When a death occurs in our county involving an inmate at a prison or county detention facility or when a person dies by the hands of law enforcement or in a situation with law enforcement involvement, we immediately begin the Coroner Review process.
Please use our contact to email the Office of Vital Records regarding registering a birth or death or requesting certified copies of a birth or death that occurred this year or last year.
Referrals of deaths of persons with unknown next of kin are received from the Coroner, hospitals, convalescent hospitals, board and care facilities, the Superior Court, government agencies, law enforcement and the public.
Upcoming fee increases for certified copies of vital records will take effect on . You may view the fee schedule memo for Public Health- VitalRecord services here.
Find essential death records in RiversideCounty, CA, with this directory. Access request forms, search certificates by mail, and verify details in the death records database.
With VitalChek, easily order your government-issued vital records online including birth certificates, marriage records, death records and divorce records.
Certificates from the RiversideCounty Clerk-Recorder are typically available within 4-6 weeks of the event. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 health crisis, processing times may be longer than normal.
