(a) A delayed certificate of death may be filed in accordance with regulations issued by the Registrar, when a death occurring in the District has not been registered within the time period specified in § 7-211. Any delayed certificate shall be registered subject to such evidentiary requirements as the Registrar shall prescribe by regulation in order to substantiate the alleged facts of death.
(b) A certificate of death registered 1 year or more after the date of death shall be marked “delayed” and shall show on its face the date of the delayed registration.
CREDIT(S)
(Oct. 8, 1981, D.C. Law 4-34, § 13, 28 DCR 3271.)
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 6-212.
Legislative History of Laws
For legislative history of D.C. Law 4-34, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 7-201.
