Posted by Chris_NJ on 12/4/06 5:16pm
Msg #163818

OT- FL notaries, need info if you can help

If anyone form Florida can tell me, where are death certificates filed and who do you contact for a copy? TIA much appreciated.

Reply by Becca_FL on 12/4/06 5:23pm
Msg #163819

Vital Records. If you google __________County Vital Records, you should find what you are looking for.

Reply by PAW on 12/4/06 5:41pm
Msg #163821

All public records in the state of Florida are or will soon be, available for search online. You can go to http://www.myfloridacounty.com/services/officialrecords_intro.shtml for more info and see which counties are currently online. Links to the appropriate county office responsible for public records can be found by doing a search for "<county> FLORIDA PUBLIC RECORDS". Most often, the Clerk of the Court will maintain the public records, however, some counties do not. Orange County, for example, public records are maintained by the Orange County Comptroller.

Reply by Becca_FL on 12/4/06 9:32pm
Msg #163861

Vital Records are not public records...two different animals.

Reply by PAW on 12/4/06 9:50pm
Msg #163863

Death certificates are public records and maintained as such. That's why I said public records. Though death certificates are not placed online for viewing, some information from the record is public and can be searched.

Certified copies of Death Certificates authorized for issuance by the Department of Health, which exclude the information that is confidential under s. 382.008, and certified copies of Death Certificates issued by another state whether or not they exclude the information described as confidential in s. 382.008 are maintained by the designated custodian of the official records.

Reply by PAW on 12/4/06 10:13pm
Msg #163868

(Hit the enter key too soon)

But you are right, death certificates are vital records. In Florida, certain information from the actual certificate is not made public. This has been fought in court many times and usually, the court has ruled that the information be made a public record. If the certified copy of the death certificate contains information deemed confidential pursuant to F.S. 382.008(6), the filing party or the Clerk shall conceal the cause-of-death section of the death certificate prior to its recordation with a slip of paper stating: "This section deleted per F.S. 382.008 and F.S. 382.025."

Reply by Becca_FL on 12/4/06 11:03pm
Msg #163875

Evryone in FL knows that you can not record a "long form" death cert.

Reply by notaryfla on 12/4/06 5:54pm
Msg #163824

You can order a death certificate here

http://www.doh.state.fl.us/planning_eval/vital_statistics/deaths.htm

Reply by Barbara Kreidel on 12/4/06 7:25pm
Msg #163844

Death certificates are only available to immediate family or by court order. They are not automatically recorded in the public records office. You can contact the the Department of Vital Statistics in Jacksonville.

Reply by Chris_NJ on 12/4/06 8:31pm
Msg #163856

Thanks everyone for your answers, it is appreciated as it is a family matter and I couldn't get a straight answer from the resources I was given. Again TIA to the entire Not Rot Community.