Midvale Death Records and Vital Records

Midvale death records are issued by the Salt Lake County Health Department. Midvale is a well-established city in central Salt Lake County with a history as an industrial and residential community dating back to the mining era of the late 1800s. Today, Midvale residents can access certified death certificates through three Salt Lake County Health Department offices. This page covers those offices, how to submit a request, what to bring, the fees involved, and how to find historical death records for Midvale and the surrounding area through free online sources.

Midvale Death Records Office Locations

The Salt Lake County Health Department serves Midvale through three office locations. The Salt Lake Public Health Center in downtown Salt Lake City is the nearest main office for most Midvale residents. All three offices can issue certified death certificates for Midvale regardless of where the death occurred in Salt Lake County. Visit whichever location is most convenient for you.

How to Obtain Midvale Death Certificates

Midvale residents can request death certificates in person, by mail, or online. In-person service is the quickest and gets you a certified copy the same day you visit.

For in-person requests, go to any Salt Lake County Health Department office during business hours. You will need a valid, unexpired government-issued photo ID. A driver's license or state ID card is the most common form, but a U.S. passport, military ID, permanent resident card, or other qualifying form is also accepted. In addition to your ID, bring a completed application and proof of your relationship to the person listed on the Midvale death record. Payment by cash, check, money order, Visa, or Mastercard is accepted at the counter.

Mail requests to the Salt Lake County Health Department, ATTN: VITAL RECORDS, at any county health office. Enclose a completed application, a legible photocopy of your photo ID, legible photocopies of your proof-of-relationship documents, and a check or money order made payable to the Salt Lake County Health Department. Credit cards are not accepted by mail. Allow additional time for processing and return mailing.

Online orders go through VitalChek, the authorized online ordering service for Utah vital records. The fee for a certified Midvale death certificate is $30 for the first copy and $10 for each additional copy requested at the same time.

Since August 21, 2024, proof of relationship is required for all vital records in Salt Lake County. A surviving spouse who is listed on the death certificate at time of death needs only their own ID. Children of the deceased must show their own birth certificate naming the deceased as a parent. Siblings must provide a birth certificate showing a shared parent with the deceased.

Midvale Death Records and City History

Midvale has a longer history than many Salt Lake County cities. The area developed in the late 1800s around the smelting and mining industries that served the mining camps of the Wasatch Range. Midvale became an incorporated town in 1909, making its municipal records somewhat older than those of neighboring communities like Taylorsville or Cottonwood Heights.

Utah's statewide death registration system began in 1905. Death certificates for Midvale from 1904 through 1966 are available at no cost through the FamilySearch Utah Death Records collection. The database is fully indexed by name and includes scanned images of original state-issued certificates. Older pre-registration records from Midvale's early industrial era may appear in LDS ward documents, local cemetery files, and early Salt Lake County records.

Records from 1966 to the present are held by the Salt Lake County Health Department or the Utah Office of Vital Records. Records older than 50 years are open to any requestor without a relationship requirement under Utah Code 26-2-22. More recent records require a qualifying relationship or documented legitimate interest per Utah Code 26-2-13.

Note: The Midvale area has several older cemeteries that predate statewide registration. Cemetery sexton records can be a useful supplement to civil death records for research into Midvale's early history.

Midvale Death Certificate Contents

A certified Midvale death certificate is a legal document issued under the authority of the Salt Lake County Health Department. It carries an official seal and is the standard proof of death accepted by courts, insurers, banks, and government agencies.

Standard fields include the full legal name of the deceased, date and place of death, date of birth, age, sex, race, marital status, Social Security number (modern records), last residence, father's and mother's names, informant's name and relationship, cause of death, contributing conditions, manner of death, certifying physician's name, and place of final disposition.

Midvale death certificates are used for estate administration, life insurance claims, pension applications, survivor Social Security benefits, bank account closures, vehicle and property title transfers, and genealogical research. The CDC guide to Utah vital records explains how Utah death certificates are used across a wide range of government and private institutions.

Free Midvale Death Record Resources

For historical research, the FamilySearch Utah collection covers records from 1904 to 1966 at no cost. The Ancestor Hunt free Utah death records guide maps every publicly available free database covering Midvale and Salt Lake County. The Utah Population Database at the University of Utah links Midvale death records to broader genealogical data for research purposes.

For certified copies of recent Midvale death records, the county ordering portal at saltlakecounty.gov provides applications and instructions. Online orders are processed through VitalChek.

Salt Lake County Death Records

Midvale is in Salt Lake County. All Midvale death certificates are issued by the county health department. For full county-level resources and ordering procedures, visit the Salt Lake County death records page.

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Cities Near Midvale

Midvale is at the center of the Salt Lake Valley, adjacent to several established communities. Find death records for nearby cities below.

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