New York City’s Office of Vital Records issues certified copies of birth and death certificates and also corrects and amends these records.

Touchstone can acquire New York City death certificates issued from 1949 to the present for you ONLY if you are an immediate relative of the deceased and the death occurred in one of the five boroughs of New York City, either Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, or Staten Island. Where your family lived then or now is not important; the location of death is the only determinant.

Should you require a death certificate issued prior to 1949, order our New York City archival product.

The death certificates ordered by our company are certified certificates, complete with raised embossed seals. Most certificates can be obtained in as little as 7 business days. The average processing time for a New York City death certificate is 2-3 weeks.

Since we are acting on your behalf, we will require a notarized form and a copy of a current, valid government-issued photo ID (driver’s license, passport, etc.). The form and instructions will be provided to you for download upon completion of your purchase.