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20-18-602. Delayed registration.
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20-18-602. Delayed registration.
(a) When a death occurring in this state has not been registered within the time period prescribed by § 20-18-601, a certificate may be filed in accordance with rules promulgated by the State Board of Health. The certificates shall be registered subject to such evidentiary requirements as the board shall by rule prescribe to substantiate the alleged facts of death.
(b) When an applicant does not submit the minimum documentation required by rule for delayed registration or when the State Registrar of Vital Records has cause to question the validity or adequacy of the applicant's sworn statement or the documentary evidence, and if the deficiencies are not corrected, the state registrar shall not register the delayed certificate of death and shall advise the applicant of the reasons for this action and further advise the applicant of his or her right to appeal to a court of competent jurisdiction.
(c) Certificates of death registered one (1) year or more after the date of death shall be marked “Delayed” and shall show on their face the date of the delayed registration.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-18-602
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20-18-602. Delayed registration.
(a) When a death occurring in this state has not been registered within the time period prescribed by § 20-18-601, a certificate may be filed in accordance with rules promulgated by the State Board of Health. The certificates shall be registered subject to such evidentiary requirements as the board shall by rule prescribe to substantiate the alleged facts of death.
(b) When an applicant does not submit the minimum documentation required by rule for delayed registration or when the State Registrar of Vital Records has cause to question the validity or adequacy of the applicant's sworn statement or the documentary evidence, and if the deficiencies are not corrected, the state registrar shall not register the delayed certificate of death and shall advise the applicant of the reasons for this action and further advise the applicant of his or her right to appeal to a court of competent jurisdiction.
(c) Certificates of death registered one (1) year or more after the date of death shall be marked “Delayed” and shall show on their face the date of the delayed registration.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
20-18-601. Registration generally.
(a)(1) A death certificate for each death that occurs in this state shall be filed with the Division of Vital Records or as otherwise directed by the State Registrar of Vital Records within ten (10) days after the death or the finding of a dead body and shall be registered if the death certificate has been completed and filed in accordance with this section.
(2) A fact-of-death record for each death that occurs in this state shall be filed with the division within three (3) calendar days after the death or the finding of a dead body.
(3)(A) If the place of death is unknown but the dead body is found in this state, the death certificate shall be completed and filed in accordance with this section.
(B) The place where the dead body is found shall be shown as the place of death.
(C)(i) If the date of death is unknown, it shall be determined by approximation.
(ii) If the date cannot be determined by approximation, the date found shall be entered and identified as such.
(4)(A) If a death occurs in a moving conveyance in the United States and the dead body is first removed from the conveyance in this state, the death shall be registered in this state, and the place where the dead body is first removed shall be considered the place of death.
(B) If a death occurs on a moving conveyance while in international waters or air space or in a foreign country or its air space and the dead body is first removed from the conveyance in this state, the death shall be registered in this state, but the certificate shall show the actual place of death insofar as the place of death can be determined.
(C) In all other cases, the place where death is pronounced shall be considered the place where death occurred.
(b) The funeral director or
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-18-601
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 20-18-601. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.