Vital Records
The Lake County Vital Records Department is located within the Recorder’s Office in the Lake County Courthouse.
The department operates as a Local Issuance Office authorized by the Minnesota Department of Health Office of Vital Records to issue certified birth & death records, marriage licenses and marriage certificates, record ordination credentials and notary commission registrations and is a repository for Military Discharge Records.
![Picture of the front desk of the Recorders Office](https://www.co.lake.mn.us/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Recorders-front-desk-02.jpg)