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BIRTH AND DEATH RECORDS

See also ADOPTION; BIRTH; DEATH

Adoptees, access to data, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.2252, 259.89, 260C.637

Alteration, correction, or completion, fees, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.226

Amended records, fees, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.226

Amendments

Birth records, Minn. Rules 4601.1000, 4601.2525

Death records, Minn. Rules 4601.2100, 4601.2550

Defined, Minn. Rules 4601.0100

Fees, Minn. Rules 4601.0400

Local registrars, duties, Minn. Rules 4601.0300

Tangible interest, Minn. Rules 4601.1000, 4601.2600

Who may request, Minn. Rules 4601.1000, 4601.2100

Appeals, birth records, amendments, Minn. Rules 4601.1000

Appeals, births not occurring in an institution, unacceptable evidence, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.215

Attestation, persons with tangible interest, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.225

Authority to sign, chiropractors, Minn. Statutes 2019 148.08

Birth records

Access, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.2252, 257.73, 259.89, 260C.637

Adopted persons, access to originals, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.2252, 259.89, 260C.637

Adult adoption, Minn. Statutes 2019 259.89

Amended birth records, fees, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.226

Amendment, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.2181

Amendments, Minn. Rules 4601.1000, 4601.2525

Assisted reproduction, Minn. Statutes 2019 524.2-120

Birth information requirements, Minn. Rules 4601.0600

Births in moving conveyances, Minn. Rules 4601.0700 to 4601.0900

Births occurring in or out of institutions, Minn. Rules 4601.0600

Certified copies, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.218, 144.225, 144.226

Certified records, minimum wage, proof of minor's age, Minn. Rules 5200.0010

Changes, in replacement records, Minn. Rules 4601.1300

Civil registration information, Minn. Rules 4601.0100, 4601.1000

Commercial drivers, Minn. Rules 7410.4560

Corrections, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.2181

Corrections and amendments by state registrar, Minn. Rules 4601.1000

Data, classification, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.218, 144.225

Defined as vital records, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.212

Definitions, drivers' licenses, vehicle records, Minn. Rules 7410.0100

Delayed records, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.217

Delayed registration

Certified birth certificates, notation on, Minn. Rules 4601.2525

Defined, Minn. Rules 4601.0100

Fees, Minn. Rules 4601.0400

Generally, Minn. Rules 4601.0900

Disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.225, 144.2252, 257.73

Documentation requirements

Documentation within first year of birth, Minn. Rules 4601.0600

Generally, Minn. Rules 4601.1100

Recognition of parentage, Minn. Rules 4601.0600

Summaries, Minn. Rules 4601.1200

Evidence, child support enforcement exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2019 256.741

Expungement, Minn. Rules 4601.1400

Fact of birth information, defined, Minn. Rules 4601.0100

False statements, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.227

Fees, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.226

Foreign adoptions, certified birth certificates, notation on, Minn. Rules 4601.2525

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.215

Group purchaser data, disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.225

Health information, Minn. Rules 4601.0100, 4601.1000

Incomplete or incorrect certificates, Minn. Statutes 2019 259.60

Infants of unknown parentage, Minn. Rules 4601.0600, 4601.2525

Live birth, defined, Minn. Rules 4601.0100

Medical supplements, drug tests, report of positive results, Minn. Statutes 2019 626.5562

Minimum wage, proof of minor's age, Minn. Rules 5200.0010

New certificates, Minn. Statutes 2019 259.60

Paternity, establishment of, Minn. Rules 4601.1000

Preparation or issuance, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.225

Proof of age, child labor, Minn. Statutes 2019 181A.06

Registering, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.215, 144.218, 144.226

Registrant, defined, Minn. Rules 4601.0100

Replacement, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.226, 257.66, 257.73

Replacement records

Amendments to, Minn. Rules 4601.1000

Contents, Minn. Rules 4601.1300

Fees, Minn. Rules 4601.0400

Registration requirements, Minn. Rules 4601.1300

Security of vital records system, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.2131

State registrar, duties, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.215, 144.217, 144.226

Stillbirth, records of, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.212, 144.2151, 144.226

Surcharges, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.226, 256E.22

Verification, when further documentation not required, Minn. Rules 4601.0500

Births in moving conveyances

Delayed registration, Minn. Rules 4601.0900

Generally, Minn. Rules 4601.0700

Reports about, Minn. Rules 4601.0800

Certificates and certifications

Birth records, see same under this topic

Certified copies, see same under this topic

Death records, see same under this topic

Fees, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.226

Records not found, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.226

Certificates of birth abroad, definitions, drivers' licenses, vehicle records, Minn. Rules 7410.0100

Certified copies

Birth records, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.218, 144.225, 144.226

Amendments to, notation on, Minn. Rules 4601.1000, 4601.2525

Defined, Minn. Rules 4601.0100

Definitions, drivers' licenses, vehicle records, Minn. Rules 7410.0100

Fees, Minn. Rules 4601.0400, 4601.2600

Form and contents, Minn. Rules 4601.2525

Generally, Minn. Rules 4601.2600

Security paper, Minn. Rules 4601.0200, 4601.2500

Death records

Amendments to death records, notation on, Minn. Rules 4601.2100, 4601.2550

Bodies not found, court findings, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.221

Defined, Minn. Rules 4601.0100

Fees, Minn. Rules 4601.0400, 4601.2600

Form and contents, Minn. Rules 4601.2550

Generally, Minn. Rules 4601.2600

Issuance, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.225

Minnesota State Retirement System, optional annuity beneficiaries, Minn. Statutes 2019 352.116

Public Employees Retirement Association, optional annuity beneficiaries, Minn. Statutes 2019 353.30

Security paper, Minn. Rules 4601.0200, 4601.2500

Standardized format, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.225

Teachers Retirement Association, optional annuity beneficiaries, Minn. Statutes 2019 354.45

Teachers retirement, Saint Paul, optional annuity beneficiaries, Minn. Statutes 2019 354A.32

False statements in applications, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.227

Fees, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.226

Fraud, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.227

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.213

Orders, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.225

Standardized format, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.225

Collection of records, rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.12

Community health boards, duties delegated to, Minn. Statutes 2019 145A.07

Contested cases, group purchaser data, disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.225

Copies, fees, Minn. Rules 4601.0400

Court administrators, duties, transfer of duties to county boards, Minn. Statutes 2019 485.27

Data, see GOVERNMENT DATA

Death in moving conveyances, Minn. Rules 4601.1700

Death records

Amended death records, fees, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.226

Amendments, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.2181, 149A.96, Minn. Rules 4601.2100, 4601.2550

Cause of death information

Amendments, Minn. Rules 4601.2100

Certified death certificate, notation on, Minn. Rules 4601.2550

Who may provide, Minn. Rules 4601.1800

Certified records, see Certified copies under this topic

Corrections, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.2181

Corrections and amendments by state registrar, Minn. Rules 4601.2100

Cremations, Minn. Statutes 2019 390.152

Dead bodies, national security or peacetime public health emergencies, Minn. Statutes 2019 12.381

Death in moving conveyances, Minn. Rules 4601.1700

Defined as vital records, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.212

Delayed registration

Defined, Minn. Rules 4601.0100

Fees, Minn. Rules 4601.0400

Generally, Minn. Rules 4601.2000

Demographic information

Collection, Minn. Rules 4601.1600

Defined, Minn. Rules 4601.0100

Filing requirements, Minn. Rules 4601.1500

Designators, standby custodians of children, Minn. Statutes 2019 257B.05

Disclosure, maternal and infant health data, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.225

Documentation requirements, Minn. Rules 4601.1500, 4601.2100

Domestic fatality review teams, Minn. Statutes 2019 611A.203

Expungement, Minn. Rules 4601.2400

Fact of death information

Certified death certificate, notation on, Minn. Rules 4601.2550

Collection, Minn. Rules 4601.1600

Defined, Minn. Rules 4601.0100

Filing requirements, Minn. Rules 4601.1500

Registration by court order, Minn. Rules 4601.2000

Filing, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.221, 149A.90, 600.21

Military forces, death in service, Minnesota state retirement services refunds, Minn. Rules 7900.1100

Minnesota State Retirement System, optional annuity beneficiaries, Minn. Statutes 2019 352.116

Multiparty accounts, proof of death, Minn. Statutes 2019 524.6-201

Place of death, Minn. Rules 4601.1700

Power to issue, Minn. Statutes 2019 390.23, 390.32

Preparation or issuance, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.225

Proof of death, multiparty accounts, Minn. Statutes 2019 524.6-201, 524.6-209, 524.6-210

Public Employees Retirement Association, Minn. Statutes 2019 353.30

Registrant, defined, Minn. Rules 4601.0100

Registration, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.221, 144.226

Rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.221

Security of vital records system, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.2131

Status as evidence, joint tenancy, termination, Minn. Statutes 2019 600.21

Surcharges, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.226

Teachers Retirement Association, optional annuity beneficiaries, Minn. Statutes 2019 354.45

Teachers retirement, Saint Paul, optional annuity beneficiaries, Minn. Statutes 2019 354A.32

Time of death, Minn. Rules 4601.1700

Verification, when further documentation not required, Minn. Rules 4601.0500

Death registration, military forces, death in service, Minnesota State Retirement System refunds, Minn. Rules 7900.1100

Deceased persons, certified birth certificates, notation on, Minn. Rules 4601.2525

Definitions

Drivers' licenses, vehicle records, Minn. Rules 7410.0100

Vital records, Minn. Rules 4601.0100

Definitions, Vital Records Act, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.212

Delayed registration

Birth records, see same under this topic

Death records, Minn. Rules 4601.0100, 4601.0400, 4601.2000

Death registration, military forces, death in service, Minnesota State Retirement System refunds, Minn. Rules 7900.1100

Delayed registration, fees, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.226

Disclosure

Birth records, generally, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.225, 257.73

Death records, maternal and infant health data, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.225

Electronic recording system

Birth records, documentation summaries, Minn. Rules 4601.1200

Establishment, Minn. Rules 4601.0200

Local registrars, authorized use, Minn. Rules 4601.0300

Requirements, generally, Minn. Rules 4601.0200

Electronic verification, fees, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.226

Expedited services, fees, Minn. Rules 4601.0400

Fees, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.226

Certified birth or death certificates, Minn. Rules 4601.2600

Generally, Minn. Rules 4601.0400

Fetal deaths

Defined, Minn. Rules 4601.0100

Fetus delivered in moving conveyance, Minn. Rules 4601.2200

Notice to state registrar, Minn. Rules 4601.2300

Records, expungement, Minn. Rules 4601.2400

Reports, requirements, corrections, and disposition, Minn. Rules 4601.2200

Fetal deaths, reports, medical supplements, drug tests, report of positive results, Minn. Statutes 2019 626.5562

Findings of presumed death, Minn. Statutes 2019 600.24 to 600.26

Foreign adoption birth records, certified birth certificates, notation on, Minn. Rules 4601.2525

Forms

Birth records, amendments, Minn. Rules 4601.1000

Death records, amendments, Minn. Rules 4601.2100

Delayed registration, Minn. Rules 4601.0900

Funeral establishments

Death records, amendments, procedure, Minn. Rules 4601.2100

Defined, Minn. Rules 4601.0100

Reports given

Deaths, monthly reports, Minn. Rules 4601.1900

Fetal deaths, Minn. Rules 4601.2300

Hennepin County, Minn. Statutes 2019 383B.215

Induced terminations of pregnancy, defined, Minn. Rules 4601.0100

Infants of unknown parentage

Certified birth certificates, notation on, Minn. Rules 4601.2525

Documentation of birth, Minn. Rules 4601.0600

Inspection, Human Services Department, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.225

Institutions

Defined, Minn. Rules 4601.0100

Reports given

Births, monthly reports, Minn. Rules 4601.0800

Documentation of births, Minn. Rules 4601.0600

Fetal deaths, Minn. Rules 4601.2200

Late registration, see Delayed registration under this topic

Local registrars of vital records, see under HEALTH DEPARTMENT

Local registrars of vital statistics, see under HEALTH DEPARTMENT

New birth certificates, intercountry adoptions, Minn. Statutes 2019 259.60

Notarized statements

Birth occurring outside an institution, Minn. Rules 4601.0600, 4601.0900

Birth records, amendments, Minn. Rules 4601.1000

Death records, amendments, Minn. Rules 4601.2100

Defined, Minn. Rules 4601.0100

Nurse midwives, reports given

Births occurring outside an institution, Minn. Rules 4601.0600

Fetal deaths, Minn. Rules 4601.2200

Orders

Birth records, amendments, Minn. Rules 4601.1000

Certified birth or death certificates, issuance, Minn. Rules 4601.2600

Certified copies, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.225

Fact of death information, registration, Minn. Rules 4601.2000

Replacement birth records, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.218

Paper records

Births, monthly reports, Minn. Rules 4601.0800

Deaths, monthly reports, Minn. Rules 4601.1900

Fetal deaths, monthly reports, Minn. Rules 4601.2200

Maintenance by local registrars, Minn. Rules 4601.0300

Parents

Births occurring outside an institution, documentation, Minn. Rules 4601.0600

Fetal deaths, reporting, Minn. Rules 4601.2200

Paternity, birth record amendments, Minn. Rules 4601.1000

Recognition of parentage, birth records, Minn. Rules 4601.0600

Physicians

Defined, Minn. Rules 4601.0100

Reports given

Births occurring outside an institution, Minn. Rules 4601.0600

Cause of death information, Minn. Rules 4601.1800, 4601.2100

Ramsey County, health department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2019 383A.12

Records and record keeping

Local registrars of vital records, see under HEALTH DEPARTMENT

Paper records, see same under this topic

Replacement birth records, Minn. Rules 4601.0400, 4601.1000, 4601.1300

Rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.12

Replacement birth records

Conditions for, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.218

Fees, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.226

Paternity, acknowledgment, Minn. Statutes 2019 257.66, 257.73

Reporting, rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.12

Reports about, Minn. Rules 4650.0102 to 4650.0174

Reports of birth abroad of U.S. citizen, definitions, drivers' licenses, vehicle records, Minn. Rules 7410.0100

Security, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.2131

State registrar, see State registrar (vital statistics) under HEALTH DEPARTMENT

State seal, certified birth or death certificates, Minn. Rules 4601.2500

Statutory compliance

Fees, Minn. Rules 4601.0400

Local registrars, Minn. Rules 4601.0300

Stillbirth records, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.212, 144.2151, 144.226

Surcharges, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.226

Verification, fees, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.226

Veterans, vital records, Minn. Statutes 2019 197.225, 197.63

Vital Records Act, Minn. Statutes 2019 144.211 to 144.227

Vital Records Office, see State registrar (vital records) under HEALTH DEPARTMENT

Waivers

Birth information requirements, Minn. Rules 4601.0600

Birth records, amendments, Minn. Rules 4601.1000

Cause of death information, amendments, Minn. Rules 4601.2100

Certified birth or death certificates, applications, Minn. Rules 4601.2600

Fees, Minn. Rules 4601.0400