5 Colo. Code Regs. § 1006-1-7
Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 11, June 10, 2024
Section 5 CCR 1006-1-7 - DELAYED REGISTRATION OF DEATHThe registration of a death after the time prescribed by statutes and regulations shall be registered in the form and manner prescribed below:
A. If the attending physician or coroner at the time of death, and the attending funeral director or person who acted as such, are available to complete and sign the certificate of death, it may be completed without additional evidence and filed with the State Registrar. For those certificates filed one year or more after the date of death, the physician or coroner, and the funeral director or person who acted as such, must state in accompanying affidavits that the information on the record is based on records kept in their files.B. In the absence of the attending physician or coroner and the funeral director or person who acted as such, the report may be filed by the next of kin of the decedent and shall be accompanied by: 1. A signed and notarized affidavit of the person filing the report affirming the accuracy of the information in the report, and;2. Two documents that identify the decedent, and the decedent's date and place of death. In all cases, the State Registrar may require additional documentary evidence to prove the facts of death.
A summary statement of the evidence submitted in support of the delayed registration shall be endorsed on the certificate.
38 CR 15, August 10, 2015, effective 9/14/201542 CR 02, January 25, 2019, effective 2/14/201942 CR 20, October 25, 2019, effective 1/1/202044 CR 23, December 10, 2021, effective 1/14/2022