How to order an Arizona death certificate
Who holds it: ADHS Bureau of Vital Records and county health department vital records offices.1
On this page
Fee
$20.00 per certified copy (Certificate of Death Registration); VitalChek adds $15.50 per order.2
Who may order
Persons 18+ who are eligible: funeral director or designee, spouse, parent, grandparent, adult child, grandchild, sibling, POA designee, person responsible for final disposition, executor or estate beneficiary, life insurance beneficiary, person named in court order, person authorized by an eligible person, insurance company/financial institution, hospital or healthcare institution, person with a court order having a claim against the estate, attorneys for eligible persons, consulates, government agencies (A.A.C. R9-19-314, R9-19-315). Non-certified copies for genealogical research are a separate category.3
Processing time
Mail applications: average five business days from receipt.1
Who may order and what is restricted
- Restrictions
- Closed records; death records become available for genealogy 50 years after death.4
Older records and indexes
- Index
- ADHS online genealogy database for deaths more than 50 years old; State Archives county coroner and death records 1881-1971 on Ancestry.4
Related records in Arizona
- Birth certificates: who holds it
- ADHS Bureau of Vital Records (state registrar), Phoenix; also local county health department vital records offices (all 15 counties listed by ADHS), some offering same-day service.5
- Birth certificates: fee
- $20.00 per certified copy from ADHS (Certificate of Birth Registration) under A.A.C. R9-19-105; VitalChek online orders add a $15.50 processing charge per order; amendments $30.00. County offices may set their own fees.2
- Probate: who holds it
- Clerk of the Superior Court in the county where the probate case was filed (Superior Court probate). Territorial-era to 1960s probate files at the Arizona State Archives.6
- Older records: vital record indexes
- ADHS Arizona Genealogy Record Search: births 75+ years old and deaths 50+ years old.4
Death certificates in Arizona counties with a full guide
The local office, its official online search and its own fee, for each county with a full guide. Local fees can differ from the statewide figures above.
| County | Office | Search online | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cochise County | Cochise County Health & Social Services, Office of Vital Records7 | — | $20 per certified copy8 |
| Coconino County | Vital Records9 | — | $20.00 per certified copy at ADHS10 |
| Maricopa County | ADHS Bureau of Vital Records or the Maricopa County local vital records office11 | — | — |
| Mohave County | Mohave County Vital Records, certified death certificate $20.0012 | — | — |
| Navajo County | Navajo County Public Health Services District - Vital Records13 | — | $20.00 per certified copy (ADHS)14 |
| Pima County | Pima County Health Department15 | — | $20 per certified copy16 |
| Pinal County | Pinal County Public Health Vital Records or ADHS; restricted (closed record)17 | — | — |
| Yavapai County | Yavapai County Community Health Services Vital Records, $20.00 per certified copy18 | — | — |
| Yuma County | Yuma County Public Health Services District, Vital Records19 | — | $20.0019 |
For any other county, see the county list on the Arizona guide.
Official warnings
- Vital records: ADHS endorses only VitalChek for online orders (Arizona Department of Health Services)20
Official copies vs look-alike sites
A certified copy comes only from the office that holds the record; reports and "research copies" sold by commercial sites are not issued by any Arizona office. How to tell an official record source from a paid look-alike.
Rules in other states: death certificates in every state. Everything else in Arizona: Arizona public records guide.
Sources
Every fact above links to the official page it comes from. Fees and rules change, so check the office's own page before you pay or travel.
- Vital Records - Apply for a Death CertificateArizona Department of Health Services, Bureau of Vital Recordschecked November 4, 2026
- Vital Records - Fee SchedulesArizona Department of Health Services, Bureau of Vital Recordschecked November 4, 2026
- Vital Records - Who Can Obtain a Death CertificateArizona Department of Health Services, Bureau of Vital Recordschecked November 4, 2026
- Arizona Genealogy Resources: Vital Records: Birth & DeathArizona State Library, Archives and Public Recordschecked November 4, 2026
- Vital Records - Apply for Birth CertificateArizona Department of Health Services, Bureau of Vital Recordschecked November 4, 2026
- Arizona Genealogy Resources: Wills and Probate RecordsArizona State Library, Archives and Public Recordschecked November 4, 2026
- DepartmentsCochise Countychecked November 4, 2026
- Vital RecordsCochise County Health & Social Serviceschecked November 4, 2026
- Coconino County homeCoconino Countychecked November 4, 2026
- Vital Records - Fee SchedulesArizona Department of Health Services, Bureau of Vital Recordschecked November 4, 2026
- Vital Records - Local County Health DepartmentArizona Department of Health Serviceschecked November 4, 2026
- Death CertificatesMohave County Department of Public Healthchecked November 4, 2026
- Vital RecordsNavajo Countychecked November 6, 2026
- Vital Records - Fee SchedulesArizona Department of Health Services, Bureau of Vital Recordschecked November 6, 2026
- Pima County Recorder's Office - Recorder FAQsPima County Recorderchecked November 4, 2026
- Order a Birth or Death Certificate | Pima County, AZPima County Health Departmentarchived copychecked November 4, 2026
- Vital RecordsPinal County Public Healthchecked November 4, 2026
- Birth and Death ServicesYavapai County Community Health Serviceschecked November 4, 2026
- Vital Statistics | Yuma Countywww.yumacountyaz.govchecked November 4, 2026
- Vital Records - Online Ordering OptionsArizona Department of Health Services, Bureau of Vital Recordschecked November 4, 2026