31-10-7. Form of certificates and reports; date received for registration required; filing or registration of information by photographic, electronic, or other means.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.

(a)
In order to promote and maintain nation-wide uniformity in the system of vital records, the forms of certificates and reports required by this chapter, or by regulations adopted under this chapter, shall include as a minimum the items recommended by the federal agency responsible for national vital records and statistics.#
(b)
Each certificate, report, and other document required by this chapter shall be on a form or in a format prescribed by the state registrar.#
(c)
All vital records shall contain the date received for registration.#
(d)
Information required in certificates or reports authorized by this chapter may be filed and registered by photographic, electronic, or other means as prescribed by the state registrar.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Ga. L. 1914, p. 157, § 17; Ga. L. 1927, p. 353, § 17; Ga. L. 1931, p. 7, §§ 16, 17; Ga. L. 1933, p. 7, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-1207; Code 1933, § 88-1708, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-1707, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 723, § 1; Code 1981, § 31-10-8; Code 1981, § 31-10-7, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 723, § 2; Ga. L. 1991, p. 94, § 31.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.

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