H.F. 2067 Section 1. Section 144.26, subsection 3, Code Supplement 1 2011, is amended to read as follows: 2 3. a. The county in which a dead body is found is the 3 county of death. If death occurs in a moving conveyance, 4 the county in which the dead body is first removed from the 5 conveyance is the county of death. 6 b. If a decedent died outside of the county of the 7 decedent’s residence, the state registrar shall send a copy 8 of the decedent’s death certificate and any amendments to the 9 county registrar of the county of the decedent’s residence. 10 The county registrar shall record a death certificate received 11 pursuant to this paragraph in the same records in which the 12 death certificate of a decedent who died within the county 13 is recorded. The state registrar may provide the county 14 registrars with electronic access to vital records in lieu of 15 the requirements of this paragraph. 16 EXPLANATION 17 This bill relates to the transmission and recording of 18 certain death certificates. 19 The bill requires that when a person dies outside of the 20 county of the person’s residence the state registrar shall 21 send a copy of the person’s death certificate to the county 22 registrar for the county of the person’s residence. The bill 23 provides that, in lieu of this requirement, the state registrar 24 may provide county registrars with electronic access to vital 25 records. The bill also requires that a county registrar shall 26 record such a death certificate in the same records in which 27 deaths occurring in the county are recorded. 28 -1- LSB 5595YH (1) 84 aw/sc 1/ 1