La Paz County Vital Records Office

Address

1112 Joshua Ave, Suite #206
Parker, AZ 85344
Hours: M-Th, 7am-5pm
Phone: 928-669-1100

State Vital Records http://azdhs.gov/vitalrcd/index.htm

Birth Certificates

Note: La Paz County does not issue birth certificates or birth corrections. Refer to the county your birth occurred or use the application below to apply to any of the counties listed. 

Arizona Birth Certificate Application

Death Certificates
La Paz County Fees and Forms

Certified Death Certificate: $20 
Death Certificate Correction: $35
Note: Our office only accepts checks or money order. We do not accept credit or debit cards. 
Same day printing is not always available, please call ahead if you have an urgent order. 
Death Certificate Application
File Size: 130 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File
Correction to a Death Certificate
File Size: 25 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File

Death Certificates

La Paz County Office of Vital Registration has death records for deaths from July 1, 2009 to the present for deaths that occurred in Arizona. Records older than 2009 can be found at  http://azdhs.gov/vitalrcd/index.htm 

Who may order and obtain a certified copy of a death certificate?
Arizona is a "closed record" state. That means that vital records are not public record. Arizona law restricts the public's access to vital records as follows:

Only persons 18 years of age or older may obtain a certified copy of a death certificate.
In addition, to protect the confidentiality rights of our citizens, Arizona Administrative Code R9-19-405 specifies that only the following persons may receive a certified copy of a death certificate.
You must also provide proof of your relationship to the registrant or your legal interest and a valid government issued picture I.D. in order to obtain a certified copy of a death certificate.

Spouse or Immediate Family Members
The spouse or immediate family members of the deceased are eligible to receive a certified copy of a death certificate if all the following criteria are met:
  1. The applicant must be at least 18 years of age.
  2. The applicant must provide either:
    1. Proof of relationship:
      • Birth certificates that link the applicant to the deceased or
      • Marriage certificate that links the surviving spouse to the deceased.
        • Note: Listed as the informant on the death certificate is not sufficient proof of relationship.
    2. Proof of legal interest, examples include copies of:
      • Will that links the deceased to the person with legal interest
      • Insurance policy
      • Court order of guardianship
      • Title to personal or real property listing the deceased and applicant as co-owners
      • A document that establishes a legal interest in the record
  3. The applicant submits a signed application.
  4. The applicant provides valid government issued identification or notarized signature on the application.
  5. The applicant submits the appropriate fee(s).

Examples of relationship proof: 
  • Spouse: Must provide a copy of the certified marriage certificate.
  • Parent: Must provide a copy of the child’s birth certificate.  
  • Grandparent: A copy of your son/daughter’s certified birth certificate naming you as parent and a copy of the decedent’s birth certificate naming your son/daughter as parent. 
  • Grandchildren: Need birth certificate showing relationship to grandparents (i.e. your certified birth certificate, and your parent’s certified birth certificate). 
  • Brother/Sister : A copy of your own certified birth certificate and a copy of your sibling’s birth certificate that show at least one shared parent. 
  • Son/Daughter : A copy of own certified birth certificate with showing deceased’s name as parent. 


Attorneys Representing Estates
The attorney must submit a letter of request on his/her letterhead stating their professional relationship ("representing the estate of the deceased"), signed by the attorney and contains the attorney's bar number along with the appropriate fee(s).

Attorneys Representing Family Members
An attorney representing a family member is eligible to receive a certified copy of a death certificate if all following are submitted by the attorney:
  1. A letter on the attorney's letterhead stating their professional relationship to the family member, signed by the attorney and contains the attorney's bar number.
  2. Documentation that the family member has retained the attorney.
  3. Documentary evidence of the family member's relationship to the registrant.
  4. The appropriate fee(s). 

Attorneys Representing Persons with a Legal Interest
An attorney representing a person with legal interest is eligible to receive a certified copy of a death certificate if all following are submitted by the attorney:
  1. A letter on the attorney's letterhead stating their professional relationship to the person with legal interest, signed by the attorney and contains the attorney's bar number.
  2. Documentation that the person with legal interest has retained the attorney.
  3. Documentary evidence of the person's legal interest, examples include copies of:
    • Wills that link the deceased to the person with legal interest
    • Insurance policy
    • Court order of guardianship
    • Title to personal or real property listing the deceased and applicant as co-owners
    • A document that establishes a legal interest in the record
  4. The appropriate fee(s).

Non-Attorney Legal Interest/Other Interest
A person with a legal interest is eligible to receive a certified copy of the death certificate if all of the following criteria are met:
  1. Documentation is provided to establish that:
    1. There is a relationship between the deceased and the requestor.
    2. The requestor substantiates a legal interest in the certificate.
  2. Notarized or certified documents are preferable but not required.
  3. The applicant submits a signed application.
  4. The applicant provides valid government issued identification or notarized signature on the application.
  5. The applicant submits appropriate fee(s).

Third Party 
An applicant who provides a signed authorization from the surviving spouse or other adult member of the deceased's immediate family will receive the requested death certificate if the third party meets the following criteria:
  1. The applicant provides a signed and notarized authorization to release the copy to the applicant from the surviving spouse or family member or
  2. A signed authorization along with a photocopy of the signer's valid government issued identification
  3. Proof of relationship from the authorizing part.
    • Note: A person with legal interest cannot authorize a third party to receive a certificate on their behalf.
  4. An application signed by the applicant.
  5. The applicant provides valid government issued identification or notarized signature on the application.
  6. The appropriate fee(s).

Private Investigators
A private investigator is eligible to receive a certified copy of a death certificate if all of the following criteria are met:
  1. The applicant provides documentation of their business relationship with the eligible person.
  2. The applicant provides proof of relationship or legal interest between the eligible person and the deceased.
  3. The applicant submits a signed application.
  4. The applicant provides valid government issued identification or notarized signature on the application.
  5. The appropriate fee(s).

Genealogical
A genealogist is eligible for a certificate that is NOT public record if all of the following criteria are met:
  1. The applicant establishes a relationship to the individual whose record they are requesting
    • Acceptable types of credible documentation to establish relationship: Birth certificate, Death certificate, Marriage certificate.
    • Non-acceptable types of documentation to establish relationship: Pedigrees, Lineage charts, Family trees.
  2. The applicant submits a signed application.
  3. The applicant provides valid government issued identification or notarized signature on the application.
  4. The application submits the appropriate fee(s).
A genealogist requesting a certificate that IS public record does not need to establish relationship to the individual whose record they are requesting but must submit the following:
  1. A signed application
  2. The applicant provides valid government issued identification or notarized signature on the application
  3. The appropriate fee(s).