Get a Death Certificate in Sussex County, DE
This service isn't handled by the Clerk of the Peace. Here's where to go instead.
The Clerk of the Peace issues marriage licenses only. To order a certified death certificate, contact the Delaware Office of Vital Statistics, which keeps these records for the entire state.
$25.00 per certificate, made payable to the State of Delaware, part of which goes to the state distressed cemetery fund; the fee is kept as a search fee if no record is found. Mail it to the Office of Vital Statistics in Dover, or take it to the office in your county — Newark for New Castle, Dover for Kent, Georgetown for Sussex. Not to this office. You must state your relationship to the person named and show proof of it, such as a birth or marriage certificate.
⚠️ This office does not process death certificates. Use the agency linked above. The office below is your county's Clerk of the Peace — useful for other services.