[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 1, Parts 0 to 299]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR80.3]

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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
         CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 80--FURNISHING PERSONAL CENSUS DATA FROM CENSUS OF POPULATION SCHEDULES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 80.3  Rules applicable to deceased persons and estates.

    (a) Census information relating to a deceased person may be released 
only to a parent, child, grandchild, brother, sister, spouse, insurance 
beneficiary, or the executor or administrator of a deceased person's 
estate. The request must be signed by a person entitled to receive the 
information as provided herein, state the relationship of the applicant 
to the deceased, and include a certified copy of the death certificate 
or other adequate proof of death. The request of an executor or 
administrator must be accompanied by a certified copy of the court order 
of appointment.
    (b) Except for a spouse, a person related to the deceased person 
through marriage, such as an in-law relationship, is not eligible to 
request Census information on the deceased, whether or not the applicant 
was a member of the household of the deceased.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
0607-0117)

[40 FR 53232, Nov. 17, 1975, as amended at 48 FR 56744, Dec. 23, 1983]