The death of a person is something that would have effects that would be binding upon the whole world because it is something that would terminate the civil personality of the person who had died, and such termination would have effects that would bind the world. As the official record of the death of the person named in the record, death records like Pinellas County Death Records are the best evidence that one could present in order to prove the fact of the death of the person. One may ask why there is a need to prove the fact of the death, and the reason for that is because of the effects that the death would have, or rather, because of the effect that the termination of the civil personality of the person would have.A person with no civil personality could not enter into contracts, and because of that, one of the things that a person who wishes to enter into a contract with another must do is for the person to make sure that he is dealing with a real person. As for the contracts that are already in place before the death of the person, they are deemed terminated, though do note that this does not mean that any obligation that the dead person may have is terminated as well. Instead, the obligation is transferred from the dead person to the estate of that person, and it is the duty of the creditor to go after the estate of the deceased to make good the obligation. The settlement of the estate of the deceased, however, would first require that the death of the deceased be proven, and these records are the best way to do that.This is because these records are the official records of the government in regards to the fact of the death of the person named in the record, and because that is the case, these records are afforded the presumption of regularity such that the contents of the records are presumed to be true and accurate at all times. This means that the party presenting the records in question need not prove that the records are true and accurate, but note that they must prove that the records in question were obtained from the proper sources in order for the presumption to attach to the records in question.It is possible to make the request for copies of the records at the national level but most request for copies of the records are done at the local level where there would be fewer records that would have to be checked, but where a search would be faster. Of course, as there are fewer records at this level, it is possible that the records in question would not be found at this level. The procedure for making the request at this level would depend on the office where the request would be made, but it would usually be through the mail or in person.Copies of Pinellas County Death Certificates could also be found online through the use of online databases. Fast, efficient, and easy to both find and use, these online databases could provide information that would be substantially the same as those that could be found from the official sources, but note that they are not official sources in the strictest interpretation of that term.