Death Certificates

Yes

There may be an autopsy and the results of that are pending so a death certificate can be issued as proof of the death but the cause of death is still to be entered into the record.

It should be governed by statute. Texas: In general, the deadlines start to run when you submit the claim to the insurance company. Before that, the company has no duties. The insurance company must give you notice of receipt of the claim within 30 days. A telephone call to the company might, or might not, be considered a claim. Any written acknowledgment of your conversation may, or may not, be considered notice of receipt of the claim. The insurance company has to tell you whether it accepts or rejects the claim within 15 days of receiving all information / documents reasonably requested. That would be the claimant's statement, the death certificate, the original policy or an explanation of the lack thereof, and the beneficiary's address and phone number. However, the statute provides for an addition 45 days if the company can't act within 15, so say 60 days. (So why does the statute say 15 days?) If the company rejects, it must give you the reasons. The company has to pay the claim within 60 days of receipt of all information / documents reasonably requested. If the company does not, the company has to pay 18 percent interest and attorney fees. Most companies will issue a check in 2-3 weeks time after receiving all necessary claims info.

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.

Not sure what the procedure is for all credit card companies, but as long as you are not in charge of the deceased's estate, and your name is not on the credit card account, then you are not responsible. However, you are supposed to call the credit card company and report their death. Any charges incurred after the date of the deceased's death, you are responsible for -- as an authorized user. If you wish to assume the credit card account, you must send the company a copy of your documents naming you as the 'executor of the estate'. This was the case in my mother's recent departure.

No. What if they get better? It's happened before. There were people that they thought for sure were going to die that night only to find that they recovered the next day.

It depends on where you are located, but on average it takes a few weeks.

Depends on the original deed and wording. If the property was held 'with rights of survivorship' for a husband and wife, if the husband died the wife should be be able to sell it with a valid death certificate of the husband. If it was owned only by the deceased or as one of several owners, a Letter of Authority from the probate court is necessary to sell property.

A death certificate with the cause of death is usually required on life insurance policies. It depends on the insurance company, the type of policy and what its terms are. An insurance company will most likely require a death certificate with the cause of death, because the cause of death is important in all life insurance claims. If the policy is one for accidental death benefits only, the company is entitled to know and the beneficiary has to prove that death was accidental. An insurer is entitled to know whether death occurred as a result of suicide, which might not be covered by a standard life insurance policy. Also, an insurance company is entitled to know if the death was a homicide that the beneficiary had something to do with, because that would render the beneficiary ineligible to collect benefits.

where a consequence must be proved, prosecution will have to show that the defendants conduct was both the factual and the legal cause of death.

legal cause: the defendant's conduct must be more than a 'minimal' cause of death but it need not be a substantial cause.

should not be parmition to any body to rescue any accident or cegvelity

Quoting directly from the Wikipedia article on her life - she "...died peacefully in her sleep on January 14, 2011..."

It is very unlikely that a stillborn baby born in 1967 would have a birth or death certificate. My elder brother was born in that year and did not have one. All we have is the bill for his burial in common ground of a Morningside cemetery. Through help from Mortonhall enquiry we have now found the unmarked plot in which he was laid to rest. We now plan to place a memorial for him.

Almost nothing.

Death Certificates are public records and can be mass produced on demand by family or decedents.

The novelty value of owning a death certificate is purely in the eye of the collector.

If they are framed or presented as part of a larger collection of photo's or documents a celebrity death certificate typically adds from $1 to $10 to the value of the collection.

Laws vary between countries, provinces, states and even counties.

In the United Kingdom, a death certificate is issued to the family. However, a document commonly referred to as a 'Green Certificate' is provided to the funeral director as their authorisation to proceed with either a burial or cremation. A local doctor also signs necessary documents, most often at the funeral home, which include certification for the issuance of the death certificate, or an order for the deceased to be first cleared through the coroners office.

In Australia, the process is essentially the same. In america, the process varies by state. If it is something you need to know immediately, either contact the state bureau of records, or perhaps the funeral director.

Yes. It is illegal to place information you know to be incorrect on any official document.

Yes. It is illegal to place information you know to be incorrect on any official document.

Yes. It is illegal to place information you know to be incorrect on any official document.

Yes. It is illegal to place information you know to be incorrect on any official document.

You have to contact your state Vital Statistics Office who can help you out.

You can choose to pay for a service to do this, there are many online, just do a search. The other option is to see if your state has court cases available online. In Wisconsin there is a circuit court access page which shows what court cases or charges have been made in wisconsin. It is a really nice site and several other states do the same thing. You can also go to the locality where the person lives and see if there are any cases against them there by going to the local authorities. The reason finding out a person's criminal record is hard is that it is still a person's relatively private business.

A death certificate typically does not indicate whether an autopsy was performed. The certificate records the cause of death, manner of death, and other relevant details, but the information about an autopsy is generally documented separately in the autopsy report. In some cases, the cause of death listed on the death certificate may be based on findings from an autopsy if one was conducted, but this is not explicitly stated on the certificate itself.

Sometimes, people just die. Their heart just stops. When there is not an obvious cause, it is undermined. It wasn't suspicious so they just let it go at that.

No. Generally, the death certificate must be submitted with the petition for probate.

If the property was devised to five people as joint tenants, the interest of the deceased devisee would automatically pass to the surviving four. You would need to record a death certificate in the land records. You may also need to record some statement required by your state that there are no inheritance taxes due. You need to check with a local attorney on that issue.

If the five acquired the property as tenants in common then the transfer will be more complicated. If the fifth person died AFTER the testator then her 1/5 interest passed to her heirs and her estate must be probated. Then her heirs will need to execute a deed that conveys that 1/5 interest.