A. The state registrar shall create and register a death certificate for a foreign presumptive death if the state registrar receives a court order issued in this state of a presumptive death of a resident of this state in a foreign country. The court order shall contain the following information, if known:

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 36-328

  • Certificate: means a record that documents a birth or death. See Arizona Laws 36-301
  • Court order: means a written decision issued by:

    (a) The superior court, an appellate court or the supreme court or an equivalent court in another state. See Arizona Laws 36-301

  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Name: means a designation that identifies a person, including a first name, middle name, last name or suffix. See Arizona Laws 36-301
  • Presumptive death: means a determination by a court that a death has occurred or is presumed to have occurred but the human remains have not been located or recovered. See Arizona Laws 36-301
  • Register: means to assign an official state number and to incorporate into the state registrar's official records. See Arizona Laws 36-301

1. The decedent‘s name, social security number, date of birth, date of death, cause of death and location of death.

2. Any other information necessary to complete a death certificate for a foreign presumptive death.

B. A death certificate for a foreign presumptive death shall state on the death certificate the name of the foreign country where death is presumed to have occurred.