Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN. TP,XAS 78711 October 3, 1977 Honorable Robert Grade1 Opinion No. H-1064 Lampasas County Attorney P. 0. Box 95 Re: Whether a county clerk Lampasas, Texas 76550 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…