§ 31-10-25. Disclosure of Information Contained in Vital Records; Transfer of Records to State Archives
To protect the integrity of vital records, to ensure their proper use, and to ensure the efficient and proper administration of the system of vital records, it shall be unlawful for any person to permit inspection of, or to disclose information contained in, vital records or to copy or issue a copy of all or […]
§ 31-10-26. Issuance of Certified Copies of Vital Records, Voluntary Acknowledgments of Paternity, Voluntary Acknowledgments of Legitimation; Certificates; Use for Statistical Purposes; Transmittal of Records Out of State; Use for Commercial or Speculative Purposes
In accordance with Code Section 31-10-25 and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto: The state registrar or local custodian, upon receipt of a written application, shall issue: A certified copy of a vital record in that registrar’s or custodian’s custody or abstract thereof to any applicant having a direct and tangible interest in the vital record; […]
§ 31-10-13. Certificates of Adoption
For each adoption decreed by a court of competent jurisdiction in this state, the court shall require the preparation of a report of adoption on a form prescribed and furnished by the state registrar. The report shall include such facts as are necessary to locate and identify the original certificate of birth of the person […]
§ 31-10-27. Fees for Copies or Services
The department shall prescribe uniform fees to be paid to the State Office of Vital Records, local registrars, and local custodians for certified copies of certificates or records, for a search of the files or records, for copies or information provided for research, statistical, or administrative purposes, or for other services. The fee for each […]
§ 31-10-13.1. Certified Copies of Orders and Registration of Legitimations and Paternity Orders
For each legitimation, annulment of legitimation, and amendment of an order of legitimation decreed by a court of competent jurisdiction in this state, the clerk of the court shall not later than the fifteenth day of each calendar month or more frequently, as directed by the state registrar, forward to the state registrar a certified […]
§ 31-10-28. Institutions to Keep Vital Records
Every person in charge of an institution shall keep a record of personal data concerning each person admitted or confined to such institution. This record shall include such information as required for the certificates of birth and death and the reports of spontaneous fetal death and induced termination of pregnancy required by this chapter. The […]
§ 31-10-13.2. Provision of Copies of Legitimation and Paternity Orders to State Registrar
In each case in which an order declaring paternity is entered by a court of competent jurisdiction in this state or by the Office of State Administrative Hearings, the clerk of the court or the Office of State Administrative Hearings shall not later than the fifteenth day of each calendar month or more frequently, as […]
§ 31-10-29. Privileged Nature of Disclosures; Notification of Local Registrar of Institutional Deaths and Fetal Deaths; Notification of Board of Voting Registrars of Adult Deaths
Any person having knowledge or facts concerning any birth, death, spontaneous fetal death, marriage, induced termination of pregnancy, divorce, dissolution of marriage, or annulment may disclose such facts to the state registrar, and such disclosure shall be absolutely privileged and no cause or action may be brought or maintained against such person for such disclosure. […]
§ 31-10-14. Issuance of New Certificate of Birth Following Adoption and Legitimation or Paternity Determination
The state registrar shall establish a new certificate of birth for a person born in this state when the state registrar receives the following: A report of adoption as provided in Code Section 31-10-13 or a report of adoption prepared and filed in accordance with the laws of another state or foreign country, or a […]
§ 31-10-30. Posting Facts of Death to Birth Certificates
To protect the integrity of vital records and to prevent the fraudulent use of birth certificates of deceased persons, the state registrar is authorized to match birth and death certificates, in accordance with written standards promulgated by the state registrar to prove beyond a reasonable doubt the fact of death and to post the facts […]