Florida Statute 382.012 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

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Title XXIX
PUBLIC HEALTH

Chapter 382
VITAL STATISTICS

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F.S. 382.012

382.012 Presumptive death certificate.—

(1) “Presumptive death” means a determination by a court of competent jurisdiction that:

(a) A death of a resident of this state has occurred or is presumed to have occurred, but the body of the person involved has not been located or recovered; or

(b) A death of a nonresident of this state has occurred or is presumed to have occurred in this state, but the body of the person involved has not been located or recovered.

(2) The department shall file a presumptive death certificate when ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction. In case of a presumptive death certificate, the medical certification of cause of death must be signed by the judge issuing the court order. A petitioner seeking a presumptive death certificate must include in the petition before the court all information necessary to complete the presumptive death certificate.

History.—s. 10, ch. 87-387; s. 95, ch. 97-237.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 382.012

Level: Degree
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Cases Citing Statute 382.012

Total Results: 5

EVAC Ambulance v. Unemployment Appeals Commission

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1987-07-02T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 509 So. 2d 382, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 1614, 1987 Fla. App. LEXIS 9117

Snippet: Cowart, Sharp, Upchurch 2 July 1987 509 So. 2d 382, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 1614, 1987 Fla. App. LEXIS 9117

Schoenbach v. VMS Realty, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1987-02-17T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 503 So. 2d 382, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 545, 1987 Fla. App. LEXIS 6789

Snippet: Ferguson, Nesbitt 17 February 1987 503 So. 2d 382, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 545, 1987 Fla. App. LEXIS 6789

Avis Rent-A-Car System, Inc. v. Harrison Motor Co.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1963-04-09T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 151 So. 2d 855

Snippet: et al. v. Standard Finance Co., 1932, 40 Ariz. 382, 12 P.2d 282. The Mock case held that an automobile

Huguley v. Hall

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1962-05-15T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 141 So. 2d 595, 1962 Fla. App. LEXIS 3263

Snippet: 235; Lawrence v. Gayetty, 78 Cal. 126, 20 Pac. 382, 12 Am.St.Rep. 29; Shaw v. Horner, 7 Colo.App. 83,

State Ex Rel. Nuveen v. Greer

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1924-10-09T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 102 So. 739, 88 Fla. 249

Snippet: Flanagan,263 U. S. 444, 44 S. Ct. 197, 68 L. Ed. 382; 12 C.J. 990; 6 R.C.L. 332; Ross v. State of Oregon