New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 24 - Health and Safety
Article 14 - Vital Statistics

Section 24-14-1 - Short title. - Chapter 24, Article 14 NMSA 1978 may be cited as...

Section 24-14-2 - Definitions. - As used in the Vital Statistics Act: A. "vital statistics"...

Section 24-14-3 - Vital records and health statistics bureau; state system. - There is established in the department a "vital records and...

Section 24-14-4 - State registrar; appointment. - The secretary of the department shall appoint the state registrar...

Section 24-14-5 - Duties of state registrar. - A. The state registrar shall: (1) administer and enforce the...

Section 24-14-6 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1981, ch. 309, § 26, repealed 24-14-6...

Section 24-14-7 - Appointment and removal of local registrars. - The state registrar: A. may appoint local registrars in order...

Section 24-14-8 - Duties of local registrar. - The local registrar shall: A. administer and enforce the provisions...

Section 24-14-9 to 24-14-11 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1981, ch. 309, § 26, repealed 24-14-9...

Section 24-14-12 - Form and contents of certificates and reports. - A. In order to promote and maintain uniformity in the...

Section 24-14-13 - Birth registration. - A. A certificate of birth for each live birth that...

Section 24-14-14 - Unknown parentage; foundling registration. - A. Whoever assumes the custody of a living infant of...

Section 24-14-15 - Delayed registration of births. - A. When the birth of a person born in this...

Section 24-14-16 - Judicial procedure to establish facts of birth. - A. If a delayed certificate of birth is rejected under...

Section 24-14-17 - New birth certificates following adoption, legitimation and paternity determination. - A. The state registrar shall establish a new certificate of...

Section 24-14-18 - Report of induced abortions. - A. Each induced abortion which occurs in this state shall...

Section 24-14-19 - Adoption of foreign-born; certificate of birth. - A. The state registrar shall establish a certificate of birth...

Section 24-14-20 - Death registration. - A. A death certificate for each death that occurs in...

Section 24-14-21 - Delayed registration of death. - A. When a death occurring in this state has not...

Section 24-14-22 - Reports of spontaneous fetal death. - A. Each spontaneous fetal death that occurs in this state...

Section 24-14-22.1 - Certificates of still birth. - A. The state registrar shall establish a certificate of still...

Section 24-14-23 - Permits; authorization for final disposition. - A. For deaths or spontaneous fetal deaths which have occurred...

Section 24-14-24 - Extension of time. - A. The department may, by regulation and upon conditions as...

Section 24-14-25 - Correction and amendment of vital records. - A. A certificate or report registered under the Vital Statistics...

Section 24-14-26 - Reproduction of records. - To preserve vital records, the state registrar is authorized to...

Section 24-14-27 - Disclosure of records. - A. The state registrar or other custodian of vital records...

Section 24-14-28 - Copies or data from the system of vital statistics. - A. In accordance with the Vital Statistics Act and the...

Section 24-14-29 - Fees for copies and searches. - A. The fee for each search of a vital record...

Section 24-14-29.1 - Day-care fund created; use; appropriation. - There is created in the state treasury a fund to...

Section 24-14-30 - Duty to furnish information. - A. Any person having knowledge of the facts regarding any...

Section 24-14-31 - Penalties. - A. Except for violations of Section 24-14-18 NMSA 1978, any...