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 or purport to certify as a true copy any certificate of birth, death, fetal death or marriage. No person other than a registrar of vital statistics or the commissioner shall issue or cause to be issued an uncertified copy of a certificate of birth, death, fetal death or marriage, in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of section 7-51a. Any person who violates this section shall be fined not more than one hundred fifty dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
(1963, P.A. 285; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 01-163, S. 21.)
History: P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of health services for commissioner of health, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995 (Revisor's note: The Revisors editorially changed the reference to “one hundred and fifty dollars” to “one hundred fifty dollars” for consistency with customary usage); P.A. 01-163 made technical changes and added provision re issuance of uncertified copy of vital record certificate.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 93 - Registrars of Vital Statistics
Section 7-39. - Oath of registrars.
Section 7-39a. (Formerly Sec. 45-23). - Record of name of registrar of vital statistics.
Section 7-41. - Regulations re record keeping. Submission of certified copies to department.
Section 7-41a. - Vital statistics records available for genealogical research.
Section 7-43. - Municipal ordinances.
Section 7-45. - Preparation of certificates.
Section 7-46. - Completion of records.
Section 7-48. - Birth certificates: Filing requirements.
Section 7-49. - Failure to file birth certificate.
Section 7-52. - Certification of birth registration.
Section 7-53. - Birth certificates of adopted persons born in this state.
Section 7-55. - Certification of birth to have force and effect of original.
Section 7-56. - Issuance of certified copies of birth certificates.
Section 7-57. - Delayed registration of births.
Section 7-58. - Record of birth of child born outside United States.
Section 7-59. - Report of foundling.
Section 7-60. - Fetal death certificates.
Section 7-61. - Birth and fetal death certificates to state whether blood test has been made.
Section 7-62. - Death certificates.
Section 7-62a. - Illegal issuance of certificates.
Section 7-63. - Notice of deaths at the Connecticut Juvenile Training School.
Section 7-64. - Disposal of bodies.
Section 7-65. - Removal, transit and burial permit. Subregistrars.
Section 7-65a. - Multiple interment in common hospital-supplied container.
Section 7-66. - Duties of sextons. Sextons' reports. Penalty.
Section 7-67. - Applications for and issuance of disinterment permits.
Section 7-68. - Issuance of disinterment or removal permit.
Section 7-69. - Removal of body of deceased person.
Section 7-70. - Temporary removal of body to another town or state. Temporary removal permit.
Section 7-71. - Report of name of sexton.
Section 7-72. - Sextons' reports. Fines.
Section 7-75. - Fees for records relating to inmates of institutions.
Section 7-76. - Fees for records relating to residents of other towns.
Section 7-77 and 7-78. - Identification of veterans' graves. General penalty.