Obtaining Death Records

Utah State Department of Health
Bureau of Vital Records

The Utah State Archives provides access to records documenting deaths from 1904 to the present minus 50 years. Each year in January we add a new year; for example in January 2004 we added the death certificates for the year 1953. For Utah death records, less than 50 years old, contact:

Bureau of Vital Records
Utah Department of Health
288 North 1460 West
P.O. Box 141012
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-1012
Telephone: (801) 538-6105 (recorded message)
Email: vrequest@utah.gov.

Salt Lake City

Death records, 1848 to present, Salt Lake County death records, 1969 to present; and statewide death records, 1977 to present, can also be requested from:

Salt Lake City/County Health Department
Vital Records
610 South 200 East
Salt Lake City, UT 84111-9900
Tel. (801) 534-4657; 534-4658; Recorded message: (801) 534-4694

Microfilm copies of Salt Lake City death records, 1848-1950, are also available at:

Family History Library
U.S./Canada Reference
35 N. West Temple
Salt Lake City, UT 84150
Tel. (801) 240-4763
Consult Genealogical Records of Utah, p. 298, for a list of microfilmed death records.

Ogden

Death records for Ogden, 1890 to present, and Weber County, 1958 to present, can also be requested from:

Weber/Morgan District Health Department
Vital Statistics
2570 Grant Avenue
Ogden, UT 84401
Tel. (801) 399-8387; Fax. (801) 399-8306

Cache County

Death records for Cache County, 1905-1975 (incomplete), and 1976 to present (complete); Box Elder County, 1976 to present; and anywhere in the State of Utah, 1977 to present, can also be requested from:

Bear River District Health Department
Vital Statistics
655 East 1300 North
Logan, UT 84321
Tel. (435) 753-5176; 752-3730; Fax (435) 750-0396

Utah County

Death records for Utah County, 1905-present can be requested from: