69.02 Department powers and duties.
(1) The department shall:
(a) Establish a unit called the office of vital records.
(b) Appoint a state registrar.
(c) Prescribe the form of an affidavit of death for releasing burial agreement trust funds to a beneficiary under s. 445.125 (1) (b) 4. b. or establishing proof of death for payment of benefits of a life insurance policy sold under s. 632.415 (2).
(2)
(a) The department may promulgate administrative rules to administer this subchapter.
(b) The department shall promulgate administrative rules which establish procedures regarding the contents of and acceptance and registration of tribally related vital records submitted to the state registrar by tribal courts and procedures for responding to court orders issued by tribal courts regarding tribally related vital records, as required under s. 69.035.
History: 1985 a. 315; 1989 a. 194; 2003 a. 167; 2017 a. 334.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 69 - Collection of statistics.
69.02 - Department powers and duties.
69.03 - Powers and duties of state registrar.
69.035 - Treatment by state registrar of tribal vital records and tribal court orders.
69.04 - Local registration district.
69.05 - Duties of local registrar.
69.06 - Duties of city registrars.
69.07 - Duties of register of deeds.
69.08 - Requirements for registration.
69.09 - Corrections prior to filing.
69.10 - Correction of obvious errors.
69.11 - Amendments without court order.
69.12 - Entry of true facts by court order.
69.13 - Correction of facts misrepresented by informant for record of birth.
69.14 - Registration of births.
69.145 - Certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth.
69.15 - Changes of fact on birth records.
69.186 - Induced abortion reporting.
69.19 - Court-ordered death records.
69.20 - Disclosure of information from vital records.
69.21 - Copies of vital records.
69.30 - Authorized copying of vital records.
69.61 - Annual statement of taxes.
69.62 - Returns to department of revenue.
69.63 - Department of revenue, duties.
69.64 - Realty statistics; items.
69.65 - Statistics compiled, use of; county clerk's duties.
69.66 - Agricultural statistics.
69.67 - Returns may be sent for; expense.