(1) “Presumptive death” means a determination by a court of competent jurisdiction that:
(a) A death of a resident of this state has occurred or is presumed to have occurred, but the body of the person involved has not been located or recovered; or
(b) A death of a nonresident of this state has occurred or is presumed to have occurred in this state, but the body of the person involved has not been located or recovered.
(2) The department shall file a presumptive death certificate when ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction. In case of a presumptive death certificate, the medical certification of cause of death must be signed by the judge issuing the court order. A petitioner seeking a presumptive death certificate must include in the petition before the court all information necessary to complete the presumptive death certificate.
History.—s. 10, ch. 87-387; s. 95, ch. 97-237.
Structure Florida Statutes
Chapter 382 - Vital Statistics
382.003 - Powers and Duties of the Department.
382.004 - Reproduction and Destruction of Records.
382.005 - Duties of Local Registrars.
382.006 - Burial-Transit Permit.
382.008 - Death, Fetal Death, and Nonviable Birth Registration.
382.0085 - Stillbirth Registration.
382.0086 - Certificate of Nonviable Birth.
382.009 - Recognition of Brain Death Under Certain Circumstances.
382.011 - Medical Examiner Determination of Cause of Death.
382.012 - Presumptive Death Certificate.
382.0135 - Social Security Numbers; Enumeration-at-Birth Program.
382.015 - New Certificates of Live Birth; Duty of Clerks of Court and Department.
382.016 - Amendment of Records.
382.019 - Delayed Registration; Administrative Procedures.
382.0195 - Court-Issued Delayed Birth Certificate.
382.021 - Department to Receive Marriage Licenses.
382.022 - Marriage Application Fees.
382.023 - Department to Receive Dissolution-of-Marriage Records; Fees.
382.025 - Certified Copies of Vital Records; Confidentiality; Research.
382.355 - Birth Records of Missing Children, Registrars’ Duties.
382.356 - Protocol for Sharing Certain Birth Certificate Information.