Section 18

(410 ILCS 535/18) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-18) Sec. 18. (1) Each death which occurs in this State shall be registered by filing a death certificate with the local registrar of the district in which the death occurred or the body was found, within 7 days after such death (within 5 days if the death occurs prior to January 1, 1989) and prior to cremation or removal of the body from the State, except when death is subject to investigation by the coroner or medical examiner. If a death occurs in this State in a county outside the deceased's county of residence, the local registrar of the district in which the death certificate was filed shall, within 7 days of its filing, send a copy of the death certificate to the local registrar in the district where the deceased's county of residence is located. (a) For the purposes of this Section, if the place of death is unknown, a death