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AB 2367: Certificates of death: amended certificates.

  • Session Year: 2017-2018
  • House: Assembly
  • Latest Version Date: 2018-05-25
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Existing law prohibits a marriage license or certificate of death from being altered or changed in any respect after its acceptance for registration by a local registrar, except when supplemental information required for statistical purposes is furnished. Existing law provides for the amendment of a certificate of death, which amendments are filed with the local registrar and State Registrar. Existing law requires the State Registrar to send a certified copy of the newly amended certificate of death to the applicant without additional charge, except for those amendments that are filed within one year of the date of occurrence of the event.

This bill would require the preparation of a new, one-page certificate of death if a person is able to assert that the facts are not correctly stated on the certificate and the incorrect information does not change a finding, conclusion, or determination. The bill would require the State Registrar to send the applicant a certified copy of the new, one-page certificate of death if the amendment results in a new, one-page certificate of death. State Registrar, as soon as practicably possible, in coordination with a major upgrade or replacement of the information technology system, to include the functionality to replace an amended certificate of death with a new, one-page certificate of death. The bill would require, once the functionality is available, the State Registrar to issue the new, one-page certificate of death in place of the amended certificate.

Discussed in Hearing

Senate Standing Committee on Appropriations 1H
Aug 16, 2018

Senate Standing Committee on Appropriations

Assembly Floor 1MIN
May 31, 2018

Assembly Floor

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Amended Assembly (5/25/2018)

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