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Erie County Health Department provides same day certified birth certificate copies for all Ohio counties, and certified death certificate copies for every person who died within Erie County. Records are available from December 1908 through present.
Birth/Death Certificates are $25.00 per certified copy payable by cash, money order, credit card and certified bank check.
Erie County Health Department
Erie County Community Health Center
420 Superior Street
Sandusky, Ohio 44870
Phone: 419-626-5623
Fax: (419) 626-8778
Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
You can also charge by phone at (419) 626-5623 ext. 5122 or mail/email your request by clicking: Vitals Application for Certified Copies.
ORC 3705.23(5): For the first five years after a decedent’s death, a decedent’s social security number shall not be included on a certified copy of the decedent’s death certificate unless that information is specifically requested by the decedent’s spouse, or lineal descendant ; the decedent’s executor, attorney, or legal agent ; a representative of an investigative government agency; a private investigator; a funeral director (or agent responsible for disposition of the body) acting on behalf of the decedent’s family; a veteran’s service officer; or an accredited member of the media .
Individuals requesting a death certificate with the social security number included must indicate on their application that they are requesting the SSN be included and submit proof of identification along with Acceptable Proof of Relationship documentation to the registrar or clerk. The Proof of Relationship Verification Addendum can be used to request that the social security number appears on a death certificate.
Proper identification and proof of relationship is required of in person, online and mail order requests for a death record.