Code of Federal Regulations Title 20. Employees' Benefits § 20.219.23 Evidence to prove death

(1) A certified copy of or extract from the public record of death, or verdict of the coroner's jury of the state or community where death occurred;  or a certificate or statement of death issued by a local registrar or public health official;

(2) A signed statement of the funeral director, attending physician, or official of an institution where death occurred;

(3) A certified copy of, or extract from, an official report or finding of death made by an agency or department of the United States or of a state;  or

(4) If death occurred outside the United States, an official report of death by a United States Consul or other authorized employee of the State Department, or a certified copy of the public record of death in a foreign country.