--- title: Title 31, Chapter 10. Vital Records collection: code id: code:chapter:31-10 canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/title/31/chapter/10 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-10.md date: 2025 status: active corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68 license: CC0-1.0 publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/code/31.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-9B.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-11.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md heading: VITAL RECORDS title_heading: HEALTH section_count: 37 full_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-10.md?full=1 --- # Title 31, Chapter 10. Vital Records Title 31. Health 37 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-10.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue). - 31-10-1, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-10-1.md - 31-10-2, Maintenance and operation of vital records registration system, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-10-2.md - 31-10-3, Rules and regulations, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-10-3.md - 31-10-4, Appointment of state registrar of vital records, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-10-4.md - 31-10-5, Duties and powers of state registrar; delegation of functions and duties, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-10-5.md - 31-10-6, Local registrars, local custodians, special abstracting agents, and deputies; appointment; duties, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-10-6.md - 31-10-7, Form of certificates and reports; date received for registration required; filing or registration of information by photographic, electronic, or other means, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-10-7.md - 31-10-8, Certification to county treasurers of birth and death certificates and spontaneous fetal death reports filed; fees, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-10-8.md - 31-10-9, Registration of births, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-10-9.md - 31-10-9.1, Social security account information of parents, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-10-9.1.md - 31-10-9.2, Abuse or neglect reports; establishment of policies and procedures, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-10-9.2.md - 31-10-10, Registration of live born infants of unknown parentage, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-10-10.md - 31-10-11, Registration of delayed birth certificate, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-10-11.md - 31-10-12, Judicial procedure to establish facts of birth, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-10-12.md - 31-10-13, Certificates of adoption, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-10-13.md - 31-10-13.1, Certified copies of orders and registration of legitimations and paternity orders, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-10-13.1.md - 31-10-13.2, Provision of copies of legitimation and paternity orders to state registrar, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-10-13.2.md - 31-10-14, Issuance of new birth certificate following adoption and legitimation or paternity determination; requesting original birth certificate, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-10-14.md - 31-10-15, Death certificate; filing; medical certification; forwarding death certificate to decedent’s county of residence; purging voter registration list, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-10-15.md - 31-10-16, Criteria for pronouncing death; immunity from liability, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-10-16.md - 31-10-17, State registration of death certificates; certified copies; certificates of record, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-10-17.md - 31-10-18, Registration of spontaneous fetal deaths, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-10-18.md - 31-10-19, Reporting of induced termination of pregnancy, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-10-19.md - 31-10-20, Permits for disposition, disinterment, and reinterment, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-10-20.md - 31-10-21, Record of marriage licenses, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-10-21.md - 31-10-22, Record of divorces, dissolutions, and annulments, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-10-22.md - 31-10-23, Amendment of certificates or reports, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-10-23.md - 31-10-24, Preservation or disposition of vital records; certified reproductions; preserved originals and authorized reproductions as property of department, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-10-24.md - 31-10-25, Disclosure of information contained in vital records; transfer of records to State Archives, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-10-25.md - 31-10-26, Certified copies of vital records; duplicates and data, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-10-26.md - 31-10-27, Fees for copies or services, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-10-27.md - 31-10-28, Institutions and others to keep vital records, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-10-28.md - 31-10-29, Privileged nature of disclosures; notification of local registrar of institutional deaths and fetal deaths; notification of board of voting registrars of adult deaths, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-10-29.md - 31-10-30, Posting facts of death to birth certificates, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-10-30.md - 31-10-31, Penalty, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-10-31.md - 31-10-32, Extension of periods for filing of certificates or reports, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-10-32.md - 31-10-33, Certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/31-10-33.md