death certificates
Official passing records
Death certificates are official documents recording a person's death, including date, location, and cause.
They serve legal and administrative purposes—settling estates, claiming life insurance, closing accounts, remarrying.
A physician or medical examiner typically certifies the cause of death.
She needed three copies of the death certificate to transfer the property.
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