Applications are accepted in person or by mail. Our office does not accept requests by fax, e-mail or over the internet.
In-Person: please visit Room 128 on the first floor of the Department of Public Health to pick up an application. The application can be completed and payment may be made to the cashier in the form of cash, check, money order or credit card (Visa/ MasterCard). Credit card transactions require valid identification. There is a 2% service fee when using a credit card.
You will need to provide the following information:
• The decedent's full name at the time of death
• The date of death
• The place of death
• The decedent's date of birth, if known
Fee: $21.00 for each certified copy
By-Mail: send a completed death certificate application to:
Fresno County Department of Public Health
Vital Statistics
P.O. Box 11867
Fresno, CA 93775
You will need to provide:
• The decedent's full name at the time of death
• The date of death
• The place of death
• The decedent's date of birth, if known
• If requesting an authorized copy, the sworn statement must be notarized
And
• Complete address where the copy is to be mailed
• A self-addressed stamped envelope
• Include payment (check or money order made payable to Fresno County) of $21.00 per certified copy. DO NOT SEND CASH BY MAIL. Fresno County Department of Public Health Vital Statistics program cannot be held responsible for fees paid that are lost, misdirected, or undelivered. We are not responsible for lost or stolen mail. The death certificate will be mailed to the provided address within two weeks.