Bill > A252

Introduced Session

This bill permits the electronic transmission of death certificates. Under the bill, a personal representative of a decedent is permitted to transmit a certification or certified copy of a death certificate via electronic means to a creditor who has established a claim against the decedents estate. A creditor who fails to accept electronic submission of a death certificate is prohibited from presenting a claim to the personal representative of the decedent's estate. Under current law, a death certificate is required to include the following items: the name of the decedent; the county or municipality in which the death occurred; date of death; sex of the decedent; date of birth; and date of issuance and manner of death. It is the sponsor's intent to address issues that executor have in transmitting death certificates to creditors. Executors have been told the following upon transmission of a death certificate to the creditor: "we did not receive it," "it was sent to the wrong address," and "the fax was not legible." This bill would address these issues and streamline the transmission of the death certificate to creditors.

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Dawn Fantasia (R)*,  Michael Inganamort (R)*, 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee (on 01/09/2024)

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