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Chapter 144
Section 144.221
Recent History
- 2005 Subd. 1 Amended 2005 c 106 s 56
- 2001 Subd. 1 Amended 2001 c 9 art 15 s 18
- 2001 Subd. 3 Amended 2001 c 9 art 15 s 19
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144.221 DEATH REGISTRATION.
Subdivision 1. When and where to file. A death record for each death which occurs in the
state shall be filed with the state registrar within five days after death and prior to final disposition.
Subd. 2. Rules governing death registration. The commissioner of health shall establish
in rule an orderly mechanism for the registration of deaths including at least a designation for
who must file the death record, a procedure for the registration of deaths in moving conveyances,
and provision to include cause and certification of death and assurance of registration prior to
final disposition.
Subd. 3. When no body is found. When circumstances suggest that a death has occurred
although a dead body cannot be produced to confirm the fact of death, a death record shall not be
registered until a court has adjudicated the fact of death.
History: 1978 c 699 s 10; 1Sp2001 c 9 art 15 s 18,19,32; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 113; 2005
c 106 s 56
Subdivision 1. When and where to file. A death record for each death which occurs in the
state shall be filed with the state registrar within five days after death and prior to final disposition.
Subd. 2. Rules governing death registration. The commissioner of health shall establish
in rule an orderly mechanism for the registration of deaths including at least a designation for
who must file the death record, a procedure for the registration of deaths in moving conveyances,
and provision to include cause and certification of death and assurance of registration prior to
final disposition.
Subd. 3. When no body is found. When circumstances suggest that a death has occurred
although a dead body cannot be produced to confirm the fact of death, a death record shall not be
registered until a court has adjudicated the fact of death.
History: 1978 c 699 s 10; 1Sp2001 c 9 art 15 s 18,19,32; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 113; 2005
c 106 s 56
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