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2015 District of Columbia Code
Division I - Government of District.
Title 7 - Human Health Care and Safety.
Subtitle A - General.
Chapter 2 - Vital Records.
§ 7-224. Matching birth and death certificates.

Universal Citation:
DC Code § 7-224 (2015)
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The Registrar is authorized to match birth and death certificates in accordance with written regulations issued by the Mayor to prove beyond a reasonable doubt the fact of death, and to post the facts of death to the appropriate birth certificate. Copies issued from birth certificates marked deceased shall be similarly marked.

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