144.221 DEATH REGISTRATION.
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144.221 DEATH REGISTRATION.
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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.
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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.
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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.