or death certificate to a person who has a tangible interest in the requested certificate.  This is a new law that is effective August 1, 2000.

 

Who Has Tangible Interest?

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 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.

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.

Certified copies can be purchased in person at all Hennepin County Service Centers. Copies can also be ordered via fax. Payment for fax orders may be made using Visa, Mastercard, American Express or Discover Card. A $5.00 Service Fee is added per order. Express mail delivery is available at current postal rates.
For Fax orders, please fax information to: "Attention: Vital Records Mail Desk" at (612)348-2010. In addition to the necessary information regarding the record being requested, please provide: name; address and daytime phone number of applicant; credit card type, number, expiration date and card holder's name; and indicate regular or express delivery mail.

If you request the certificate by mail or fax, you will be asked to provide the same information that is requested on the application and to have the application notarized before you mail or fax it.

Fees: 

Birth Records: $13.00 for first copy; $7.00 for each additional copy of the same record, purchased at the same time.

Death Records: $10.00 for first copy; $4.00 for each additional copy of the same record, purchased at the same time.

 

Birth Public Record/Uncertified Copies

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" records on file from 1979 to the present. ("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 presenting 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.)
Copies can be purchased in person at all Hennepin County Service Centers. Copies can also be ordered via fax. Payment for fax orders may be made using Visa, Mastercard, American Express or Discover Card. A $5.00 Service Fee is added per order. Express mail delivery is available at current postal rates.

For Fax orders, please fax information to: "Attention: Vital Records Mail Desk" at (612)348-2010. In addition to the necessary information regarding the record being requested, please provide: name; address and daytime phone number of applicant; credit card type, number, expiration date and card holder's name; and indicate regular or express delivery mail.
Fees: $10.00 for first copy; $4.00 for each additional copy of the same record, purchased at the same time.

 

Death Public Record/Uncertified Copies

Information needed to obtain record: name of decedent, date of death, place of death (city).

**A microfilm reader is available, by appointment only, at the downtown Government Center location for viewing of County death records by members of the public.**
Copies can be purchased in person at all Hennepin County Service Centers. Copies can also be ordered via fax. Payment for fax orders may be made using Visa, Mastercard, American Express or Discover Card. A $5.00 Service Fee is added per order. Express mail delivery is available at current postal rates.
 

For Fax orders, please fax information to: "Attention: Vital Records Mail Desk" at (612)348-2010. In addition to the necessary information regarding the record being requested, please provide: name; address and daytime phone number of applicant; credit card type, number, expiration date and card holder's name; and indicate regular or express delivery mail.
Fees: $10.00 for first copy, $4.00 for each additional copy of the same record, purchased at the same time.

 

Certified Copies-Hennepin County Marriage Records

Information needed to obtain record: groom's name, bride's name before marriage and date of marriage. Records of marriages APPLIED FOR within Hennepin County on file from 1853 to the present. All marriage records prior to 1997 are "public" records. Records after 1997 contain some confidential information and must be partially restricted before public viewing.

**A microfilm reader is available, by appointment only, at the downtown Government Center location for viewing of County marriage records by members of the public.**
Certified copies can be purchased in person at all Hennepin County Service Centers. Copies can also be ordered via mail or fax. Payment for mail and fax orders may be made using Visa, Mastercard, American Express or Discover Card. A $5.00 Service Fee is added per order. Express mail delivery is available at current postal rates.
 

For Fax orders, please fax information to: "Attention: Vital Records Mail Desk" at (612)348-2010. In addition to the necessary information regarding the record being requested, please provide: name; address and daytime phone number of applicant; credit card type, number, expiration date and card holder's name; and indicate regular or express delivery mail.

 

Fees: $8.00 for first copy, $2.00 for each additional copy of the same record, purchased at the same time.