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A power of attorney represents a living person. After their death, the power of attorney is no longer valid in any state.
Contact the Vital Statistics office of the state where you want the death certificate from, who can help you out.
Lookup the county and state where the person died. This is where you get the death certificate. Example: Vital Reocrds for Kentucky
The county where the person died will have a death certificate on file. Contact them or you can obtain one from the state for a small fee.
Death certificates usually get issued in the state you die by the coroner. However, the living relatives can request a copy in the state of the dead person's residence.Added: I do NOT believe the second sentence in the above contribution is correct. A death certificate is just that - a "certificate" issued by the authority in the jurisdiction in which the decedent perished "certifying" the cause of death. It is a legal document and cannot be "duplicated" by a coroner or medical examiner of another jurisdiction.
Requirements for applying for death certificates are different for each state. They require you to be the spouse, parent, sibling or child of the deceased. Some states however will issue a death certificate to anyone with a lawful right or court order.
In the two months since my mother's death I have needed a death certificate for: 1) social security administration 2) retirement system that was paying benefits 3) two of decedent's creditors 4) one of decedent's utilities. This probably varies from state to state. Note that so far, everyone has made a copy of the original and returned the certificate to me.
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Vital Statistics Office of your state
You can make copies for your own records. However, any entity that requires proof of death will require that you send an official certified copy. Photocopies are too easy to tamper with.
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All states have some form.