Section 7-51. – Access to and examination and issuance of certified copies of birth and fetal death records or certificates restricted. Access to and disclosure of confidential information restricted. Fee waiver for certified copies of birth certificates for homeless young adults and youths.

(a)(1) The department and registrars of vital statistics shall restrict access to and issuance of a certified copy of birth and fetal death records and certificates less than one hundred years old, to the following eligible parties: (A) The person whose birth is recorded, if such person is (i) over eighteen years of age, (ii) […]

Section 7-51a. – Copies of vital records. Access to vital records by members of genealogical societies. Marriage and civil union licenses. Death certificates. Issuance of certified copies of electronically filed certificates.

(a) Any person eighteen years of age or older may purchase certified copies of marriage and death records, and certified copies of records of births or fetal deaths which are at least one hundred years old, in the custody of any registrar of vital statistics. The department may issue uncertified copies of death certificates for […]

Section 7-52. – Certification of birth registration.

(a) The registrar of vital statistics of the town in which the birth occurred, the registrar of vital statistics of the town in which the mother resided at the time of the birth or the department shall issue, upon the request of the person to whom the record of birth relates, if over sixteen years […]

Section 7-53. – Birth certificates of adopted persons born in this state.

(a) Upon receipt of the record of adoption referred to in subsection (e) of section 45a-745 or of other evidence satisfactory to the department that a person born in this state has been adopted, the department shall prepare a new birth certificate of such adopted person, except that no new certificate of birth shall be […]

Section 7-53a. – Reports re issuance of original birth certificates to adopted persons and certain other persons and filing of contact preference and health history forms.

Section 7-53a is repealed, effective July 1, 2021. (P.A. 14-133, S. 4; P.A. 21-21, S. 4.)

Section 7-54. – Certification of birth registration or certificate of foreign birth for person born outside of the country and adopted by a state resident. Application and decree re change of biological age and date of birth.

(a) The department shall prepare a certification of birth registration or a certificate of foreign birth for any person born outside of the country and adopted by a resident of this state, provided (1) an authenticated and exemplified copy of the order of adoption of the court of the district in which the adoption proceedings […]

Section 7-55. – Certification of birth to have force and effect of original.

Any certification of birth, when properly certified by the registrar of the town in which the birth occurred or of the town in which the mother resided at the time of the birth or the Department of Public Health, shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated in all courts and places and […]

Section 7-56. – Issuance of certified copies of birth certificates.

Section 7-56 is repealed, effective October 1, 2001. (1949 Rev., S. 576; 1972, P.A. 127, S. 7; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 90-67, S. 5; P.A. 91-24, S. 2, 8; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 01-163, S. 36.)

Section 7-57. – Delayed registration of births.

(a) Any adult or the parent or legal guardian of any minor who is one year of age or older, for whose birth no certificate is on file, may request a delayed registration of birth by submitting to the department his or her affidavit and the affidavits of two other persons having first hand knowledge […]

Section 7-58. – Record of birth of child born outside United States.

Any American citizen who becomes the parent of a child or children born outside the United States, and who was a resident of this state at the time of leaving the United States, may file, with the town clerk of the town in which the parents reside or resided, a certified copy of the record […]

Section 7-59. – Report of foundling.

(a) The executive authority of any agency or institution, upon accepting the temporary custody of any foundling, shall, not later than ten days after the date of such acceptance, report to the registrar of vital statistics of the town or city where such foundling was found or voluntarily surrendered, in a format prescribed by the […]

Section 7-60. – Fetal death certificates.

(a) Each case of fetal death shall be registered and a fetal death certificate shall be filed with the registrar of vital statistics in the manner required by sections 7-48, 7-51 and 7-52 with respect to the filing, content and issuance of birth certificates. A fetus born after a period of gestation of not less […]

Section 7-61. – Birth and fetal death certificates to state whether blood test has been made.

In reporting each birth and fetal death, physicians and others permitted to attend pregnancy cases and required to report births and fetal deaths shall state on the birth certificate or fetal death certificate, as the case may be, whether a blood test for syphilis has been made during such pregnancy upon a specimen of blood […]

Section 7-62. – Death certificates.

Section 7-62 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 583–585; 1949, S. 234d; 1957, P.A. 163, S. 10; 1963, P.A. 107; 1967, P.A. 54; 1969, P.A. 442, S. 1; 699, S. 20; P.A. 73-178; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 79-47, S. 2; 79-434, S. 20.)

Section 7-62a. – Illegal issuance of certificates.

No person other than a registrar of vital statistics or the commissioner shall issue or cause to be issued any certificate or document which is, or purports to be, an original or certified copy of a certificate of birth, death, fetal death or marriage. No person other than such registrar or the commissioner shall certify […]

Section 7-62b. – Death certificates; filing and registration; responsibilities of funeral directors and licensed embalmers; medical certification; burial of person who died from communicable disease; “presumptive” death certificates; regulations.

(a) A death certificate for each death which occurs in this state shall be completed in its entirety and filed with the registrar of vital statistics in the town in which the death occurred not later than five business days after death if filing a paper certificate and not later than three calendar days after […]

Section 7-62c. – Filing and registration of death certificate when death not recorded in accordance with Sec. 7-62b; “delayed” death certificates.

(a) When a death occurring in this state has not been recorded in accordance with section 7-62b, a death certificate may be filed in accordance with regulations adopted pursuant to chapter 54 by the Commissioner of Public Health. Such death certificate shall be registered subject to the evidentiary requirements prescribed by such regulations to substantiate […]

Section 7-63. – Notice of deaths at the Connecticut Juvenile Training School.

Section 7-63 is repealed, effective July 1, 2018. (1949 Rev., S. 586; P.A. 99-26, S. 15, 39; P.A. 04-152, S. 2; P.A. 18-31, S. 43.)

Section 7-64. – Disposal of bodies.

The body of each person who dies in this state shall be buried, removed or cremated within a reasonable time after death. The person to whom the custody and control of the remains of any deceased person are granted by law shall see that the certificate of death required by law has been completed and […]

Section 7-65. – Removal, transit and burial permit. Subregistrars.

(a) The embalmer or funeral director licensed by the department, or licensed in a state having a reciprocal agreement on file with the department and complying with the terms of such agreement, who assumes custody of a dead body shall obtain a removal, transit and burial permit from the registrar of the town in which […]