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Kansas Death Records
State law authorizes the issuance of certified copies of vital records. Uncertified copies or
verifications are not provided to the public.
State law also specifies that the initial $13.00 fee for a certified death certificate copy
is a five-year record search fee – one certified copy is issued if the record is found and if
not found, the fee is retained. You will receive either the certified copy or a letter explaining
the search conducted and that no record was located.
Birth and Death records are important sources of genealogical information. Unfortunately most states
did not begin keeping official records until the twentieth century. The State of Kansas began
recording births and deaths on July 1, 1911. Copies of these records are available through the
Office of Vital Statistics,
Landon State Office Building, Room 151,
900 SW Jackson Street, Topeka, KS 66612-1221;
785-296-1400.
Before 1911 births and deaths may have been recorded in the town/city or county clerk's office where
the event occurred. Most vital records that have survived are in the counties in which they were
created. They may be found in the office in which they were recorded or in the local historical or
genealogical society. The information contained in these early records varies from place to place.
Additional information may be gathered from church records, newspapers, cemetery records, and other
materials. Another source of dates of birth can be the county superintendent of public instruction
scholastic records.
State Records Office:
Office of Vital Statistics,
Landon State Office Building, Room 151,
900 SW Jackson Street, Topeka, KS 66612-1221
785-296-1400.
Links to Kansas Death Records:
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