Section 22 – Inspection of vital records.
Effective 11/1/2021 26-2-22. Inspection of vital records. (1) As used in this section: (a) “Designated legal representative” means an attorney, physician, funeral service director, genealogist, or other agent of the subject, or an immediate family member of the subject, who has been delegated the authority to access vital records. (b) “Drug use intervention or suicide […]
Section 23 – Records required to be kept by health care institutions — Information filed with local registrar and department.
26-2-23. Records required to be kept by health care institutions — Information filed with local registrar and department. (1) (a) All administrators or other persons in charge of hospitals, nursing homes, or other institutions, public or private, to which persons resort for treatment of diseases, confinements, or are committed by law, shall record all the […]
Section 24 – Marriage licenses — Execution and filing requirements.
26-2-24. Marriage licenses — Execution and filing requirements. The state registrar shall supply county clerks with application forms for marriage licenses. Completed applications shall be transmitted by the clerks to the state registrar monthly. The personal identification information contained on each application for a marriage license filed with the county clerk shall be entered on […]
Section 25 – Divorce or adoption — Duty of court clerk to file certificates or reports.
Effective 5/5/2021 26-2-25. Divorce or adoption — Duty of court clerk to file certificates or reports. (1) For each adoption, annulment of adoption, divorce, and annulment of marriage ordered or decreed in this state, the clerk of the court shall prepare a divorce certificate or report of adoption on a form furnished by the state […]
Section 26 – Certified copies of vital records — Preparation by state and local registrars — Evidentiary value.
26-2-26. Certified copies of vital records — Preparation by state and local registrars — Evidentiary value. (1) The state registrar and local registrars authorized by the department under Section 26-2-21 may prepare typewritten, photographic, electronic, or other reproductions of vital records and certify their correctness. (2) Certified copies of the vital record, or authorized reproductions […]
Section 27 – Identifying birth certificates of missing persons — Procedures.
26-2-27. Identifying birth certificates of missing persons — Procedures. (1) As used in this section: (a) “Division” means the Criminal Investigations and Technical Services Division, Department of Public Safety, in Title 53, Chapter 10, Criminal Investigations and Technical Services Act. (b) “Missing child” means a person younger than 18 years of age who is missing […]
Section 28 – Birth certificate for foreign adoptees.
Effective 5/5/2021 26-2-28. Birth certificate for foreign adoptees. Upon presentation of a court order of adoption and an order establishing the fact, time, and place of birth under Section 26-2-15, the department shall prepare a birth certificate for an individual who: (1) was adopted under the laws of this state; and (2) was at the […]
Section 16 – Certificate of death — Duties of a custodial funeral service director, an agent of a funeral service director, or a dispositioner — Medical certification — Records of funeral service director or dispositioner — Information filed with local registrar — Unlawful signing of certificate of death.
26-2-16. Certificate of death — Duties of a custodial funeral service director, an agent of a funeral service director, or a dispositioner — Medical certification — Records of funeral service director or dispositioner — Information filed with local registrar — Unlawful signing of certificate of death. (1) The custodial funeral service director or, if a […]
Section 17 – Certificate of death — Registration prerequisite to interment — Burial-transit permits — Procedure where body donated under anatomical gift law — Permit for disinterment.
Effective 5/12/2020 26-2-17. Certificate of death — Registration prerequisite to interment — Burial-transit permits — Procedure where body donated under anatomical gift law — Permit for disinterment. (1) (a) A dead body or dead fetus may not be interred or otherwise disposed of or removed from the registration district in which death or fetal death […]
Section 18 – Interments — Duties of sexton or person in charge — Record of interments — Information filed with local registrar.
Effective 5/12/2020 26-2-18. Interments — Duties of sexton or person in charge — Record of interments — Information filed with local registrar. (1) (a) A sexton or person in charge of any premises in which interments are made may not inter or permit the interment of any dead body, dead fetus, or fetal remains unless […]