Minnesota Counties - Obituary Records

Minnesota has 87 counties, each with its own vital records office that handles death certificates and obituary-related records. County recorders and license centers are the primary local source for death records going back to 1870 in many counties. For deaths from 1997 onward, any county office can access the statewide electronic system. For older records, you may need to contact the specific county or the Minnesota Historical Society. Select a county below to find local contact information, office hours, addresses, and resources for obituary records in that area.

Aitkin Anoka Becker Beltrami Benton Big Stone Blue Earth Brown Carlton Carver Cass Chippewa Chisago Clay Clearwater Cook Cottonwood Crow Wing Dakota Dodge Douglas Faribault Fillmore Freeborn Goodhue Grant Hennepin Houston Hubbard Isanti Itasca Jackson Kanabec Kandiyohi Kittson Koochiching Lac qui Parle Lake Lake of the Woods Le Sueur Lincoln Lyon Mahnomen Marshall Martin McLeod Meeker Mille Lacs Morrison Mower Murray Nicollet Nobles Norman Olmsted Otter Tail Pennington Pine Pipestone Polk Pope Ramsey Red Lake Redwood Renville Rice Rock Roseau Scott Sherburne Sibley St. Louis Stearns Steele Stevens Swift Todd Traverse Wabasha Wadena Waseca Washington Watonwan Wilkin Winona Wright Yellow Medicine