Local Rule LR5-115. Death certificates.

Neither an original nor a copy of a death certificate shall be filed with the court, either as a separate pleading or as an attachment to any pleading. If a death certificate needs to be considered, the original shall either be submitted to the clerk on filing of a pleading, or presented to the judge in open court during a hearing. If a death certificate is presented to the clerk, the clerk shall deliver the original death certificate to the judge. The judge shall review the death certificate, and shall subsequently file an acknowledgment confirming review and establishment of the death and the date of death of the decedent. The original death certificate shall be returned to the presenting party or attorney for the presenting party. The presenting party shall make arrangements for the return of the original.