Death certificates, free indexes, obituaries, and probate — who can order what, and when records open.
How Nevada Death Records Work
Nevada death records never open: they are permanently confidential, restricted to qualified applicants with direct and tangible interest. Non-family get exactly one thing — a $10 verification that a death is registered. No informational copies at any age; the verification letter is the only non-family product.
Recent Clark and Washoe county deaths are issued by the regional health districts, and the state file only reaches back to July 1911 — earlier deaths sit with county recorders. Content reviewed July 30, 2026 by the SearchSystems editorial team.
Nevada death records never open: they are permanently confidential, restricted to qualified applicants with direct and tangible interest.
What can non-family requesters get?
No informational copies at any age; the verification letter is the only non-family product.
Is there a free Nevada death index online?
No public index exists.
What if I just need to confirm a death or find an obituary?
Skip the certificate entirely: newspaper obituaries (many are indexed by library databases), the Social Security death index carried on the big genealogy platforms, and probate case files in the county court that handled the estate all confirm a death without touching the restricted certificate.
Related Nevada Records
The Nevada vital records page covers the full birth-marriage-death picture; birth certificates follow their own (usually longer) privacy clock; probate lives in Nevada court records; and people search shows how death records fit a full person lookup. County pages list the local offices that issue copies.
