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CHAPTER 5-C — VITAL RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

• Section 5-C:1 Definitions.
• Section 5-C:2 Division of Vital Records Administration Established.
• Section 5-C:3 Declaration of Policy, Purpose and Scope.
• Section 5-C:4 Registrar of Vital Records; Privacy; Duties.
• Section 5-C:5 Statistical Forms.
• Section 5-C:6 Seal of Registrar.
• Section 5-C:7 Authenticated Copies.
• Section 5-C:8 Preservation of Returns.
• Section 5-C:9 Disclosure of Information From Vital Records.
• Section 5-C:10 Fees for Copies, Verifications and Amendments to Vital Records.
• Section 5-C:11 Decorative Heirloom Certificates.
• Section 5-C:12 Furnishing to Governmental Agencies.
• Section 5-C:13 Record as Evidence.
• Section 5-C:14 Duties and Responsibilities; Penalties.
• Section 5-C:15 Vital Records Improvement Fund.
• Section 5-C:16 Advisory Committee.
• Section 5-C:17 Quarterly Reports.
• Section 5-C:18 Annual Report.
• Section 5-C:19 Completion of Birth Worksheet for Hospital or Institutional Births.
• Section 5-C:20 Completion of the Birth Worksheet for Non-Hospital Births.
• Section 5-C:21 Distribution of the Birth Record.
• Section 5-C:22 Legitimation of Child Form.
• Section 5-C:23 Birth Record Following Legitimation.
• Section 5-C:24 Affidavit of Paternity.
• Section 5-C:25 Informational Requirements for an Affidavit of Paternity.
• Section 5-C:26 Preparation of New Birth Record Following Paternity Determination.
• Section 5-C:27 Rescission of Paternity Form.
• Section 5-C:28 Rescission of Paternity Procedures.
• Section 5-C:29 Surrogate Mother.
• Section 5-C:30 Birth Resulting From Artificial Insemination.
• Section 5-C:31 Notice of Adoption.
• Section 5-C:32 Adoption Recording Procedures.
• Section 5-C:33 Procedure for Amending the Birth Record Following Adoption.
• Section 5-C:34 Application for Certificate of Foreign Birth.
• Section 5-C:35 Certificate of Foreign Birth.
• Section 5-C:36 Birth Record of a Foundling.
• Section 5-C:37 Preparation of the Birth Record of a Foundling.
• Section 5-C:38 Application for Delayed Certificate of Birth.
• Section 5-C:39 Town and City Clerk Procedures for Delayed Certificate of Birth.
• Section 5-C:40 State Registrar Approval, Denial, or Dismissal of Delayed Certificate of Birth.
• Section 5-C:41 Marriage Registration Forms.
• Section 5-C:42 Marriage License and Registration.
• Section 5-C:43 Distribution of the Marriage License.
• Section 5-C:44 Offshore Marriages.
• Section 5-C:45 Marriage of Minors.
• Section 5-C:46 Marriage of Step-Children and Adopted Children.
• Section 5-C:47 Marriage of Prisoners.
• Section 5-C:48 Civil Annulments of Marriage.
• Section 5-C:49 Officiant Responsibilities.
• Section 5-C:50 Remarriage Permitted.
• Section 5-C:51 Certificate of Remarriage.
• Section 5-C:52 Delayed Certificate of Marriage.
• Section 5-C:53 Delayed Certificate of Marriage Procedures.
• Section 5-C:54 Approval, Denial, or Dismissal by the State Registrar for a Delayed Certificate of Marriage.
• Section 5-C:55 Investigation of Bigamous Marriage.
• Section 5-C:56 Voiding a Marriage Certificate Due to Bigamy.
• Section 5-C:57 Application for and Preparation of a Certified Copy of a Marriage Certificate.
• Section 5-C:58 Divorce, Legal Separation, and Civil Annulment Forms.
• Section 5-C:59 Divorce, Legal Separation, or Civil Annulment Registration Procedures.
• Section 5-C:60 Application for and Preparation of a Certified Copy of a Divorce, Legal Separation, or Civil Annulment.
• Section 5-C:61 Divorce, Legal Separation, or Civil Annulment Record Copies and Fees.
• Section 5-C:62 Death Registration Forms.
• Section 5-C:63 Initiation of the Death Record.
• Section 5-C:64 Medical Certification of the Death Record.
• Section 5-C:65 Presumptive Death.
• Section 5-C:66 Responsibility of Funeral Director, Next of Kin, or Designated Agent Relative to Completion and Filing of the Death Record.
• Section 5-C:67 Burial Permit.
• Section 5-C:68 Burial Permit Procedures.
• Section 5-C:69 Filing of the Burial Permit and the Emergency Burial Permit With the Cemetery or Crematory Authority and the Clerk of the Town or City.
• Section 5-C:70 Emergency Burial Permits; Extensions on Time Periods for Filing a Completed Death Record.
• Section 5-C:71 Cremation.
• Section 5-C:72 Disinterment and Reinterment Forms.
• Section 5-C:73 Disinterment and Reinterment Procedures.
• Section 5-C:74 Reporting Fetal Deaths.
• Section 5-C:75 Death Report Forms.
• Section 5-C:75-a Certificate of Stillbirth.
• Section 5-C:76 Fetal Death Paternity Affidavit.
• Section 5-C:77 Procedures for Completion of the Fetal Death Paternity Affidavit.
• Section 5-C:78 Burial Permit for Disposition of Fetal Remains.
• Section 5-C:79 Procedures for the Disposition of Fetal Death Remains.
• Section 5-C:80 Delayed Registration of Death.
• Section 5-C:81 Queries.
• Section 5-C:82 Application for and Preparation of a Certified Copy of a Death Certificate.
• Section 5-C:83 Issuance of Death Certificate Copies.
• Section 5-C:84 Matching of Birth and Death Certificates.
• Section 5-C:85 General Forms for Amending or Correcting a Vital Record.
• Section 5-C:86 Forms to Amend Birth Records.
• Section 5-C:87 Initiating Amendments and Corrections to Birth Records.
• Section 5-C:88 Town or City Clerk Procedures to Amend Birth Records.
• Section 5-C:89 Documentary Evidence Required to Amend Birth Record.
• Section 5-C:90 Forms for Amending or Correcting a Marriage Record.
• Section 5-C:91 False Information on the Marriage Application Worksheet.
• Section 5-C:92 Amending or Correcting a Certificate of Marriage.
• Section 5-C:93 Amendments and Corrections to Divorce, Legal Separation, or Civil Annulment Records.
• Section 5-C:94 Amendments and Corrections to a Death Record.
• Section 5-C:95 Amending the Death Certificate.
• Section 5-C:96 Retention Schedule for Forms and Other Documents.
• Section 5-C:97 Marriage Licenses.
• Section 5-C:98 Vital Records Copies.
• Section 5-C:99 Apostille Records.
• Section 5-C:100 Search Fees.
• Section 5-C:101 Requests From Government Agencies.
• Section 5-C:102 Disclosure of Information to Individuals; Direct and Tangible Interest.
• Section 5-C:103 Release of Information to Federal or Other Agencies.
• Section 5-C:104 Release of Information to the Media.
• Section 5-C:105 Disclosure of Information to Genealogists.
• Section 5-C:106 Requests for Public Records to Clerk of Towns and Cities.
• Section 5-C:107 Handling of Special Records.
• Section 5-C:108 Procedures for Requesting Vital Records Data for Health-Related Research.
• Section 5-C:109 Aggregate Data.
• Section 5-C:110 Public Use Statistical File.
• Section 5-C:111 Hearings.