Effective 5/5/2021 26-2-10. Supplementary certificate of birth. (1) An individual born in this state may request the state registrar to register a supplementary birth certificate for the individual if: (a) the individual is legally recognized as a child of the individual’s natural parents when the individual’s natural parents are subsequently married; (b) the individual’s parentage […]
26-2-11. Name or sex change — Registration of court order and amendment of birth certificate. (1) When a person born in this state has a name change or sex change approved by an order of a Utah district court or a court of competent jurisdiction of another state or a province of Canada, a certified […]
Effective 9/1/2022 26-2-12.5. Certified copies of birth certificates — Fees credited to Children’s Account. (1) In addition to the fees provided for in Section 26B-1-209, the department and local registrars authorized to issue certified copies shall charge an additional $3 fee for each certified copy of a birth certificate, including certified copies of supplementary and […]
Effective 12/31/2022 26-2-12.6. Fee waived for certified copy of birth certificate. (1) Notwithstanding Section 26B-1-209 and Section 26-2-12.5, the department shall waive a fee that would otherwise be charged for a certified copy of a birth certificate, if the individual whose birth is confirmed by the birth certificate is: (a) the individual requesting the certified […]
Effective 5/5/2021 26-2-13. Certificate of death — Execution and registration requirements — Information provided to lieutenant governor. (1) (a) A certificate of death for each death that occurs in this state shall be filed with the local registrar of the district in which the death occurs, or as otherwise directed by the state registrar, within […]
26-2-14. Fetal death certificate — Filing and registration requirements. (1) A fetal death certificate shall be filed for each fetal death which occurs in this state. The certificate shall be filed within five days after delivery with the local registrar or as otherwise directed by the state registrar. The certificate shall be registered if it […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Effective 5/12/2020 26-2-15. Petition for establishment of unregistered birth or death — Court procedure. (1) A person holding a direct, tangible, and legitimate interest as described in Subsection 26-2-22(3)(a) or (b) may petition for a court order establishing the fact, time, and place of a birth or death that is not registered or for which […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Effective 5/14/2019 26-2-18.5. Rendering a dead body unavailable for postmortem investigation. (1) As used in this section: (a) “Medical examiner” means the same as that term is defined in Section 26-4-2. (b) “Unavailable for postmortem investigation” means the same as that term is defined in Section 26-4-2. (2) It is unlawful for a person to […]
26-2-19. Rules of department for transmittal of certificates and keeping of records by local registrar. Each local registrar shall transmit all records registered by him to the department in accordance with department rules. The manner of keeping local copies of vital records and the uses of them shall be prescribed by department rules. Amended by […]
26-2-21. Local registrars authorized to issue certified copies of records. The state registrar may authorize local registrars to issue certified copies of vital records. Amended by Chapter 202, 1995 General Session
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
