Section 29-2811. DELAYED FILING AND REGISTRATION OF DEATH

 

2811.1A certificate of death filed after the time prescribed in D.C. Official Code § 7-211 shall be on the certificate of death form, marked "delayed" and completed in the following manner:

 

(a)If the attending physician or other person authorized pursuant to D.C. Official Code § 7-211 (e) or medical examiner at the time of death and the funeral director or person who acted as such are available to complete and sign the certificate of death, it may be filed without additional evidence;

 

(b)For a certificate of death filed one (1) year or more after the date of death, the physician or medical examiner and the funeral director or person who acted as such shall state in accompanying affidavits that the information on the certificate of death is based on records maintained in their files; and

 

(c)In the absence of the attending physician or medical examiner and the funeral director or the person who acted as such, the certificate of death may be filed by the next of kin of the decedent and shall be accompanied by the following:

 

(1)An affidavit of the person filing the certificate of death swearing to the accuracy of the information on the certificate; and

 

(2)Two (2) documents that identify the decedent and the date and place of death.

 

2811.2The Registrar may in each case require additional documentary evidence to establish the facts of death.

 

2811.3A summary statement of the evidence submitted in support of the delayed registration shall be endorsed on the certificate.

 

source

Final Rulemaking published at 38 DCR 781, 792 (January 25, 1991); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 54 DCR 1664 (February 23, 2007).