39-270. DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION. (a) Certificates and records in the custody of the state registrar shall be open to inspection subject to the provisions of this chapter and the rules of the board, the provisions of section 74-102, Idaho Code, to the contrary notwithstanding; and it shall be unlawful for any state or local official or employee under this chapter to disclose any data contained in the records, except as authorized by this chapter and the rules of the board.
(b) A complete copy, or any part of a certificate, may be issued to any applicant who can show direct and tangible interest in the record for which he applies. A complete copy, or any part of a certificate, shall be issued upon request or at the direction of the state registrar to a state, federal or local public agency for child protection and child support enforcement purposes or for the purpose of investigation of fraud. Subject to such provisions as the board may prescribe, data contained on records may be used by federal, state or municipal agencies for the purpose of verification of data.
(c) As provided in chapter 1, title 74, Idaho Code, data contained on records may be used for research, public health or statistical purposes. No lists of registration shall be compiled for public use, except as provided in section 34-433(2), Idaho Code.
(d) The manner of keeping local records and the use thereof shall be prescribed by the board, in keeping with the provisions of this section.
(e) When one hundred (100) years have elapsed after the date of birth, or fifty (50) years have elapsed after the date of death, stillbirth, marriage or divorce, the records of these events in the custody of the state registrar shall become public records and information shall be made available in accordance with chapter 1, title 74, Idaho Code.
History:
[(39-270) 39-264, added 1949, ch. 72, sec. 24, p. 117; am. 1978, ch. 73, sec. 1, p. 147; am. and redesignated 1983, ch. 7, sec. 32, p. 41; am. 1985, ch. 250, sec. 1, p. 584; am. 1990, ch. 213, sec. 37, p. 512; am. 1993, ch. 315, sec. 3, p. 1170; am. 2004, ch. 23, sec. 8, p. 29; am. 2005, ch. 391, sec. 55, p. 1312; am. 2015, ch. 141, sec. 83, p. 440; am. 2017, ch. 36, sec. 1, p. 56; am. 2021, ch. 33, sec. 2, p. 75; am. 2022, ch. 314, sec. 2, p. 1006.]
Structure Idaho Code
Section 39-240 - SHORT TITLE — LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.
Section 39-242 - DUTIES OF DIRECTOR.
Section 39-243 - STATE REGISTRAR OF VITAL STATISTICS.
Section 39-244 - DUTIES OF STATE REGISTRAR.
Section 39-245 - CERTIFICATE FORMS.
Section 39-245A - CERTIFICATES OF BIRTH — MATERIAL FACTS INCLUDED — AMENDMENTS.
Section 39-246 - LOCAL REGISTRATION DISTRICTS.
Section 39-247 - LOCAL REGISTRATION OFFICERS.
Section 39-248 - OTHER EMPLOYEES.
Section 39-249 - TRANSMITTAL OF CERTIFICATES AND LOCAL RECORDS.
Section 39-251 - COMPENSATION OF LOCAL REGISTRARS.
Section 39-252 - FEE FOR COPIES, SEARCHES AND OTHER SERVICES — DEATH CERTIFICATES.
Section 39-253 - ACCOUNTING FOR FEES.
Section 39-254 - PAYMENT OF FEES TO LOCAL REGISTRATION OFFICERS.
Section 39-255 - REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS.
Section 39-256 - REGISTRATION OF FOUNDLINGS.
Section 39-259 - ADOPTION OF PERSONS BORN IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
Section 39-260 - REGISTRATION OF DEATHS AND STILLBIRTHS.
Section 39-261 - INDUCED ABORTION REPORTING FORMS — COMPILATIONS.
Section 39-262 - REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGE — MARRIAGE CERTIFICATES FILED.
Section 39-263 - MARRIAGE LICENSE FEES.
Section 39-265 - REGISTRATION OF DIVORCES — ANNULMENTS OF MARRIAGE.
Section 39-266 - FEE FOR COURT CLERK.
Section 39-267 - DELAYED REGISTRATION.
Section 39-268 - AUTHORIZATION FOR FINAL DISPOSITION.
Section 39-269 - DISINTERMENT — RULES.
Section 39-270 - DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION.
Section 39-271 - RECORDS OF INSTITUTIONS.
Section 39-272 - DUTIES TO PROVIDE INFORMATION.
Section 39-274 - EVIDENTIARY CHARACTER OF RECORDS AND COPIES OF RECORDS.
Section 39-275 - APPLICABILITY.
Section 39-276 - UNIFORMITY OF INTERPRETATION.
Section 39-277 - AUTOPSIES FOR SUSPECTED CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE.
Section 39-278 - PROCEDURE FOR DELAYED REGISTRATION OR AMENDMENT OF VITAL RECORD.