The registration of a death after the time prescribed by
statute and regulations shall be registered on the standard record of death
form in the manner prescribed below:
1. If the attending physician or coroner at
the time of death and the attending funeral director or person who acted as
such are available to complete and sign the record of death, it may be
completed without additional evidence and filed with the state registrar.
However, for those records filed one year or more after the date of death, the
physician or coroner and the funeral director or person who acted as such must
state in accompanying affidavits that the information on the record is based on
records kept in their files.
2. In
the absence of the attending physician or coroner and the funeral director or
the person who acted as such, the record may be filed by the next of kin of the
deceased and shall be accompanied by:
a. An
affidavit of the person filing the record swearing to the accuracy of the
information on the record.
b. Two
documents which identify the deceased and the deceased's date and place of
death.
3. In the case
of presumptive death, a certified copy of a court decree finding that such
death has occurred and the date of such death must be received by the state
registrar before a death record can be filed.
In all cases the state registrar may require additional
documentary evidence to prove the facts of death.
A summary statement of the evidence submitted in support of
the delayed registration shall be endorsed on the record.
Notes
N.D. Admin Code 33-04-07-01
Amended effective January
1, 2008.
General Authority: NDCC 23-02.1-04, 28-32-02
Law Implemented: NDCC
23-02.1-19
