| In the state of New York (except New York City, | | | | places, application can be done to the New York |
| Albany, Buffalo, and Yonkers), the collection of data | | | | State Department of Health. After that, the |
| recording of significant events such as births, | | | | requester must know if he or she is authorized to |
| marriages, and deaths began in 1881. The responsible | | | | obtain the death certificate. Authorized person are |
| for keeping the records and issuing death certificates | | | | the immediate family member such as parents, |
| are the New York State Department of Health Vital | | | | siblings, etc. Then, you can download and print the |
| Records Section and the New York City Department | | | | Death Certificate Request Form the two entities said |
| of Health and Mental Hygiene. | | | | earlier. You must answer all the required information |
| To obtain a copy of a death certificate, one must | | | | about the departed needed in the form. And also you |
| know where the person died. In this state, if the | | | | must show proof of your relationship to the |
| person died in the boroughs of New York City | | | | deceased and the purpose for requesting the |
| namely Bronx, Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn and | | | | certificate. Attach to the request form is a |
| Staten Island you have to apply your certificate to | | | | government-issued photo identification and bill to |
| New York City Department of Health and Mental | | | | prove that you are from the same state. The fee |
| Hygiene. And if the person did not die in the said | | | | for each copy of the death is only $30.00. |