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How to order an Arkansas death certificate

Who holds it: Arkansas Department of Health, Vital Records1

Last checked against official sources on .

On this page
  1. Older records and indexes
  2. Related records in Arkansas
  3. How Arkansas handles it
  4. Death certificates in Arkansas counties with a full guide
  5. Official copies vs look-alike sites
  6. Sources

Fee

$10.00 first copy, $8.00 each additional copy ordered at the same time; $10.00 search fee kept if no record2

Who may order

Restricted: mother, father (if named on birth certificate), child, spouse, grandchild, maternal grandparents of deceased, informant, funeral home, beneficiary with proper documentation (ADH eligibility list)3

Ordering online

Online via ADH's linked Vital Records service: +$5.00 processing, $1.85 ID verification; 7-14 business days after approval2

Fee charged

Older records and indexes

Index
Death records from February 1, 1914 (limited before)1
Birth certificates: who holds it
Arkansas Department of Health, Vital Records (Little Rock); also issued at every Local Health Unit4
Birth certificates: fee
$12.00 first copy, $10.00 each additional copy ordered at the same time; $12.00 kept as search fee if no record4
Probate: who holds it
Probate is a division of circuit court; the County Clerk serves as clerk for probate court in many counties (e.g. Faulkner), filing decedent-estate, guardianship and adoption records5
Older records: vital records for genealogy
No official state birth/death records before 1914; some city records (Little Rock, Fort Smith, Pine Bluff births; Little Rock, Fort Smith, Hot Springs deaths) on county microfilm; Arkansas Prior Birth Index for delayed certificates6

How Arkansas handles it

  • Birth certificates can be ordered at a Local Health Unit, not only in Little Rock; the death page says services are offered in all local health units; the marriage and divorce walk-in text names only the Little Rock office4

Death certificates in Arkansas 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.

CountyOfficeSearch onlineFee
Benton CountyArkansas Department of Health (State Bureau of Vital Records)7—State fee: $10.00 first copy, $8.00 each additional copy8
Craighead County———
Faulkner CountyArkansas Department of Health local health unit9—$10.00 first copy, $8.00 each additional same record (state fee)10
Garland CountyGarland County Health Unit11—$10.00 first copy; $8.00 each additional copy ordered at the same time12
Pulaski CountyArkansas Department of Health, Pulaski County Health Units13—$10.00 first copy, $8.00 each additional (ADH)14
Saline CountyArkansas Department of Health Vital Records. $10.00 first copy, $8.00 each additional15——
Washington County——$10.00 first copy, $8.00 each additional16

For any other county, see the county list on the Arkansas guide.

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 Arkansas 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 Arkansas: Arkansas 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.

  1. Death Certificate Application (PDF)Arkansas Department of Healthchecked November 4, 2026
  2. Order Death RecordsArkansas Department of Healtharchived copychecked November 4, 2026
  3. Eligible Individuals for Birth and/or Death Certificates (PDF)Arkansas Department of Healthchecked November 4, 2026
  4. Order Birth RecordsArkansas Department of Healtharchived copychecked November 4, 2026
  5. County ClerkFaulkner County, Arkansaschecked November 4, 2026
  6. Research FAQs and TipsArkansas State Archiveschecked November 4, 2026
  7. Archive - County ClerkBenton County, Arkansaschecked November 4, 2026
  8. Order Death Records - Arkansas Department of HealthArkansas Department of Healthchecked November 4, 2026
  9. Faulkner County GOV (home)Faulkner County, Arkansaschecked November 4, 2026
  10. Death CertificatesArkansas Department of Healthchecked November 4, 2026
  11. DepartmentsGarland County, ARchecked November 7, 2026
  12. Order Death RecordsArkansas Department of Healtharchived copychecked November 7, 2026
  13. Pulaski County government homePulaski County, Arkansaschecked November 4, 2026
  14. Death CertificatesArkansas Department of Healthchecked November 4, 2026
  15. Order Death RecordsArkansas Department of Healthchecked November 4, 2026
  16. Order Death RecordsArkansas Department of Healthchecked November 4, 2026