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2023 Minnesota Statutes Index (topics)

BIRTH AND DEATH RECORDS

See also ADOPTION; BIRTH; DEATH

Adoptees, access to data, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.2252, 259.89, 260C.637

Alteration, correction, or completion, fees, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.226

Amended records, fees, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.226

Appeals, births not occurring in an institution, unacceptable evidence, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.215

Attestation, persons with tangible interest, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.225

Authority to sign, chiropractors, Minn. Statutes 2023 148.08

Birth records

Access, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.2252, 257.73, 259.89, 260C.637

Adopted persons, access to originals, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.2252, 259.89, 260C.637

Adult adoption, Minn. Statutes 2023 259.89

Affidavits of nondisclosure, expiration, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.2254

Amended birth records, fees, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.226

Amendment, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.2181

Assisted reproduction, Minn. Statutes 2023 524.2-120

Certified copies, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.218, 144.225, 144.226

Consents to disclosure, expiration, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.2254

Contact preference form, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.2253

Corrections, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.2181

Data, classification, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.218, 144.225

Defined as vital records, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.212

Delayed records, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.217

Disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.225, 144.2252, 257.73

Evidence, child support enforcement exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2023 256.741

False statements, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.227

Fees, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.226

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.215

Group purchaser data, disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.225

Homeless youth

Disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.225

Fees, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.226

Requirements, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.2255

Incomplete or incorrect certificates, Minn. Statutes 2023 259.60

New certificates, Minn. Statutes 2023 259.60

Prenatal controlled substance exposure, reports, Minn. Statutes 2023 260E.32

Preparation or issuance, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.225

Proof of age, child labor, Minn. Statutes 2023 181A.06

Registering, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.215, 144.218, 144.226

Replacement, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.226, 257.66, 257.73

Security of vital records system, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.2131

State registrar, duties, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.215, 144.217, 144.226

Stillbirth, records of, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.212, 144.2151, 144.226

Surcharges, Minn. Statutes 2023 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 2023 144.226

Records not found, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.226

Certified copies

Birth records, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.218, 144.225, 144.226

Death records

Bodies not found, court findings, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.221

Issuance, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.225

Minnesota State Retirement System, optional annuity beneficiaries, Minn. Statutes 2023 352.116

Public Employees Retirement Association, optional annuity beneficiaries, Minn. Statutes 2023 353.30

Standardized format, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.225

Teachers retirement, Saint Paul, optional annuity beneficiaries, Minn. Statutes 2023 354A.32

Teachers Retirement Association, optional annuity beneficiaries, Minn. Statutes 2023 354.45

False statements in applications, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.227

Fees, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.226

Fraud, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.227

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.213

Orders, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.225

Standardized format, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.225

Collection of records, rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.12

Community health boards, duties delegated to, Minn. Statutes 2023 145A.07

Contested cases, group purchaser data, disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.225

Court administrators, duties, transfer of duties to county boards, Minn. Statutes 2023 485.27

Data, see GOVERNMENT DATA

Death records

Amended death records, fees, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.226

Amendments, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.2181, 149A.96

Corrections, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.2181

Cremations, Minn. Statutes 2023 390.152

Dead bodies, national security or peacetime public health emergencies, Minn. Statutes 2023 12.381

Defined as vital records, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.212

Designators, standby custodians of children, Minn. Statutes 2023 257B.05

Disclosure, maternal and infant health data, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.225

Domestic fatality review teams, Minn. Statutes 2023 611A.203

Filing, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.221, 149A.90, 600.21

Minnesota State Retirement System, optional annuity beneficiaries, Minn. Statutes 2023 352.116

Multiparty accounts, proof of death, Minn. Statutes 2023 524.6-201

Power to issue, Minn. Statutes 2023 390.23, 390.32

Prenatal controlled substance exposure, report, Minn. Statutes 2023 260E.32

Preparation or issuance, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.225

Proof of death, multiparty accounts, Minn. Statutes 2023 524.6-201, 524.6-209, 524.6-210

Public Employees Retirement Association, Minn. Statutes 2023 353.30

Registration, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.221, 144.226

Rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.221

Security of vital records system, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.2131

Status as evidence, joint tenancy, termination, Minn. Statutes 2023 600.21

Surcharges, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.226

Teachers retirement, Saint Paul, optional annuity beneficiaries, Minn. Statutes 2023 354A.32

Teachers Retirement Association, optional annuity beneficiaries, Minn. Statutes 2023 354.45

Definitions, Vital Records Act, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.212

Delayed registration, fees, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.226

Disclosure

Birth records, generally, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.225, 257.73

Death records, maternal and infant health data, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.225

Electronic verification, fees, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.226

Fees, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.226

Findings of presumed death, Minn. Statutes 2023 600.24 to 600.26

Hennepin County, Minn. Statutes 2023 383B.215

Inspection, Human Services Department, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.225

Local registrars of vital records, see under HEALTH DEPARTMENT

New birth certificates, intercountry adoptions, Minn. Statutes 2023 259.60

Orders

Certified copies, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.225

Replacement birth records, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.218

Ramsey County, health department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2023 383A.12

Records and record keeping

Local registrars of vital records, see under HEALTH DEPARTMENT

Rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.12

Replacement birth records

Conditions for, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.218

Fees, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.226

Paternity, acknowledgment, Minn. Statutes 2023 257.66, 257.73

Reporting, rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.12

Security, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.2131

Stillbirth records, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.212, 144.2151, 144.226

Surcharges, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.226

Verification, fees, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.226

Veterans, vital records, Minn. Statutes 2023 197.225, 197.63

Vital Records Act, Minn. Statutes 2023 144.211 to 144.227

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