23.0611.01000
Sixty-eighth
Legislative Assembly HOUSE BILL NO. 1481
of North Dakota
Introduced by
Representative Dobervich
1 A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 23-02.1-27 of the North Dakota
2 Century Code, relating to access to death records.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
4 SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Subsection 2 of section 23-02.1-27 of the North Dakota
5 Century Code is amended and reenacted as follows:
6 2. A certified copy of a complete death record may be issued to a relative, an authorized
7 representative, the child fatality review board, a licensed physician, or a genetic sibling
8 for the purposes of researching family medical history,; a funeral director, coroner,
9 medical examiner, or state forensic examiner reporting the facts of death, or; a person
10 with personal or real property interests that depend upon information contained in the
11 complete death record; or by the order of a court of competent jurisdiction, and may
12 include the cause of death and the social security number. A certified copy of the facts
13 of death record that includes the facts of death and the social security number may be
14 issued to any person that may obtain a certified copy of a complete death record or to
15 any licensed attorney who requires the copy for a bona fide legal determination. A
16 certified copy of an informational death record may be issued to the general public, but
17 the copy may not contain the cause of death or the social security number.
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Statutes affected:
INTRODUCED: 23-02.1-27
Adopted by the House Human Services Committee: 44-04-18.18
FIRST ENGROSSMENT: 23-02.1-27, 44-04-18.18
Enrollment: 23-02.1-27, 44-04-18.18