Michigan Administrative Code
Department - Health and Human Services
Population Health and Community Services
Completion, Filing, and Registration of Vital Records Documents
Section R. 325.3219 - Registration of presumptive death

(1) A certificate of death prepared on the basis of an order of a probate court which finds that a person is presumed to have died in this state as a result of a disaster or accident shall be prepared on the certificate of death form in use at the time the order is presented.

(2) All items on the certificate of death shall be prepared as fully as possible. If unknown, the items shall be completed as unknown, except that all information on the disposition of the body shall be left blank.

(3) A copy of the court order and the certificate of death shall be submitted to the state registrar.

(4) Before registration, the state registrar shall mark the certificate "presumptive" and shall record on the certificate the name of the probate court which issued the order and the date of the order.

(5) Following registration, the state registrar shall forward a copy of the certificate to the local registrar for the area where death was presumed to have occurred.