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Under North Carolina law, death certificates must be completed by a licensed physician or, thanks to changes that took effect in fall 2011, a physician assistant or nurse practitioner who has been specifically authorized by his or her supervising physician to certify deaths.
When individuals or family members have not made funeral arrangements before the time of their death, usually family members call the funeral firm of their choice (which may not be the deceased's) and have the body taken to the funeral home of their choice.
People holding a power-of-attorney (POA) for a relative or friend at the time of death often believe that they have the right to make funeral arrangements for the person after they die. This is not the case.
In North Carolina, the next of kin order begins with the spouse if there is no state-recognized legal document naming someone to handle funeral arrangements and no contract with a funeral home. Next on the list is the majority of adult children and then surviving parents.
The NC Board of Funeral Service regulates licensed funeral establishments and crematories only.
Estimated Time for Regular Certificates ServiceAverage Processing Time for Orders Placed after 09/30/2022 Birth Certificates - 1913 to 1970 3 Months Death Certificates - 1930 to present 3 Months Marriage Certificates - 1962 to present 3 Months Divorce Certificates - 1958 to present 3 Months1 more row •