# Title 33 — State Department of Health

## Article 33-04 — Health Statistics

## Chapter 33-04-07 — Delayed Registration of Death

### § 33-04-07-01. General provisions.

The registration of a death after the time prescribed by statute and regulations shall be registered
on the standard record of death form in the manner prescribed below:
1. If the attending physician or coroner at the time of death and the attending funeral director or
person who acted as such are available to complete and sign the record of death, it may be
completed without additional evidence and filed with the state registrar. However, for those
records filed one year or more after the date of death, the physician or coroner and the funeral
director or person who acted as such must state in accompanying affidavits that the
information on the record is based on records kept in their files.
2. In the absence of the attending physician or coroner and the funeral director or the person
who acted as such, the record may be filed by the next of kin of the deceased and shall be
accompanied by:
a. An affidavit of the person filing the record swearing to the accuracy of the information on
the record.
b. Two documents which identify the deceased and the deceased's date and place of death.
3. In the case of presumptive death, a certified copy of a court decree finding that such death
has occurred and the date of such death must be received by the state registrar before a
death record can be filed.
In all cases the state registrar may require additional documentary evidence to prove the facts of
death.
A summary statement of the evidence submitted in support of the delayed registration shall be
endorsed on the record.
History: Amended effective January 1, 2008.
General Authority: NDCC 23-02.1-04, 28-32-02
Law Implemented: NDCC 23-02.1-19
