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Birth & Death Record Requests
General
- A certifying official may not file issue or certify a copy of a vital record from another state or country.
- Certified copies of death records for Madison County residents will be sent to this office from the Montana county where the death took place.
- Birth records are found only in the county of birth.
Death Records
- Death Record Request
- $7 each
Requirements & Restrictions
- Anyone who submits a completed state or county application may obtain a death certificate, unless it lists the cause of death as "pending autopsy."
- Application must include applicant's name, signature, address and the purpose for which the certified copy is needed and must include the decedent's:
- Full name
- Date of death
- County of death
- Full copies are issued only to immediate family members; others will have the cause of death etc covered over.
Birth Records
- Access to Birth Records (MCA 50-15-121)
- Birth Record Request
- Birth Record Request Spanish
- $8
Requirements & Restrictions
- The following may obtain a certified copy of a birth record after completing a state or county application and establishing identity to the satisfaction of the certifying official (driver's license or documents establishing guardianship, power of attorney, etc):
- The registrant
- Spouse, child or parent of a registrant
- An individual having legal guardianship of registrant
- An individual who needs a certified birth record to protect personal or property rights upon submitting a notarized or certified document that states that the applicant is required to obtain a certified copy in order to protect applicant's personal or property rights
- An authorized representative of the registrant, or an authorized representative of the spouse, child, parent or legal guardian of the registrant
- The following may not obtain a certified or uncertified copy of a birth record:
- A former spouse whose marriage to the registrant was terminated through divorce, annulment or invalidation and who has subsequently remarried
- A natural parent of an adopted child when this parent does not have custody of that child
- Informational copies (non-certified copies stamped with "copy for information" stamped on it) may be issued to anyone on births over 30 years old.
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Paula McKenzie
Clerk and Recorder and Election Administrator
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Clerk & Recorder
Physical Address
103 W Wallace St
First Floor
Virginia City, MT 59755
Mailing Address
PO Box 366
Virginia City, MT 59755
Phone: (406) 843-4270Fax: (406) 843-5264