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Death certificates in Pennsylvania

What a certified copy of the death certificate costs in Pennsylvania and how one is ordered, in the official words. No figure on this page is ours; each is the office’s or the statute’s, with the date it was checked.

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Every quotation checked October 24, 2026

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Filing the death certificate: who files it, and how soon

A certificate of each death or fetal death which occurs in this Commonwealth shall be filed within four (4) business days after the death or fetal death or within four (4) business days after the finding of a dead body or fetal remains.

The person in charge of interment or of removal of the dead body or fetal remains from the registration district shall file the certificate with any local registrar or the State Registrar of Vital Statistics

Pennsylvania · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · 35 P.S. §450.501

What a death certificate costs, the processing fee, and the only authorized vendor

The cost for a death certificate is $20 each regardless of the quantity that you order.

In addition to the standard death certificate fee of $20, a $10 processing fee also applies.

VitalChek is the only authorized vendor who collects orders on our behalf.

Pennsylvania · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · Pennsylvania Department of Health, Division of Vital Records

Which deaths the state office covers, the copy without medical information, and ordering in person at a branch office

Our office only issues death certificates for deaths that occurred in Pennsylvania since 1906.

Without Medical Information: Excludes medical details and is generally used for closing bank and utility accounts or transferring property titles. Only available for death that occurred after 2019.

make your request in person at one of our six Vital Records Branch Offices

Pennsylvania · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · Pennsylvania Department of Health, Division of Vital Records

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The cost for a death certificate is $20 each regardless of the quantity that you order.

In addition to the standard death certificate fee of $20, a $10 processing fee also applies.

VitalChek is the only authorized vendor who collects orders on our behalf.

Pennsylvania · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · Pennsylvania Department of Health, Division of Vital Records

The cost for a death certificate is $20 each regardless of the quantity that you order.

In addition to the standard death certificate fee of $20, a $10 processing fee also applies.

VitalChek is the only authorized vendor who collects orders on our behalf.

Pennsylvania · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · Pennsylvania Department of Health, Division of Vital Records

Our office only issues death certificates for deaths that occurred in Pennsylvania since 1906.

Without Medical Information: Excludes medical details and is generally used for closing bank and utility accounts or transferring property titles. Only available for death that occurred after 2019.

make your request in person at one of our six Vital Records Branch Offices

Pennsylvania · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · Pennsylvania Department of Health, Division of Vital Records

Our office only issues death certificates for deaths that occurred in Pennsylvania since 1906.

Without Medical Information: Excludes medical details and is generally used for closing bank and utility accounts or transferring property titles. Only available for death that occurred after 2019.

make your request in person at one of our six Vital Records Branch Offices

Pennsylvania · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · Pennsylvania Department of Health, Division of Vital Records

A certificate of each death or fetal death which occurs in this Commonwealth shall be filed within four (4) business days after the death or fetal death or within four (4) business days after the finding of a dead body or fetal remains.

The person in charge of interment or of removal of the dead body or fetal remains from the registration district shall file the certificate with any local registrar or the State Registrar of Vital Statistics

Pennsylvania · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · 35 P.S. §450.501

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