Del Norte County Death Records

Two things must concur before a person could enter into a valid contract, and that is legal capacity, and capacity to act. The first is something that a person is born with and this could never be lost except through death, while the second is attained upon the age of majority and may be acquired and lost through any method provided for by law. When one talks about death records like Del Norte County Death Records vis-à-vis validity of contract, it is the first, the legal capacity, that is in question because this is something that only death could take from the person.

A death certificates like Del Norte County Death Certificate is prima facie evidence of the death of the person so named in the record, and because that person is dead, it follows that he no longer has the legal capacity to enter into any contract, thus, any contract with the name of the deceased after the death of the deceased is a useless scrap of paper. Of course, what happens to contracts that remain unfulfilled upon the death of the decedent does not suffer the same fate, because these contracts are technically valid, it is just that they are unenforceable, precisely because there is no one left to enforce them against.

Of course, this does not mean that the party to the contract who survived had no recourse. His recourse would be to ventilate his or her claims against the deceased in the settlement of the estate of the deceased where one of the primary requirements would be the presentation of Del Norte County Death Notices. The settlement proceedings would be a special proceeding where every creditor of the deceased would be given the chance to ventilate their claims.

To make a request for the death records at the local level, the person who desires the record should first determine what kind of record he could request for. There are two, and while both would contain substantially the same information, authorized copies are only available to the people that are included in the exclusive list provided for by law, while informational copies may be requested by anyone but could not be used for proving identity. There are also two methods that may be used to make the request, as the request could be made either through mail or in person, each with its own set of advantages and disadvantages, though it is suggested that making the request in person is more efficient even if it means travelling because records requested this way are often completed within the same day that they are requested for. The required fee which must accompany the request form when the request is made through mail is twenty one dollars.

Cause of Death Records are also available online through the use of online databases. Although mostly privately owned, they do present substantially the same records as the various official sources; though note that because they are not official sources, any and all information that may be obtained from these records could not be used in official proceedings. Still, these databases are easier to use and access.

A request for death certificates at the local level may be made by following the procedure given below

• – Head over to the Clerk-Recorder Office.
  • -Make the request before the clerk who would give you an application form which you must accomplish completely if you are requesting for an authorized copy.
• – Submit the completed application form to the clerk.
• – If you are requesting for an authorized copy, you must sign the sworn statement in the presence of the clerk.
• – The clerk would get your request form and process it, presenting to you all records that match your search criteria.
• – Select the record that you want from the list of records, and the clerk would produce the same for your perusal.
• – Request that copies of the record be made for you.
• – Pay your required fee before claiming your copies of the records.

Del Norte County Death Notices

The following links should be of further assistance in case of questions and queries

• – State of California
• – Del Norte County
• – Clerk-Recorder
• – Death Records Application
• – Superior Court
• – County Vital Records Offices
• – California Department of Health
• – Vital Records Division
• – Birth, Death Certificates
• – National Center for Health Statistics