§ 103265 Peace Officer Death Certificates

• •The certificate must be started right after it is accepted for filing.
• •It must be issued by the State Registrar or the local registrar.
• •The whole process must be finished within 10 business days.

Officer Jones is killed in a car chase while trying to stop a suspect.

The office that handles death certificates must start the paperwork as soon as they get the officer’s death report and must send the finished certificate to the family no later than ten business days later.