Office of the State Registrar
Death Registration Information for Funeral Directors and Staff
It is the responsibility of the State Registrar to maintain a statewide system of vital statistics including the registration of all births and deaths that occur in Minnesota according to Minnesota Statute, sections 144.211 thru 144.227.
This website is dedicated to providing information to funeral directors and other funeral home staff about the death registration process in Minnesota.
*NEW* OSR Emergency Temporary Disposition FormPLEASE NOTE: This is a temporary Disposition Permit and may only be used in an emergency when the Minnesota Registration & Certification (MR&C) electronic death registration system has been unavailable for at least 24 hours.
Death Registration in Minnesota
Records for all deaths that occur in Minnesota are filed electronically
by entering data in the web-based Minnesota Registration & Certification (MR&C) system.
If a funeral home does not use MR&C, the funeral director takes the completed worksheet to a local registrar who enters the data into MR&C. If the funeral home uses MR&C but the physician providing the cause of death does not, the funeral home enters the fact of death and Office of the State Registrar staff at the Minnesota Department of Health enter the cause of death information.