You need to die a natural death and have been seen by your physician within the last year and they have to be willing to sign the death certificate. All other b

You need to die a natural death and have been seen by your physician within the last year and they have to be willing to sign the death certificate. All other bodies become the coroner's jurisdiction. They can waive them, or they may do an external examination only, but once they have jurisdiction, it's out of your hands. Even then, at least in San Diego, the medical examiner reviews all death certificates and they occasionally pull one in due to something sounding fishy.