Death Search

About this Service
This service only issues certified copies of microfilmed death certificates for deaths that occurred in Louisiana between 1911–1973. The database also contains older death records for some parishes, such as deaths that occurred in Jefferson parish before 1911, and deaths that occurred in Orleans parish as early as 1804. Microfilmed death certificates may not be available for many of these older records. For example, searching for a death that occurred in Orleans parish between 1804–1818 may produce results taken from the official Orleans parish death index, but individual death certificates for this period do not exist in the archives. We regret that we cannot issue certified copies of death certificates for deaths that occurred in Orleans parish during this period.

For more information about obtaining copies of Louisiana death certificates for deaths that occurred less than 50 years ago, visit the Vital Records Registry.

Instructions
Click Basic Search to search for records by the decedent's name. To search using other criteria, click Advanced Search.

You can search by the deceased's full name. You can also use partial names. For example, to search for a death record for John Doe, you can enter the name in any of the following formats:

Doe, John
John Doe
Doe

To search using dates or other criteria, click Advanced Search.

By default, results are sorted alphabetically by the deceased’s last name and are displayed in ascending order. You can sort the results on a different field by clicking the field heading you want to use at the top of the results grid. Click the field heading again to display the sorted results in descending order.

Basic Search		Clear Search

You can search for death records using any combination of the following criteria:

Last Name		Clear Search
First/Middle Name
Parish
Age		Invalid Age
Month
Day		Invalid Day
Year		Invalid Year