Introduction to New Mexico Death Certificates

This article is designed to help you get a New Mexico Death certificate.  Counter to common belief, not everything is on the Internet.  Personal Death certificates are one of the items that are not readily available online, and that is probably a good thing.  You do not want a Death certificate in the public domain, where it can be seen by anyone.  However, this does not mean that you can’t easily get your Death certificate.  

New Mexico Death certificates have been maintained by the New Mexico Bureau of Vital Records & Health Statistics for individuals that died in the state of New Mexico since 1919.

New Mexico Death Certificate Authorized Persons

By New Mexico state law, New Mexico Death certificates are confidential records and can only be obtained by the following authorized individuals:

• Mother/Father (or Legal Guardian) of Person Named on the New Mexico Death Certificate
• Grandparents and Great Grandparents of Person Named on the New Mexico Death Certificate
• Husband/Wife of Person Named on the New Mexico Death Certificate 
• Adult Son/Daughter of Person Named on the New Mexico Death Certificate
• Sister/Brother of individual named on the New Mexico Death certificate
• Legal Representative of an Authorized Person of Person Named on the New Mexico Death Certificate

New Mexico Death Certificate for Genealogy Purpose

To obtain a New Mexico Death certificate for genealogy reasons you need to meet one of the above criteria.

New Mexico Death Certificate Ordering

Options Option 1 – Order New Mexico Death Certificate Online

This option is the simplest and easiest way to get your New Mexico Death Certificate.  Order online and you will get your New Mexico Death Certificate usually in less than a week.  Many times you will have the option of receiving your vital record by next-day or second-day service.

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Option 2 – Order New Mexico Death Certificate through the Mail

Follow the instructions below, if you are not ordering your New Mexico Death certificate online.  It usually takes 4 weeks upon receipt of request to be sent to you:

Step 1: Download Mail-In Application

Step 2: Please provide as much of the following information as possible to locate the New Mexico Death certificate:

• Full name of person at Death on the New Mexico Death certificate
• Date of Death on the New Mexico Death certificate
• Sex on the New Mexico Death certificate
• County (or city) of Death on the New Mexico Death certificate
• Your name 
• Your signature 
• Your relationship to the person whose New Mexico Death certificate you are requesting 
• Address where the New Mexico Death certificate is to be mailed 
• Self addressed stamped envelope
• Your daytime phone number
• By Mail: Send the above information and the appropriate fee to:

 

New Mexico Vital Records

Post Office Box 26110

Santa Fe, NM 87502

Option 3 – In Person

In Person in New Mexico: You may go to any county health department in the State of New Mexico to obtain a certified copy of a New Mexico Death certificate. Most New Mexico Death certificates can be issued while you wait.

New Mexico Death Certificate Ordering Cost

The fee to search for a New Mexico Death certificate is $5.00, which includes one certified copy of the New Mexico Death certificate or a "Certificate of Failure to Find." For each additional copy of the New Mexico Death certificate ordered at the same time, the fee is $5.00. Checks or Money Orders should be made payable to "New Mexico Vital Records." Please do not send cash. Fees are not refundable. Additional fees are required for expedited service.