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© St. Louis City
Recorder of Deeds and Vital Records Registrar

Death Records
Department
open 8:00 a.m. to
5:00 p.m. weekdays
See Hours and Holidays
for restrictions

City Hall, Room 124
1200 Market Street
Saint Louis
Missouri 63103
314.613.3018
E-mail

Completed Form and Payment due in advance of Death Record services.
Please do not call or
E-mail for record look-ups. Please do not E-mail
record requests.

 

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Missouri Death Certificate
Fees and Payment Method

Fee

  • First Death Certificate Copy
    *Non-Refundable $13.00
  • Second Death Certificate Copy
    (same Decedent name as First Copy)
    *Non-Refundable $10.00
  • Mail-In Customers Add 50¢ for
    return mail if you do not provide
    Self-Addressed-Stamped-Envelope

    *If the St. Louis City Recorder and Registrar does not have records for the year you have requested, your payment will be returned to you.

Payment Method

What Do I Get for $13.00?

  • 5-Year Search:
    2 years before and
    2 years after Date of Death
    provided by customer on Application for the name provided by customer.
  • When a record is found:
    Your payment is used as a Copy Fee and you will be issued one Certified Copy of the record.
  • When a record is not found:
    Your payment is used as a Search Fee.

 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Money Saving Tips

If you are a genealogist and do not need a Certified Copy for proof of death for benefit application, court case, or other legal matter, you may find what you are looking for @ Missouri State Archives

Free 1910 to 1960
Missouri Death Certificate Database

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Rootsweb.Ancestry.com
Free Social Security
Death Index

To Verify Date of Death


 

Instructions for Motor Vehicle
Title Transfer Upon Death @ Missouri Department of Revenue, Motor Vehicle Bureau
Remove a deceased person's name from St. Louis City Voter Registration Rolls- Contact
St. Louis Board of Elections
(3 blocks north of City Hall)
300 N. Tucker
St. Louis, Missouri 63101
314.622.4336

 

Death Record for a U.S. citizen who died outside the U.S.
U.S. Department of State
Vital Records Section
1111 19th Street N.W., #510, Washington, D.C. 20524
202.955.0307

 

Missouri Secretary of State Certification, Authentication,
and Apostille
(authentication of a Missouri Birth Certificate, Marriage License, Divorce Decree, etc. for use in foreign country)
Old Post Office Building
815 Olive Street, Room 210
St. Louis, Missouri 63101
314.340.7490