Business Hours and Location
Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (lunch closure 12 p.m. - 1 p.m.)
Phone: 831-763-8430
1430 Freedom Boulevard, Suite A, Watsonville CA 95076
Fax: (831) 763-8431
Mail to: P.O. Box 962, Santa Cruz CA 95061-0962
Medical Information Review
The Medical Information section (VS-11e fields 101-117) and the Sex and Date of Birth must be submitted to Vital Records for review prior to a request for remote attestation.
Social Security Verification
Social Security Number verification requires the following six fields:
- first name
- middle name
- last name
- date of birth
- sex
- social security number. A death cannot be registered until SSN verification has been attempted.
Disposition Permits
Once a disposition permit is issued, the funeral home will print all four copies and deliver copy #4 to our office, either by fax, by mail or in person. Those who maintain accounts with Santa Cruz Vital Records will be invoiced; others must submit payment along with copy #4.
Certified Copies
To order copies of death certificates, please use the Application for Certified Copy of Death Record. A hard copy can be requested by contacting our office. You may complete the form electronically or manually, but you must submit a hard copy of the signed form, either by fax, by mail or in person. You must submit the sworn statement (funeral homes do not have to have this notarized). Those who maintain accounts with Santa Cruz Vital Records will be invoiced; others must submit payment along with the request form.
Amendments and Corrections
To request that an EDRS record be unlocked, you may fax or phone your request to us. Once a death certificate is registered in EDRS, any change requires an affidavit to amend a record.
Coroner’s Cases
The funeral home should fax the coroner a working copy containing date of birth and as much personal information as is available. Do not lock the personal information section. Social security number verification should be attempted. In Field #108, you must enter a “0” place-holder for the referral number.
Fees
- Death certificate: $24
- Disposition permit: $12
Time Interval Abbreviations
Fields 107a, b, c and d each have room for about six characters, including spaces. We recommend the following abbreviations when needed:
Seconds: SECS
Minutes: MINS
Hours: HRS
Days: DAYS
Weeks: WKS
Months: MOS
Years: YRS
Immediate: IMMED