California Health and Safety Code 102365 – (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a local registrar of births …
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a local registrar of births and deaths, after two years from the date of registration and with the approval of, and under the supervision of, the State Registrar, shall dispose of the local registrar’s copies of the records, if both of the following exist:
(1) The original copies of the records are on file in the office of the State Registrar.
Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 102365
- County: includes city and county. See California Health and Safety Code 14
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23
(2) Copies of the records are on file in the office of the county recorder. If the county recorder does not have copies of the records, the county recorder may accept the State Registrar’s copies as a special county record of the events.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a local health jurisdiction that exclusively serves cities may issue a record older than two years if the record issued is the most accurate record on file with the State of California.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 188, Sec. 1. (AB 1152) Effective January 1, 2020.)