130A-99. Register of deeds to preserve copies of birth and death records.
(a) The register of deeds of each county shall file and preserve the copies of birth and death certificates furnished by the local registrar under the provisions of G.S. 130A-97, and shall make and keep a proper index of the certificates. These certificates shall be open to inspection and examination. Copies or abstracts of these certificates shall be provided to any person upon request. Certified copies of these certificates shall be provided only to those persons described in G.S. 130A-93(c).
(b) The register of deeds may remove from the records and destroy copies of birth or death certificates for persons born or dying in counties other than the county in which the office of the register of deeds is located, only after confirming that copies of the birth or death certificates removed and destroyed are maintained by the State Registrar or North Carolina State Archives. (1957, c. 1357, s. 1; 1969, c. 80, s. 3; c. 1031, s. 1; 1983, c. 891, s. 2; 1997-309, s. 11.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
§ 130A-90 - Vital statistics program.
§ 130A-92 - Duties of the State Registrar.
§ 130A-93 - Access to vital records; copies.
§ 130A-93.1 - Fees for vital records copies or search; automation fund.
§ 130A-95 - Control of local registrar.
§ 130A-96 - Appointment of deputy and sub-registrars.
§ 130A-97 - Duties of local registrars.
§ 130A-98 - Pay of local registrars.
§ 130A-99 - Register of deeds to preserve copies of birth and death records.
§ 130A-100 - Register of deeds may perform notarial acts.
§ 130A-101 - Birth registration.
§ 130A-102 - Contents of birth certificate.
§ 130A-104 - Registration of birth one year or more after birth.
§ 130A-105 - Validation of irregular registration of birth certificates.
§ 130A-106 - Establishing fact of birth by persons without certificates.
§ 130A-108 - Certificate of identification for individual of foreign birth.
§ 130A-109 - Birth certificate as evidence.
§ 130A-110 - Registration of marriage certificates.
§ 130A-111 - Registration of divorces and annulments.
§ 130A-112 - Notification of death.
§ 130A-113 - Permits for burial-transit, authorization for cremation and disinterment-reinterment.
§ 130A-114 - Fetal death registration; certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth.
§ 130A-115 - Death registration.
§ 130A-116 - Contents of death certificate.
§ 130A-117 - Persons required to keep records and provide information.
§ 130A-118 - Amendment of birth and death certificates.
§ 130A-120 - Certification of birth dates furnished to veterans' organizations.