My father in law was drowned and lost at sea in 1972. My husband has been notified that there is unclaimed insurance money in his fathers's name. In order to claim this insurance they are asking for a death certificate. I applied at vital check for a death certificate and they said there was none found. Is it possible that a death certificate was never issued? If so how can one prove his death. I have obituary info, but they also want a death certificate.
You may need a lawyer for this.
See an attorney to do the process of declaring the death and filing a death certificate with the state according to the state's legal requirements.
Without a body, there may not be a death certificate.