The State of Hawaii is stringent in the issuance of the state vital records. Such records, which are inclusive of births, Hawaii Death Records, marriages, or divorce records, are released only to eligible applicants. These requesters must have direct or solid interest in the record to qualify for request. So who are eligible to apply for any of the HI vital certificates? Apart from the registrant or the subject of the record, the spouse, parent/s, child or grandchild, other relatives such as siblings, grandparents, cousin etc, may apply for a certified copy of a vital certificate.

The Dept. of Health maintains all the state vital records. The Department issues official copies of death Obituaries Death Notices records or any other vital files to authorized parties for purposes like school registration, passport uses, employment, as proof for property rights, benefits claims an