Vital Statistics

Vital Statistics include the recording and issuing of Certified Copies of Birth, Death, Marriage Records, the issuance of Marriage Licenses, Recording of Notary Commissions, Hospital Liens, Ministerial Credentials and Passports. The Vital Statistic Records for Minnesota start in 1870. The Vital Statistic duties were transferred from the Court Administrator to the County Recorder on June 1, 1990.