A death certificate for each death which occurs in this state shall be filed with the county registrar of the county in which the death occurs, within three days after the death and prior to final disposition, and shall be registered by the registrar if it has been completed and filed in accordance with this chapter. All information including the certifying physician's name shall be typewritten.
If the place of death is unknown, a death certificate shall be filed in the county in which a dead body is found within three days after the body is found. If death occurs in a moving conveyance, a death certificate shall be filed in the county in which the dead body is first removed from the conveyance.
If a person dies outside of the county of the person's residence, the state registrar shall send a copy of the death certificate to the county registrar of the county of the decedent's residence. The county registrar shall record the death certificate in the same records in which death certificates of persons who died within the county are recorded.
[SS15, § 587-b; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 2319; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, § 141.3; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, S81, § 144.26; 81 Acts, ch 64, § 5]
88 Acts, ch 1158, §40
Referred to in § 144.35
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