Depends on when the death occurred. If the death is relatively recent, then there will be a death certificate. You go to the gov and look up ordering a death certificate. Not just anyone can order the certificate, you have to have a legitimate reason (normally you need to be related). Most gov agencies are online. Look up your location and Vital Statistics, and it will be there.
If you are looking at a death that occurred abt 100 years ago, death certificates were not common and not issued as a rule. Just a simple entry in a book was all most gov'ts required.
You cannot receive your death certificate. But you can get a death certificate of someone who is related to you.
No, a death certificate is a public certification that someone has died. Some information on a death certificate may be kept private.
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.
Look at the death certificate
Someone who is related to the person who is dead.
I believe that, in the United States, a medical doctor must sign a death certificate, as they are the only ones qualified to determine if someone is dead.
Would like to know
Yes, it is a matter of public record and copies can be obtained.
It means someone slit their wrists, throats or femoral artery and bled to death
It states that the person specified in the death certificate is dead and the certificate is an official document.
No, a person does not have to be buried before you can apply for a death certificate. The application for a death certificate can be made as soon as a death has been officially declared by a medical professional. The necessary documentation, such as a medical certificate of death, must be completed before the certificate can be issued.
It should only take a few days.