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Death is something that all people would have to go through, and no one can escape it. it has effects that would be felt not only by the people who would be left behind by the deceased, but also by the community that was a part of the life of the deceased. Certainly, a dead person could no longer be seen around the neighborhood, but one must also be familiar with the legal effects of the death of the person would have, and these legal effects is one of the reasons why death records like West Virginia Death Records are some of the most requested for records in the government sources.

Death terminates the civil personality of a person, and without civil personality, a person could not enter into a contract, or a valid one anyway. The termination of the civil personality of the person also means that any contracts that he had entered into while he was still alive would have to be terminated, and the surviving party would have to make good whatever rights he has against the deceased under the contract at the proper proceeding where the estate of the deceased is going to be closed. Often, copies of death notices like West Virginia Death Notices are required before a person could intervene in the estate proceedings and ventilate his or her claim against the deceased.

West Virginia Death Notices

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Copies of West Virginia Death Certificates are certainly available at the state level through the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, specifically their vital records division. Before one could make a request, however, note that death records are not public records in the sense that they are available to anyone who would request for them. A person may make a request for a certification for the existence of a death record, and anyone could do this, but note that the certification would not contain as much information as the actual records. Still, a certification is usually enough to convince a proper tribunal of the death of the deceased.

Free Death Records are not available at any level, but the required fee is only twelve dollars for the certification of the existence of the death record. To make the request, the person who desires the record should write a non-standard letter of request to the vital records section head and include in said letter his contact information as well as the name of the person whose records he is interested in finding, and the approximate date of death and the place where the event occurred. Other additional information such as the relationship of the person making the request to the deceased would also be appreciated, but because this is just a request for certification of the existence of the record, it is not strictly required.

Of course, one may also located copies of death records online, and this would be through the use of online databases. While these databases could present substantially the same information as the various government websites and archives, do note that the records obtained from them are not acceptable as official records because the online databases are not official in any sort of way.

A request for death records may be affected by following the procedure given below

  • – Write a request letter addressed to the section chief of the vital records division.
  • – Include in the letter your personal contact information as well as the name of the deceased, the approximate time of his or her death and the place where the event happened.
  • – Determine your required fee and make a money order or personal check to answer for the same.
  • – Send the request letter and all attachments to the vital records division for processing.
  • – Wait for the office to finish processing your request.

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