Connecticut General Statutes 7-45 – Preparation of certificates
Each person making any certificate of birth, marriage, civil union, death or fetal death, or any copy of such certificate for the commissioner, or any sexton’s report required by law, shall cause the same to be typewritten or printed in a legible manner as to all material information or facts required by the provisions of sections 7-48, 7-60, 7-62b, 46b-25 and 46b-29 and contained in such certificate. If the certificate is in paper format, such person shall sign the certificate in black ink, shall state therein in what capacity such person so signs, and shall type or print in a legible manner the name of each person signing such certificate, under such person’s signature. If the certificate is in an electronic format, such certificate shall be authenticated by the electronic vital records system of the department. Any certificate not complying with the requirements of this section shall be returned by the registrar with whom it is filed to the person making the same for the proper correction.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 7-45
- authenticated: means to affix to a vital record in paper format the official seal, or to affix to a vital record in electronic format the user identification, password, or other means of electronic identification, as approved by the department, of the creator of the vital record, or the creator's designee, by which affixing the creator of such paper or electronic vital record, or the creator's designee, affirms the integrity of such vital record. See Connecticut General Statutes 7-36
- Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Public Health or the commissioner's designee. See Connecticut General Statutes 7-36
- Correction: means to change or enter new information on a certificate of birth, marriage, death or fetal death, within one year of the date of the vital event recorded in such certificate, in order to accurately reflect the facts existing at the time of the recording of such vital event, where such changes or entries are to correct errors on such certificate due to inaccurate or incomplete information provided by the informant at the time the certificate was prepared, or to correct transcribing, typographical or clerical errors. See Connecticut General Statutes 7-36
- Department: means the Department of Public Health. See Connecticut General Statutes 7-36
- registrar: means the registrar of births, marriages, deaths and fetal deaths or any public official charged with the care of returns relating to vital statistics. See Connecticut General Statutes 7-36
- Vital records: means a certificate of birth, death, fetal death or marriage. See Connecticut General Statutes 7-36