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 14.1 – Certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth.
26-2-14.1. Certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth. (1) For purposes of this section and Section 26-2-14.2, “stillbirth” and “stillborn child” shall have the same meaning as “dead fetus” in Section 26-2-2. (2) (a) In addition to the requirements of Section 26-2-14, the state registrar shall establish a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth on a […]
Section 14.2 – Delayed registration of birth resulting in stillbirth.
26-2-14.2. Delayed registration of birth resulting in stillbirth. When a birth resulting in stillbirth occurring in this state has not been registered within one year after the date of delivery, a certificate marked “delayed” may be filed and registered in accordance with department rule relating to evidentiary and other requirements sufficient to substantiate the alleged […]
Section 14.3 – Certificate of early term stillbirth.
Effective 5/12/2015 26-2-14.3. Certificate of early term stillbirth. (1) As used in this section, “early term stillborn child” means a product of human conception, other than in the circumstances described in Subsection 76-7-301(1), that: (a) is of at least 16 weeks’ gestation but less than 20 weeks’ gestation, calculated from the day on which the […]