[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 20, Volume 1]

[Revised as of April 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 20CFR219.23]



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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS

 

                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

 

PART 219_EVIDENCE REQUIRED FOR PAYMENT--Table of Contents

 

                   Subpart B_Evidence of Age and Death

 

Sec.  219.23  Evidence to prove death.



    (a) Preferred evidence of death. The best evidence of a person's 

death is--

    (1) A certified copy of or extract from the public record of death, 

or verdict of the coroner's jury of the state or community where death 

occurred; or a certificate or statement of death issued by a local 

registrar or public health official;

    (2) A signed statement of the funeral director, attending physician, 

or official of an institution where death occurred;

    (3) A certified copy of, or extract from, an official report or 

finding of



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death made by an agency or department of the United States or of a 

state; or

    (4) If death occurred outside the United States, an official report 

of death by a United States Consul or other authorized employee of the 

State Department, or a certified copy of the public record of death in a 

foreign country.

    (b) Other evidence of death. If the preferred evidence of death 

cannot be obtained, the individual who must furnish evidence of death 

will be asked to explain the reason therefor and to submit other 

convincing evidence, such as sworn statements of at least two persons 

who have personal knowledge of the death. These persons must be able to 

swear to the date, time, place, and cause of death.



(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 

3220-0077)