Death certificates

The County of Santa Clara Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office does not issue Death Certificates to the general public. Although Certified copies of the Death Certificate may be obtained by family members at or near the date of death from the funeral director, all other requests for copies of Death Certificates should be made to either the Santa Clara County Department of Public Health, Vital Statistics Section, located at 976 Lenzen Avenue, San Jose, CA 95126, (408) 885-2010, or the County of Santa Clara Clerk Recorder’s Office at 110 West Tasman Drive in San Jose.

CDC Physicians’ Handbook on Certification of Death (PDF)

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