69.035 Treatment by state registrar of tribal vital records and tribal court orders.
(1) The state registrar shall accept and register valid vital records submitted by tribal courts, consistent with the manner in which vital records submitted by local registrars or city registrars are handled, and shall recognize and honor orders from tribal courts in this state relating to vital records which pertain to tribally related events.
(2) Wherever this subchapter provides for acceptance and registration by the state registrar of vital records submitted by local registrars, city registrars or clerks of circuit courts, the state registrar shall also accept and register, in a like manner, comparable vital records pertaining to tribally related events submitted by the court of any federally recognized Indian tribe or band in this state.
(3) Wherever this subchapter provides for correction or delayed registration, without court order, of vital records submitted by local registrars or city registrars, the state registrar shall also correct or register, in a like manner, comparable vital records pertaining to tribally related events submitted by any federally recognized Indian tribe or band in this state.
(4) Wherever this subchapter provides for correction, delayed registration, copying or determination of the validity of, or disclosure of information from, vital records, pursuant to an order of a court, circuit court or court of competent jurisdiction, the state registrar shall, in a like manner, correct, register, copy, determine the validity of, or disclose information from, comparable vital records pertaining to tribally related events, pursuant to an order of the court of any federally recognized Indian tribe or band in this state. In order for the state registrar to provide access to an original birth certificate or any accompanying documents in an adoption case, the tribal court which orders access to such records or documents shall be the court with jurisdiction over the adoption.
History: 1989 a. 194.
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.