County death records (Southwest Institute Of Forensic Sciences)

mh filed this request with the Southwest Institute Of Forensic Sciences of Dallas, TX.

It is a clone of this request.

Tracking #

20-3433

Multi Request County death records
Status
Completed

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From: mh


To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Texas Public Information Act, I hereby request the following records:

10/2/2020

To Whom It May Concern:
Under the Texas Public Information Act, I hereby request the following records within 10 days per statute:

Any lists for deaths/examinations/autopsies performed by the Dallas County Medical Examiner and/or Southwest Institute of Forensic Sciences, Collin County Medical Examiner, Tarrant County Medical Examiner, Rockwall County Medical Examiner, Justice of the Peace for Precinct 1, or for the government entities of Collin, Dallas, Rockwall, Ellis and Tarrant counties in Texas since January 2010.
I allow for the editing of information which is not able to be released under statute. No documents should be withheld, but only if necessary, information not able to be released under law may be edited.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
If there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
The requested records would be helpful if they include but not be limited to the following:
1. IFS Case Number
2. Decedent’s Name
3. Age
4. Date of Birth
5. Gender
6. Date of Death
7. Cause of Death
8. Manner of Death (And if there is information on whether or not COVID was listed as the COD, please provide).
9. County of Death
10. Place of Death
11. Address of Death
12. City of Death
13. Zip Code of Death
14. Date of Death Year
15. 15. Any other accessible, non-exempt information contained in electronic case records

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

mh

From: Southwest Institute Of Forensic Sciences

Our office received the below request for electronic list data with specific fields from 2010 to current. Our office has electronic records from mid-2011 to current, we will only be able to release data for Dallas County deaths with redactions of any non-public information within the spreadsheet. Data for other counties will need to be requested from that county.

Please respond that you agree to the above available electronic data with redactions to fulfill this request.

Thank you,
Records Department

From: mh

Yes, I agree to the above available electronic data with redactions to fulfill my request. Thank you

From: mh

Hello, I am following up per your response that " Our office has electronic records from mid-2011 to current, we will only be able to release data for Dallas County deaths with redactions of any non-public information within the spreadsheet. Data for other counties will need to be requested from that county."

I do agree to the above available electronic data with redactions to full this request. Please advise.

Thank you

From: Southwest Institute Of Forensic Sciences

Good morning,
Thank you for your reply. Your request is in currently in progress.

Thank you,
Records Department

From: Southwest Institute Of Forensic Sciences

Hi,
Our office received another follow up on the below request on 10/16/20. This request is still in progress and will be sent once completed.

Thank you,
Records Department

From: Southwest Institute Of Forensic Sciences

Hello,
Please see attached spreadsheet data requested.

Thank you,
Records Department

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