{"data":{"id":"us-pa/16-pa.c.s.-13926","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"16 Pa.C.S. § 13926","heading":"Certificate of cause of death.","body":"A coroner shall issue a certificate of cause of death in each case:\n(1) referred to the coroner by the local registrar of vital statistics under the act of June 29, 1953 (P.L.304, No.66), known as the Vital Statistics Law of 1953; or\n(2) in which the coroner has jurisdiction and no individual duly authorized by law certifies the cause of death.","path":["Title 16 - COUNTIES","PART IV COUNTIES OF THE SECOND CLASS A THROUGH EIGHTH CLASS","CHAPTER 139 CORONER","SUBCHAPTER B GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=16\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=139\u0026sctn=26\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2026-07-23 (Statute Update stamp, 16 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:31:18Z","sha256":"b0307a0479729be2a504778e750ee66fa08c5ddb066b7e93c5894c9c4071f9a6","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/16-pa.c.s.-13925","next":"us-pa/16-pa.c.s.-13927"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}