City Government

City Clerk, Death Certificates

DEATH CERTIFICATES

Each City or Town in Maine records and maintains death records for individuals who died in that municipality or who were a resident of that municipality at the time of death. (If you are not certain of the Place of Death, you may call the Office of Vital Statistics for the State of Maine in Augusta at (207) 287-3184.) The City Clerk's Office maintains Death records for Bangor dating back to the early 1800's.

The following information is helpful in locating an individual's record:

• NAME
• DATE OF DEATH
• NAME OF SPOUSE
• MOTHER'S NAME
• FATHER'S NAME

In person:

Certified Copies of Death Certificates are available during normal business hours (8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday) at our office on the first floor of Bangor City Hall. The first copy costs $10.00. Additional copies are $5.00 each. (Photocopies are not legal documents but may be purchased for $4.00 per record).

By mail:

Copies may also be ordered by mail, with the above information and the required fee, by sending your request to City Clerk, 73 Harlow Street, Bangor, Maine 04401. Make checks payable to City of Bangor.

By phone:

Certified copies may be ordered by phone by calling (207) 992-4221 and using a debit or credit card. Telephone orders will be charged a $2.00 processing fee in addition to the fees noted above for the number of records requested. Phone orders can be sent via first class mail (for no additional charge) or by 2-3 day Priority Mail (for an additional $4.60).

Please note, that all requests for records are generally processed the same day the request is received.