§ 5001 - Vital records; forms of certificates
§ 5001. Vital records; forms of certificates
(a) Certificates of birth, marriage, civil union, divorce, death, and fetal death shall be in form prescribed by the commissioner of health and distributed by the department of health.
(b) Beginning January 1, 2010, all certificates of birth, marriage, civil union, divorce, death, and fetal death shall be issued on unique paper with antifraud features approved by the commissioner of health and available from the department of health. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 27, eff. March 1, 1961; 1965, No. 112, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1966; 1969, No. 265 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 1999, No. 91 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; 2007, No. 110 (Adj. Sess.), § 2..)