Chapter

VITAL RECORDS

O.C.G.A. § 31-10-1— Definitions
O.C.G.A. § 31-10-2— Maintenance and operation of vital records registra- tion system
O.C.G.A. § 31-10-3— Rules and regulations
O.C.G.A. § 31-10-4— Appointment of state registrar of vital records
O.C.G.A. § 31-10-5— Duties and powers of state registrar; delegation of functions and duties
O.C.G.A. § 31-10-6— Local registrars, local custodians, special abstracting agents, and deputies; appointment; duties
O.C.G.A. § 31-10-7— Form of certificates and reports; date received for registration required; filing or registration of information by photographic, electronic, or other means
O.C.G.A. § 31-10-8— Certification to county treasurers of birth and death certificates and spontaneous fetal death reports filed; fees
O.C.G.A. § 31-10-9— Registration of births
O.C.G.A. § 31-10-9.1— Social security account information of parents
O.C.G.A. § 31-10-10— Registration of live born infants of unknown parentage
O.C.G.A. § 31-10-11— Registration of delayed certificate of birth
O.C.G.A. § 31-10-12— Judicial procedure to establish facts of birth
O.C.G.A. § 31-10-13— Certificates of adoption
O.C.G.A. § 31-10-13.1— Certified copies of orders and registration of legitimations and paternity orders
O.C.G.A. § 31-10-13.2— Provision of copies of legitimation and paternity orders to state registrar
O.C.G.A. § 31-10-14— Issuance of new certificate of birth following adoption and legitimation or paternity determination
O.C.G.A. § 31-10-15— Death certificate; filing; medical certification; forwarding death certificate to decedent’s county of residence; purging voter registration list
O.C.G.A. § 31-10-16— Criteria for pronouncing death; immunity from liabil- ity
O.C.G.A. § 31-10-17— State registration of death certificates; certified copies; certificates of record
O.C.G.A. § 31-10-18— Registration of spontaneous fetal deaths
O.C.G.A. § 31-10-19— Reporting of induced termination of pregnancy
O.C.G.A. § 31-10-20— Permits for disposition, disinterment, and reinterment
O.C.G.A. § 31-10-21— Record of marriage licenses
O.C.G.A. § 31-10-22— Record of divorces, dissolutions, and annulments
O.C.G.A. § 31-10-23— Amendment of certificates or reports
O.C.G.A. § 31-10-24— Preservation or disposition of vital records; certified reproductions; preserved originals and authorized reproductions as property of department
O.C.G.A. § 31-10-25— Disclosure of information contained in vital records; transfer of records to State Archives
O.C.G.A. § 31-10-26— Issuance of certified copies of vital records, voluntary
O.C.G.A. § 31-10-27— Fees for copies or services
O.C.G.A. § 31-10-28— Institutions to keep vital records
O.C.G.A. § 31-10-29— Privileged nature of disclosures; notification of local registrar of institutional deaths and fetal deaths; notification of board of voting registrars of adult deaths
O.C.G.A. § 31-10-30— Posting facts of death to birth certificates
O.C.G.A. § 31-10-31— Penalties
O.C.G.A. § 31-10-32— Extension of periods for filing of certificates or reports
O.C.G.A. § 31-10-33— Procedure for stillbirth