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Nevada Marriage, Death, Birth Records

Birth and death records are at the Nevada State Department of Human Resources, State Health Division, Section of Vital Statistics, 505 East King Street, Carson City, Nevada 89710. These records date from 1911 to the present. Some counties have available birth and death registers beginning in 1887, a few of which have been deposited with the Section of Vital Statistics. Most of those that still exist are in the county recorder's office. None of the pre-1911 birth and death records are included in the statewide index, which begins in 1911 and has restricted access.

Although vital statistics are held by county recorders or health officers, those officers are restricted by law from providing certified copies of such documents. Only the Vital Statistics Section can provide certified copies of birth or death records. Abbreviated birth certificates, which contain birth date, sex, race, and birthplace of the person, are provided. An applicant for a copy of a birth or death certificate must have a direct and tangible interest in the matter recorded. The only available sources for births before 1887 are the extant newspapers or church baptismal records.

County coroners issued burial certificates based on death certificates issued by physicians or, if no physician had been in attendance, based on the facts of the death. It was the duty of the county coroner to file all physicians' certificates and memoranda of burial permits issued and turn them over to the successor in office. Incorporated cities required burial permits from the county coroner's offices between 1879 and 1911. These exist for Virginia City and Gold Hill, 1879–1887, and Carson City, 1893–1896. Nevada State Library and Archives, Division of Archives and Records, has the Ormsby County Coroner's burial permit register for 1893–1896, which includes Carson City's permits and Storey County's coroners' records. There is a compilation of names from the coroner's records at the Nevada State Library.

The Vital Statistics Office also has marriage and divorce records after 1969. Prior to that date, marriage records are located in the county recorder's office where the license was originally obtained.

Divorce records are in the district court office for the county. The indexes of divorce records for the territorial period for Carson County and both Utah and Nevada territories are at the Nevada State Library and Archives, Division of Archives and Records.

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