Massachusetts General Laws
Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts
Chapter 46 - Return and Registry of Births, Marriages and Deaths

Section 1 - Certificates of Birth, Marriage, Death and Acknowledgments and Adjudications of Paternity; Contents; Residence Defined - Section 1. Each town clerk shall receive or obtain and...

Section 2b - Pre-Adoption Birth Certificates; Application for Inspection by Adopted Persons - Section 2B. Upon written application, which shall include proof of...

Section 2c - Pre-Adoption Birth Certificates; Access by Child of Deceased Adopted Parent - Section 2C. If an adopted person is deceased, his child,...

Section 3 - Physician's Record of Birth; Out of Hospital Birth - Section 3. Every physician or hospital medical officer shall keep...

Section 3a - Hospital Administrator's Duties; Report; Verification - Section 3A. The administrator or person in charge of a...

Section 3b - Birth Without Immediate Admittance to Hospital for Postnatal Care; Report - Section 3B. Every physician attending a birth after which the...

Section 3c - Children Born Out of Wedlock; Information Regarding Benefits and Responsibilities of Parentage; Voluntary Acknowledgment of Parentage - Section 3C. Prior to obtaining the report required by section...

Section 3d - Acknowledgments and Adjudications of Paternity; Records Available to Iv–d Agency - Section 3D. The state registrar shall accept for filing acknowledgments...

Section 4 - Birth Without Attending Physician; Report; Recording; Petition; Hearing - Section 4. The mother of a child who was born...

Section 4a - Local Officials; Processing of Birth Certificates - Section 4A. Each town clerk upon receipt of the return...

Section 4b - Artificial Insemination - Section 4B. Any child born to a married woman as...

Section 6 - Notification of Births and Deaths - Section 6. Parents, within forty days after the birth of...

Section 7 - Report of Births and Deaths at Sea - Section 7. The master or other commanding officer of a...

Section 7a - Report of Births on Airplanes; Penalty for Violation - Section 7A. The captain or other commanding officer of an...

Section 8 - Penalty for Failure to Report Births and Deaths - Section 8. A parent, keeper, superintendent or other person required...

Section 9 - Death Certificates; Issuance; Contents; Declaration of Death by Nurse, Nurse Practitioner or Physician's Assistant - Section 9. A physician, after the death of a person...

Section 9b - Penalties - Section 9B. A physician or officer neglecting or refusing to...

Section 10 - Death Certificates of Veterans; Contents; Penalty for Violation - Section 10. A physician or officer furnishing a certificate of...

Section 11 - Duties of Undertakers - Section 11. Every undertaker or other person in charge of...

Section 12 - Certified Copies of Birth Certificates and Death Records; Transmission to Parents or Next of Kin; Exceptions - Section 12. Except as hereinafter provided, the clerk of a...

Section 13 - Correction of Records - Section 13. (a) If the record relating to a birth,...

Section 13a - Correction of Birth Records; Procedure - Section 13A. If it is claimed that a child was...

Section 14 - Penalty for False Returns - Section 14. Whoever wilfully makes a false return relative to...

Section 16 - Blank Forms for Vital Records; Security Features; Approval of Non-State Registrar Supplied Forms; Standards for Forms Used for Permanent Records - Section 16. The state registrar shall prepare and furnish forms...

Section 17 - Birth Records; State Registrar; Originals; Certified Copies - Section 17. Effective January 1, 2000, the clerk of each...

Section 17a - Marriage Records; State Registrar; Originals; Certified Copies - Section 17A. Effective January 1, 2000, the clerk of each...

Section 17b - Death Records; State Registrar; Originals; Certified Copies - Section 17B. Effective January 1, 2000, the clerk of each...

Section 17c - Original Forms and Evidence of Amendments and Corrections in Birth, Marriage and Death Records - Section 17C. The original form and documentary evidence of such...

Section 17d - Amended Birth, Marriage and Death Records; Certified Copies to Holders of Originals - Section 17D. If an amendment to a birth, death or...

Section 18 - Script Used on Forms; State Standards for Uniformity, Security, Materials, Devices and Preservation - Section 18. Records transmitted by the town clerk under section...

Section 19 - Use of Records as Evidence - Section 19. The record of the town clerk relative to...

Section 19a - Unauthorized Reproduction of Records; Penalty - Section 19A. Reproductions of certificates or records referred to in...

Section 19b - Certified Copies of Birth Records; Restricted Information Regarding Mother - Section 19B. A certified copy of a birth record furnished...

Section 19c - Authentication of Copies of Birth, Marriage and Death Records; Use as Evidence - Section 19C. The state registrar shall use the seal of...

Section 20 - Births and Deaths in Tewksbury Hospital; Records - Section 20. Records of birth and death previously held by...

Section 22 - Registrars of Vital Statistics - Section 22. Any city, except Boston, and any town containing...

Section 23 - Prosecution of Persons Failing to File Required Reports - Section 23. The town clerk shall give written notice of...

Section 24 - Statements of Births and Deaths; Penalty - Section 24. In any statement of births or deaths printed...

Section 25 - Disposition of Fines and Forfeitures - Section 25. All fines and forfeitures recovered under this chapter...

Section 26 - Fees - Section 26. The town clerk shall receive the following fees...

Section 27 - Clerks; Penalty for Neglecting Required Duties - Section 27. A city or town clerk or registrar refusing...

Section 28 - Administration of Oaths - Section 28. An oath required by this chapter may be...

Section 29 - Attestation of Certificates - Section 29. Town clerks or registrars shall attest their copies...

Section 30 - Alteration, Forgery or Counterfeiting; Penalty - Section 30. Whoever falsely makes, alters, forges or counterfeits, or...

Section 31 - Adoption Contact Information Registry - Section 31. The registry of vital records and statistics, subject...

Section 32 - Reasonable Cause to Believe There Has Been Misconduct Regarding Vital Records; Actions by Clerk and State Registrar - Section 32. When a clerk at the registry or a...

Section 33 - Centralized, Automated Database for Vital Records and Statistics; Certified Copies Issued From Database; Capacity Requirements of Database; Maintenance and Preservation of Original Paper Records - Section 33. The state registrar shall establish, maintain and operate...

Section 34 - Agreements to Verify Existence of Birth, Marriage or Death Records - Section 34. The state registrar may enter into agreements with...

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Massachusetts General Laws Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts Chapter 46 - Return and Registry of Births, Marriages and Deaths

Massachusetts General Laws
Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts
Chapter 46 - Return and Registry of Births, Marriages and Deaths