DEATH REGISTRATION.

144.221 DEATH REGISTRATION. § Subdivision 1.When and where to file. A death record for each death which occurs in the state shall be filed with the state registrar within five days after death and prior to final disposition. § Subd. 2.Rules governing death registration. The commissioner of health shall establish in rule an orderly mechanism for the registration of deaths including at least a designation for who must file the death record, a procedure for the registration of deaths in moving conveyances, and provision to include cause and certification of death and assurance of registration prior to final disposition. § Subd. 3.When no body is found. When circumstances suggest that a death has occurred although a dead body cannot be produced to confirm the fact of death, a death record shall not be registered until a court has adjudicated the fact of death. History: 1978 c 699 s 10; 1Sp2001 c 9 art 15 s 18,19,32; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 113; 2005 c 106 s 56