📄 Get a Death Certificate
Get a Death Certificate in Pontotoc County, MS
This service isn't handled by the Circuit Clerk. Here's where to go instead.
📄Vital Records ↗
Mississippi State Department of Health, Vital Records — not a county office
Certified death certificates come from the state · $17.00 the first copy
$17.00first certified copy · $6.00 each additional copy ordered at the same time
The Department of Health publishes the fee; the statute behind it is printed only in a vendor-hosted code and was not read, so the Department's figure is the one shown. Ordering through VitalChek adds the vendor's own fee.
Free copies for veterans' families
The Office of Vital Records furnishes up to five certified copies of the death certificate of an honorably discharged veteran without charge (2016 HB 81).
📄Download Form — fill it out at homeApplication for Certified Copy of Death Certificate — complete it before you go↓
$17first copy; $6 each additional
📋Office Information
⚠️ This office does not process death certificates. Use the agency linked above. The office below is your county's Circuit Clerk — useful for other services.
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Not printed: street address (only a PO box is published), hours, website.
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Phone
(662) 489-3908✉️
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 428, Pontotoc, MS 38863
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Fax
(662) 489-2318
Where this came from
- Mailing address, phone, fax from the Mississippi Judiciary, Circuit Court Clerks list (March 2, 2026), not from a page of the office's own.
- Street address: the state directories give only a P.O. box for the office.
- Hours: Pontotoc County's website did not answer when read, and no directory gives the office's hours.
- Website: Pontotoc County's website did not answer when read; the values shown come from the state directories named beside them.
Call the Circuit Clerk's office for its address and hours.
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