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2017 Minnesota Statutes Index (topics)

BIRTH AND DEATH RECORDS

See also ADOPTION; BIRTH; DEATH

Adoptees, access to data, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.2252, 259.89, 260C.637

Alteration, correction, or completion, fees, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.226

Amended records, fees, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.226

Appeals, births not occurring in an institution, unacceptable evidence, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.215

Attestation, persons with tangible interest, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.225

Authority to sign, chiropractors, Minn. Statutes 2017 148.08

Birth records

Access, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.2252, 257.73, 259.89, 260C.637

Adopted persons, access to originals, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.2252, 259.89, 260C.637

Adult adoption, Minn. Statutes 2017 259.89

Amended birth records, fees, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.226

Amendment, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.2181

Assisted reproduction, Minn. Statutes 2017 524.2-120

Certified copies, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.218, 144.225, 144.226

Corrections, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.2181

Data, classification, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.218, 144.225

Defined as vital records, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.212

Delayed records, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.217

Disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.225, 144.2252, 257.73

Evidence, child support enforcement exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2017 256.741

False statements, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.227

Fees, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.226

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.215

Group purchaser data, disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.225

Incomplete or incorrect certificates, Minn. Statutes 2017 259.60

Medical supplements, drug tests, report of positive results, Minn. Statutes 2017 626.5562

New certificates, Minn. Statutes 2017 259.60

Preparation or issuance, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.225

Proof of age, child labor, Minn. Statutes 2017 181A.06

Registering, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.215, 144.218, 144.226

Replacement, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.226, 257.66, 257.73

Security of vital records system, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.2131

State registrar, duties, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.215, 144.217, 144.226

Stillbirth, records of, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.212, 144.2151, 144.226

Surcharges, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.226, 256E.22

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 2017 144.226

Records not found, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.226

Certified copies

Birth records, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.218, 144.225, 144.226

Death records

Bodies not found, court findings, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.221

Issuance, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.225

Minnesota State Retirement System, optional annuity beneficiaries, Minn. Statutes 2017 352.116

Public Employees Retirement Association, optional annuity beneficiaries, Minn. Statutes 2017 353.30

Standardized format, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.225

Teachers retirement, Saint Paul, optional annuity beneficiaries, Minn. Statutes 2017 354A.32

Teachers Retirement Association, optional annuity beneficiaries, Minn. Statutes 2017 354.45

False statements in applications, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.227

Fees, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.226

Fraud, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.227

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.213

Orders, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.225

Standardized format, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.225

Collection of records, rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.12

Community health boards, duties delegated to, Minn. Statutes 2017 145A.07

Contested cases, group purchaser data, disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.225

Court administrators, duties, transfer of duties to county boards, Minn. Statutes 2017 485.27

Data, see GOVERNMENT DATA

Death records

Amended death records, fees, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.226

Amendments, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.2181, 149A.96

Corrections, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.2181

Cremations, Minn. Statutes 2017 390.152

Dead bodies, national security or peacetime public health emergencies, Minn. Statutes 2017 12.381

Defined as vital records, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.212

Designators, standby custodians of children, Minn. Statutes 2017 257B.05

Disclosure, maternal and infant health data, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.225

Domestic fatality review teams, Minn. Statutes 2017 611A.203

Filing, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.221, 149A.90, 600.21

Minnesota State Retirement System, optional annuity beneficiaries, Minn. Statutes 2017 352.116

Multiparty accounts, proof of death, Minn. Statutes 2017 524.6-201

Power to issue, Minn. Statutes 2017 390.23, 390.32

Preparation or issuance, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.225

Proof of death, multiparty accounts, Minn. Statutes 2017 524.6-201, 524.6-209, 524.6-210

Public Employees Retirement Association, Minn. Statutes 2017 353.29, 353.30

Registration, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.221, 144.226

Rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.221

Security of vital records system, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.2131

Status as evidence, joint tenancy, termination, Minn. Statutes 2017 600.21

Surcharges, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.226

Teachers retirement, Saint Paul, optional annuity beneficiaries, Minn. Statutes 2017 354A.32

Teachers Retirement Association, optional annuity beneficiaries, Minn. Statutes 2017 354.45

Definitions, Vital Records Act, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.212

Delayed registration, fees, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.226

Disclosure

Birth records, generally, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.225, 257.73

Death records, maternal and infant health data, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.225

Electronic verification, fees, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.226

Fees, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.226

Fetal deaths, reports, medical supplements, drug tests, report of positive results, Minn. Statutes 2017 626.5562

Findings of presumed death, Minn. Statutes 2017 600.24 to 600.26

Hennepin County, Minn. Statutes 2017 383B.215

Inspection, Human Services Department, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.225

Local registrars of vital records, see under HEALTH DEPARTMENT

New birth certificates, intercountry adoptions, Minn. Statutes 2017 259.60

Orders

Certified copies, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.225

Replacement birth records, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.218

Ramsey County, health department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2017 383A.12

Records and record keeping

Local registrars of vital records, see under HEALTH DEPARTMENT

Rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.12

Replacement birth records

Conditions for, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.218

Fees, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.226

Paternity, acknowledgment, Minn. Statutes 2017 257.66, 257.73

Reporting, rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.12

Security, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.2131

Stillbirth records, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.212, 144.2151, 144.226

Surcharges, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.226

Verification, fees, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.226

Veterans, vital records, Minn. Statutes 2017 197.225, 197.63

Vital Records Act, Minn. Statutes 2017 144.211 to 144.227

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