Opinion No.

Honorable Robert Gradel Lampasas County Attorney P. O. Box 95 Lampasas, Texas 76550

Re: Whether a county clerk can replace an erroneous original death certificate with a corrected certificate.

Dear Mr. Gradel:

You have asked for an opinion on the following question:

Whether the County Clerk can remove a death certificate which has an erroneous cause of death, and replace it with a new original, with the correct cause of death?

Rule 40a of article 4477, V.T.C.S., requires the filing of a certificate for each death with the local registrar of the district in which the death occurred. Rule 51a,…