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Upon establishment of an electronic reporting system for death |
registrations as provided in the Vital Records Act, the county |
clerk of the county where a decedent last resided, as indicated |
on the decedent's death certificate, may issue certifications |
of death records from that system and may use that system to |
cancel the registration of any person who has died during the |
preceding month and cause the name of each such deceased person |
to be erased from the register of the precinct in which the |
deceased person was registered. Regardless of whether or not |
such a system has been established, it It is the duty of the |
county clerk to examine monthly the
records deposited in his or |
her office pursuant to the Vital Records Act that
relate to |
deaths in the county, to cancel the registration of
any person |
who has died during the preceding month , and to cause the name
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of each such deceased person to be erased from the register of |
the precinct
in which the deceased person was registered.
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(Source: P.A. 87-895.)
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(10 ILCS 5/6-62) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-62)
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Sec. 6-62.
It shall be the duty of the person or officer |
having charge of
the vital records of a city, village or |
incorporated town to furnish to the
board of election |
commissioners, monthly, a report of the names and
previous |
residences of all persons over 18 21 years of age that have |
died
during the preceding month.
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(Source: P.A. 87-895.)
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