VITAL STATISTICS

Denver Revised Municipal Code ch. 24, art. VI, div. 2

in effect

Denver Revised Municipal Code § 24-171 Certification of deaths.

Sec. 24-171. - Certification of deaths. (a) Requirement of certification. Any physician or professional adviser who has attended any person at his or her last illness, or who has been professionally present at the death of any person, shall make out two (2) certificates thereof. (b) Content of certificate. Each certificate shall state the decedent's name, age, color, sex, nativity, occupation and marital status; and the date and hour (if known), and the place, street and number (if numbered) at which the death occurred; the cause of such death; and when and where the disease or injury causing death was contracted or incurred (if known). (c) Disposition of certificates. One (1) of the certificates shall be given to the undertaker of the funeral, to be delivered by the undertaker, after presentation to the manager of public health and environment, and the issuance by the manager of a burial permit, to the person having control of the graveyard in which the body is to be buried; the other certificate shall be filed within twenty-four (24) hours by the physician, or by the undertaker acting for the physician, in the office of the manager, there to be copied into the official record of deaths, if the manager of public health and environment is satisfied that the certificate is correct and truthful. (Code 1950, § 741.1; Ord. No. 1110-96, § 1, 12-16-96; Ord. No. 427-18, § 14, 6-11-18)

Denver Revised Municipal Code § 24-172 Registry of deaths and births.

Sec. 24-172. - Registry of deaths and births. (a) It shall be the duty of every physician, professional adviser, or midwife who has attended any person at that person's last illness, or has been professionally present at the death of any person or has been professionally attendant at or upon the birth of any person to keep a registry of the births and deaths so attended and to make for the manager of public health and environment each month a copy of such registry, containing all the facts required to be entered in such registry. (b) Such copy of the registry shall be made at the close of each month, or within five (5) days thereafter. (c) If any practicing physician or midwife shall not be present at any birth or death during any month, the physician or midwife shall nevertheless make and return a monthly statement to the manager of public health and environment showing that fact. (Code 1950, § 741.2; Ord. No. 1110-96, § 1, 12-16-96; Ord. No. 427-18, § 14, 6-11-18)

Denver Revised Municipal Code § 24-173 Coroner's duties.

Sec. 24-173. - Coroner's duties. (a) The coroner or a deputy shall make to the manager of public health and environment, within three (3) days of each and every inquest, a written certificate of the same, truthfully stating when, where, and upon whose body the inquest was held, and the actual cause and date and place of death, if known. (b) The certificate shall state whether the cause of death has been determined by a post mortem examination conducted by a physician. (c) In all cases in which there exists a reasonable doubt as to the truthfulness or accuracy of such certificate, it shall be the duty of the coroner to institute such sufficient and thorough inquiry, by post mortem examination or otherwise, as may be necessary to determine the actual cause of death and whether it has been caused by any condition or disease which may be contagious, infectious or dangerous to the public health. (Code 1950, § 741.3; Ord. No. 1110-96, § 1, 12-16-96; Ord. No. 427-18, § 14, 6-11-18)

Denver Revised Municipal Code § 24-174 Reserved.

Source: City and County of Denver, Revised Municipal Code and Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/co/denver/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIIREMUCO_CH24HESA_ARTVIBIDE_DIV2VISTFetched: 10/27/2026