New Hampshire Revised Statutes 5-C:95 – Amending the Death Certificate
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I. When the clerk of a town or city or the division amends a record, the change shall be noted indicating the authority, date, and correction procedure utilized.
II. When the state registrar questions the validity or adequacy of the applicant’s sworn statements or the evidence submitted, he or she shall: notify the clerk of the town or city of the deficiencies in writing; request that deficiencies be corrected within 30 days; and notify the clerk of the town or city in the written correspondence above that if the deficiencies are not corrected, the state registrar shall not amend the death certificate.
III. The correction process described above shall not apply to records that have become part of the public domain under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 5-C:105, unless they are to be used for a legal purpose, such as proving United States citizenship.
II. When the state registrar questions the validity or adequacy of the applicant’s sworn statements or the evidence submitted, he or she shall: notify the clerk of the town or city of the deficiencies in writing; request that deficiencies be corrected within 30 days; and notify the clerk of the town or city in the written correspondence above that if the deficiencies are not corrected, the state registrar shall not amend the death certificate.
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 5-C:95
- 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: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
- sworn: when applied to public officers required by the constitution to take oaths therein prescribed, shall refer to those oaths; when applied to other officers it shall mean sworn to the faithful discharge of the duties of their offices before a justice of the peace, or other person authorized to administer official oaths in such cases. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:25
- United States: shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
III. The correction process described above shall not apply to records that have become part of the public domain under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 5-C:105, unless they are to be used for a legal purpose, such as proving United States citizenship.