§ 47-19-06 — Death certificates - Joint tenant - Prima facie evidence of termination of estate held

estate held.
In all cases of joint tenancy in lands, and in all cases where an estate, title, or interest in, or
lien upon, lands has been or may be created, which estate, title, interest, or lien was or is to
continue only during the life of any person named or described in the instrument by which the
estate, title, interest, or lien was created, a copy of the death certificate of the joint tenant or of
the person upon whose life the estate, title, interest, or lien was or is limited, duly certified by
any officer who is required by the laws of the state or country in which the record is made, to
keep a record of the death of persons occurring within the jurisdiction of the officer, may be
recorded in the office of the recorder of the county in which the lands are situated. The legal
description of any property to which the recording of the death certificate relates must be
attached to the death certificate. The certified copy of death certificate, or the record thereof in
the office, or a duly certified copy of the last mentioned record, is prima facie evidence of the
death of the person and the termination of the joint tenancy and all the estate, title, interest, and
lien as was or is limited upon the life of that person.