Death Records Now

All birth and death records originating from the five boroughs of New York City (Bronx, Kings, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island) must be certified together with a Letter of Exemplification by the New York City Department of Health, http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/doh/home.html Bureau of Vital Records, 125 Worth Street, New York, NY 10013. The original document must then be presented to the County Clerk’s Office in the county where the document was obtained to verify the signature on the Letter of Exemplification. The document can then be presented to the New York State Department of State for authentication.

I’m sure you can hire an atty or title company to do it; and often times it can be done by mail; but call the clerk’s office you’ll be filing at to make sure of the details (SASE< attention of who, time frames, fees if any)