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Is It Possible To Change A Death Certificate At Any Time?

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Aimee Rogers answered
If there were errors made at the time when the death was registered then by law, that information needs to be changed. It is the law to have a record of every birth, marriage and death and the use of the registry office is to provide factual records and so if the death certificate is wrong then it will need to be updated.

Usually any changes should be made at the office where the death was registered. There are some cases however where the case will have to be dealt with through the main Southport office. You will not be charged for these changes but if you want a copy of the certificate with the changes on then you will have to pay the normal fee of an extra certificate.
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My dad died on February 13, 2008 at the Pleasant Hills Living Center in Jackson, MS. When I received his Death Certificate in the mail, I was not ready to look at it. Since then I have recently discovered that the underlining cause of death is cirrhosis of the liver. My dad never drank alcohol in his life, & I was never told by any doctor or the nursing center where he spent his last year and a half, anything about a diagnosis of this. How do I get the Death Certificate changed?
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My mom passed away from a massive stroke which the kat scan proved to be correct. She only lived in this town for four years. When I received the death certificate, it said that she died from a heart attack, and sclerosis cardiovascular that they said she had for 30 yrs. I was so angry, they did not even know her, and she never went to the doctors for anyone to have medical records stating that she had this condition for those many years. I want something done and want the certificate corrected.
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A member of our family death was ruled a suicide but has since been changed to accidental death can the certificate of death be changed
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Steven Vakula answered
Perhaps if some new issue would arise that could possible alter the original opinion. Like perhaps changing the cause from suicide to murder. The death certificate is a issued and recorded document however so an addendum may be included but usually the cause of death on the original certificate is the original cause of death.
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Vadi Smith answered
If a person died in a hospital that did not have record of medical history, and death was likely caused by complications of injuries from an industrial accident a few years earlier, could a primary doctor who handled the patient's during those years get it changed?  The doctor signing death certificate had only known the patient since her was admitted through emergency room 2 weeks prior to demise.
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JoAnn Bagley answered
We were given a death certificate by my sisters husband and on it everything that the information  gave is falsified. There is no connection to my sister. We have called the mortuary and everyone including polce. They had stolen money and disappeared and he is now married. He claimed that they used an alias to admit to the hospital . Why wont law enforcement take this seriously? Wouldnt he be doing bigamy with his now wife? My sister is still considered missing for we have no way of idenyifying for the person on the deayh certificate was cremated. There was no SSN on it so would they of taken fingerprints and or picture ? She was in prison so woulndt they have her fingerprints?
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I believe it is possible.  My mothers death was ruled an accident by choking.  It was not an accident she was force fed and that led to her death.  I met with the ME office and gave them 3 affidavits and several documents.  After reading those documents they are hopeful that the death certificate can be changed and an investigation will be open.
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My sister just picked up my dads death certificate and he died after becoming septic from pneomnia that would not drain due to a newly diagnosed lung cancer. His certificate says cardiac arrest(which did happen due to sepsis) and that his lung cancer was tobacco related...my dad had not smoked in 32 years, His oncologist says it was from all his years of firefighting. We are going to try to get this ammended

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