Death certificate application – Utah

The Death certificate application (DHHS-OVRS-200) is the Utah Office of Vital Records and Statistics form used to request a certified copy of a death certificate. It collects who died, who is asking, why the copy is needed, how many copies are wanted and how the fee is paid.

OVRS is part of the Utah Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The form states that death records are available from 1905 to the present and that certificates may be ordered online at vitalrecords.utah.gov, by mail or in person. It also carries a checklist (completed application, payment, copy of ID) and, on its reverse, the list of acceptable identification.

The search fee is non-refundable and includes one certified copy. The form has separate lines for additional certified copies, standard U.S. shipping on postal orders, a credit card processing fee on in-person orders, expedited processing, expedited shipping within the U.S. and an amendment fee. The amounts are printed on the form, and OVRS also publishes a fee list.

This form orders copies of an existing record. The OVRS forms page lists separate resources, such as How to File a Death Record, for registering a death, and a Spanish-language application, Aplicación para Certificado de Defunción.

Anyone who needs a certified Utah death certificate and can meet the identification and relationship rules on the form uses this application. The applicant marks one relationship to the decedent: Parent, Sibling, Spouse, Child, Grandparent, Grandchild or Other. Choosing Other requires documentary proof of relationship or legal need, and the checklist says proof of relationship is required.

Identification is required for all non-public vital records, and it must be current. You need one form of ID from the Primary column (photo ID) or two forms from the Secondary column.

If you do not have acceptable identification, you can ask your spouse, parent, grandparent, sibling or adult child to show their appropriate identification to request the certificate. Proof of relationship is still required.

OVRS cannot accept a novelty identification card (an ID not issued by the government) or a Driving Privilege Card.

Submit the application whenever you need a certified copy of a Utah death certificate; the form prints no deadline of its own. OVRS holds death records from 1905 to the present.

If required information is missing from the application, the applicant has 90 days to provide it before the fee paid expires. Fees paid are non-refundable, so complete every field marked with an asterisk (*) before you send it. Expedited processing is listed as an optional fee line on the form; the form gives no processing times.

You can order a death certificate from OVRS online, by mail or in person.

• Online: order at vitalrecords.utah.gov. The form carries a scan code that leads to the online order page.
• By mail: send the completed, signed application to Office of Vital Records and Statistics, PO Box 141012, SLC, UT 84114-1012. Enclose a check or money order made payable to 'Vital Records' and an easily identifiable photocopy of the front and back of your ID. A mailed request without the ID copy is returned.
• In person: the office's physical address is 288 N 1460 W, SLC. The form lists a credit card processing fee for in-person orders.

Standard U.S. shipping applies to postal orders, and expedited processing and expedited shipping (U.S. only) are optional. Check the fee lines on the form or the OVRS fee list for amounts. For questions, call 801-538-6105 or write to [email protected]. FillingPDF lets you fill out and download the PDF; submission follows the channels above.