R9-19-314. Eligibility for a Certified Copy of a Certificate of Death Registration

A. A certified copy of a certificate of death registration contains, as available, the information specified in R9-19-302(A)(1) and (3). B. The following are eligible to receive a certified copy of a deceased individual’s certificate of death registration: 1. A funeral director representing one of the following in a final disposition of the deceased individual’s human remains, within 12 months after the registration of the deceased individual’s death: a. The deceased individual through a prearranged funeral agreement, as defined in A.R.S. § 32-1301; b. The deceased individual’s spouse; c. The deceased individual’s parent, grandparent, or adult child, grandchild, brother, or sister; or d. Another person who is responsible for the final disposition of the deceased individual’s human remains according to A.R.S. § 36-831; 2. A designee of a funeral director in subsection (B)(1); 3. The surviving spouse of the deceased individual; 4. A parent or grandparent of the deceased individual; 5. An adult child, grandchild, brother, or sister of the deceased individual; 6. A person designated in a power of attorney, established by a person eligible according to subsection (B)(3), (4), or (5); 7. Another person who is responsible for the final disposition of the deceased individual’s human remains according to A.R.S. § 36-831; 8. A person named in the deceased individual’s last will and testament as the executor of the deceased individual’s estate; 9. A person named in the deceased individual’s last will and testament as a beneficiary of the deceased individual’s estate; 10. A person named as a beneficiary of a life insurance policy on the deceased individual; 11. A person designated in a court order to receive a certified copy of the deceased individual’s certificate of death registration; 12. A person authorized in writing to receive a certified copy of the deceased individual’s certificate of death registration by a person who is eligible to receive a certified copy of the deceased individual’s certificate of death registration according to subsection (B)(3), (4), (5), or (6); 13. An insurance company with which the deceased individual had a policy; 14. A bank, a credit union, a mortgage lender, or another financial institution with which the deceased individual had an account or other business relationship; 15. A hospital or other health care institution processing a claim against the deceased individual’s estate; 16. Another person having a claim against the deceased individual’s estate; 17. An attorney representing a person who is eligible to receive a certified copy of the deceased individual’s certificate of death registration; 18. The consulate of a foreign government representing a person who: a. Is eligible to receive a certified copy of the deceased individual’s certificate of death registration, according to subsection (B)(3), (4), (5), or (6); b. Is a citizen of the foreign country; and c. Resides in the foreign country; and 19. A governmental agency processing a financial claim, a governmental benefit application, or another form of compensation on behalf of the deceased individual or the deceased individual’s estate or having another official purpose for a certified copy of the deceased individual’s certificate of death registration.