BIRTH AND DEATH RECORDS

See also ADOPTION; BIRTH; DEATH

Adoptees, access to data, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.2252

Alteration, correction, or completion, fees, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.226

Amended records, fees, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.226

Appeals, births not occurring in an institution, unacceptable evidence, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.215

Attestation, persons with tangible interest, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.225

Authority to sign, chiropractors, Minn. Statutes 2026 148.08

Birth records

Access, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.2252, 257.73

Adopted persons, access to originals, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.2252

Affidavits of nondisclosure, expiration, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.2254

Amended birth records, fees, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.226

Amendment, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.2181

Assisted reproduction, Minn. Statutes 2026 257E.15, 524.2-120

Certified copies, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.218, 144.225, 144.226

Consents to disclosure, expiration, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.2254

Contact preference form, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.2253

Corrections, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.2181

Data, classification, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.218, 144.225

Defined as vital records, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.212

Delayed records, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.217

Disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.225, 144.2252, 257.73

Evidence, child support enforcement exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2026 518A.81

False statements, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.227

Fees, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.226

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.215

Group purchaser data, disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.225

Homeless youth

Disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.225

Fees, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.226

Requirements, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.2255

Incomplete or incorrect certificates, Minn. Statutes 2026 259.60

Intended parents, assisted reproduction, Minn. Statutes 2026 257E.15

New certificates, Minn. Statutes 2026 259.60

Parentage orders, assisted reproduction, Minn. Statutes 2026 257E.15

Prenatal controlled substance exposure, reports, Minn. Statutes 2026 260E.32

Preparation or issuance, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.225

Proof of age, child labor, Minn. Statutes 2026 181A.06

Registering, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.215, 144.218, 144.226

Replacement, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.226, 257.66, 257.73

Security of vital records system, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.2131

State registrar, duties, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.215, 144.217, 144.226

Stillbirth, records of, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.212, 144.2151, 144.226

Surcharges, Minn. Statutes 2026 142A.412, 144.226

Certificates and certifications

Birth records, see same under this topic

Certified copies, see same under this topic

Death records, see same under this topic

Fees, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.226

Records not found, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.226

Certified copies

Birth records, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.218, 144.225, 144.226

Death records

Bodies not found, court findings, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.221

Issuance, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.225

Minnesota State Retirement System, optional annuity beneficiaries, Minn. Statutes 2026 352.116

Public Employees Retirement Association, optional annuity beneficiaries, Minn. Statutes 2026 353.30

Standardized format, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.225

Teachers retirement, Saint Paul, optional annuity beneficiaries, Minn. Statutes 2026 354A.32

Teachers Retirement Association, optional annuity beneficiaries, Minn. Statutes 2026 354.45

False statements in applications, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.227

Fees, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.226

Fraud, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.227

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.213

Orders, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.225

Standardized format, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.225

Collection of records, rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.12

Community health boards, duties delegated to, Minn. Statutes 2026 145A.07

Contested cases, group purchaser data, disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.225

Court administrators, duties, transfer of duties to county boards, Minn. Statutes 2026 485.27

Data, see GOVERNMENT DATA

Death records

Amended death records, fees, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.226

Amendments, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.2181, 149A.96

Corrections, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.2181

Cremations, Minn. Statutes 2026 390.152

Dead bodies, national security or peacetime public health emergencies, Minn. Statutes 2026 12.381

Defined as vital records, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.212

Designators, standby custodians of children, Minn. Statutes 2026 257B.05

Disclosure, maternal and infant health data, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.225

Domestic fatality review teams, Minn. Statutes 2026 611A.203

Filing, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.221, 149A.90, 600.21

Minnesota State Retirement System, optional annuity beneficiaries, Minn. Statutes 2026 352.116

Multiparty accounts, proof of death, Minn. Statutes 2026 524.6-201

Power to issue, Minn. Statutes 2026 390.23, 390.32

Prenatal controlled substance exposure, report, Minn. Statutes 2026 260E.32

Preparation or issuance, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.225

Proof of death, multiparty accounts, Minn. Statutes 2026 524.6-201, 524.6-209, 524.6-210

Public Employees Retirement Association, Minn. Statutes 2026 353.30

Registration, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.221, 144.226

Rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.221

Security of vital records system, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.2131

Status as evidence, joint tenancy, termination, Minn. Statutes 2026 600.21

Surcharges, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.226

Teachers retirement, Saint Paul, optional annuity beneficiaries, Minn. Statutes 2026 354A.32

Teachers Retirement Association, optional annuity beneficiaries, Minn. Statutes 2026 354.45

Definitions, Vital Records Act, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.212

Delayed registration, fees, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.226

Disclosure

Birth records, generally, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.225, 257.73

Death records, maternal and infant health data, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.225

Electronic verification, fees, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.226

Fees, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.226

Findings of presumed death, Minn. Statutes 2026 600.24 to 600.26

Hennepin County, Minn. Statutes 2026 383B.215

Inspection, Human Services Department, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.225

Local registrars of vital records, see under HEALTH DEPARTMENT

New birth certificates, intercountry adoptions, Minn. Statutes 2026 259.60

Orders

Certified copies, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.225

Replacement birth records, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.218

Ramsey County, health department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2026 383A.12

Records and record keeping

Local registrars of vital records, see under HEALTH DEPARTMENT

Rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.12

Replacement birth records

Conditions for, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.218

Fees, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.226

Paternity, acknowledgment, Minn. Statutes 2026 257.66, 257.73

Reporting, rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.12

Security, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.2131

Stillbirth records, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.212, 144.2151, 144.226

Surcharges, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.226

Verification, fees, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.226

Veterans, vital records, Minn. Statutes 2026 197.63

Vital Records Act, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.211 to 144.227

Vital Records Office, see State registrar (vital records) under HEALTH DEPARTMENT