Order Official Death Records for Assistance with Insurance, Estate or Social Insurance Benefit

NEW YORK - June 7, 2013 - PRLog -- There are a number of reasons why official death records may need to be ordered for an individual. Depending on the state, they may be ordered from the Vital Records Office or the State Health Services Office. The records may also be ordered online from a reputable website, which can access the information from a database.

Start searching for Death Records online at http://gov-record.org/death-records/

Official death certificates are needed to make a claim for survivor benefits from Social Security. The records will also be required when making a claim against the deceased's life insurance policy.

Depending on where a requestor lives and the policy of the state, it may be possible to order a death certificate by visiting a government office in person. These offices may offer counter service to the public. The person requesting the death record will be required to provide a state-issued piece of identification before the information will be released.

Mail orders are accepted by government offices. A person who would like to order a copy of a death record should contact the appropriate office to find out whether government-issued identification is required. Each order must be paid for in advance, and the search fee is non-refundable if the requested record cannot be located.

The search fee amount is charged to cover the time spent looking for the record. If the death occurred within the past few weeks, the requestor should contact the state Vital Records Office to find out where recent records are kept.

Mail orders generally take several weeks to process. It's not uncommon for this type of order to take six or eight weeks (or longer) to reach the requestor's home or office. If the information is required for dealing with administering with the deceased's life insurance or estate, the delay in receiving this much-needed information will mean a delay in receiving financial support.

The fastest, most efficient way to obtain these specific types of vital records is to order them online. A requestor can place an order at any time of day or night. Once the order has been received, it is processed promptly. There is no need to travel to a specific location and wait in line to speak to a representative or buy stamps. Rather than waiting several weeks for the order to be processed and forwarded to the requestor by return mail, it is much more efficient to place an order electronically.

When the death record is located, it can be forwarded to the requestor's e-mail account. There is no chance that this important information will be lost in the mail. It will reach its intended recipient quickly.

Losing a loved one is stressful enough without the added pressure of having to hunt for the information required to deal with the paperwork to handle insurance, estate or Social Insurance benefit matters. Ordering death records online is the best way to access this important information, since it gets it in the hands of the next of kin quickly.

More reputable sources at:

http://gov-record.org/