Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 3107 – Reproduction of vital records; official seal for certification
(a) To preserve vital records, the State Registrar is authorized to prepare typewritten, photographic, electronic or other reproductions of certificates or reports in the Office of Vital Statistics. Such reproductions when certified by the State Registrar shall be accepted as the original records.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 3107
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
(b) The Department shall adopt an official seal for purposes of certification. Every certificate or other official paper executed by the State Registrar, in pursuance of any authority conferred by law, and bearing the seal of the Department shall be received as evidence when duly certified by the Department, under its seal, with the same force and effect as the original would, in law, be entitled to if produced in open court.
27 Del. Laws, c. 84, § ?2; 27 Del. Laws, c. 85, § ?2; Code 1915, § ?798; 29 Del. Laws, c. 49, § ?1; 33 Del. Laws, c. 57, § ?4; 34 Del. Laws, c. 69, § ?1; Code 1935, § ?781; 16 Del. C. 1953, § ?3106; 57 Del. Laws, c. 591, § ?15; 68 Del. Laws, c. 274, § ?1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 149, § ?142;