Filling Out the Death Certificate

LINE 19

  COUNTY IN WHICH THE DEATH OCCURRED
 

Information on the place of death is needed to determine who has jurisdiction for deaths that legally require investigation by a Medical Examiner or Justice of the Peace/Coroner.  Enter the name of the county where death occurred.  If the death occurred in a moving vehicle in the United States and the body was first removed in this state, complete a death certificate and enter as the place of death the address where the body was first removed from the vehicle.  If the death occurred in a moving conveyance in international waters, international airspace, or in a foreign country or its airspace, and the body was first removed in this state, enter the county where the body was first removed from the conveyance (refer to the information provided in item 18).

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Last Revised: 6/12/99