Pennsylvania - Correct or Amend a Death Certificate

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Procedure

Apply by mail

1. To Correct or Amend a Death Certificate, the applicant has to approach the Pennsylvania Public Health link
2. An application form will be provided to the applicant by the concerned officer. Or it can be downloaded from the following link
3. The applicant has to enter all the details in the application form.
4. Make sure that the applicant has to attach all the necessary documents that are mentioned in the “Required Documents” section of this page.
5. Also, the applicant needs to complete the Supplemental Medical Certification form.
6. To get the medical certification form, the applicant needs to contact the public health centre - (334) 206-2641 or fax a request letter to - (334) 206-2659.
7. Once the application form is collected, the applicant needs to complete the form and submit it along with the amendment of death certification.
8. The applicant has to attach the photocopies of the required documents along with the application form while submitting.
9. Submit all the necessary documents along with the completed form to the Public Health Mailing address.
10. The mailing address is mentioned in the “Office Locations & Contacts” section of this page.
11. The fee for this procedure is mentioned in the “Fees” section of this page.
12. After receiving the application, the concerned authority will check the submitted application and document set. If all are in place, the application will be accepted.
13. Then the application will be processed further. All the updates on the application status will be sent via SMS to the applicant’s mobile number.
14. Once the process gets completed, the applicant gets the death certificate through mail.
15. The processing time for this procedure is up to 15 – 30 days.

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Required Documents

• Application form link
• Identity proof (two type of proof document required)
• Address proof (two type of proof document required)
• Death certificate
• Medical certificate
• Court order
• Fee receipt

Office Locations & Contacts

PennsylvaniaPublic Health
Mailing address:
PA Department of Health
Bureau of Health Statistics and Registries
ATTN: Birth Registry
555 Walnut Street
Harrisburg, PA 17101-1934
Contact link

Eligibility

• An immediate family member of the decedent and the person who is applied for death certificate is eligible to make this application.

Fees

• The fee to amend a death certificate is $20.00
• Additional copies of the same record ordered at the same time are $6.00 each.
• There is an additional fee of $15.00 to expedite a request.

Validity

• The validity of amendment certificate is valid forever.

Documents to Use

• Application form link

Sample Documents

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Processing Time

• The processing time for this procedure is up to 15 – 30 days.

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Instructions

• Applicant must complete the application form before submitting. Incomplete applications will not be accepted.
• Applicant must provide genuine information while applying for this procedure.

Required Information

• LEGAL NAME OF DECEASED
• Date of Death
• Date of Birth
• Country of Death
• Hospital
• Number of copies requested
• Legal name of deceased
• With cause of death
• Without cause of death
• Requesting changes

Need for the Document

• Amending Death certificate means of correcting or completing information that prints on a Death certificate. If there is any correction or missing information in the Death record, the applicant needs to request for an amendment.

Information which might help

The process to amend or correct a death certificate varies greatly depending on factors such as:

• The laws of the state that issued the death certificate
• The reason(s) to amend the death certificate
• The eligibility of the applicant to make the changes

Other uses of the Document/Certificate

• The death certificate is used has proof of identity

External Links

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Others

Reason of amendment death certificate

• Correct a spelling mistake or other errors
• Add missing information
• Add on of left out medical information