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2018 Georgia Code 31-10-6 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 31-10-6 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 31-10-6

TITLE 31 HEALTH

Section 10. Vital Records, 31-10-1 through 31-10-33.

ARTICLE 10 DRUG REPOSITORY PROGRAM

31-10-6. Local registrars, local custodians, special abstracting agents, and deputies; appointment; duties.

  1. The state registrar may appoint a local registrar and local custodian for each county and a special abstracting agent as necessary. Appointees must meet the qualifications and perform the duties required by this chapter and regulations of the department. The state registrar may appoint local deputy registrars as necessary. A local registrar, subject to the approval of the state registrar, may appoint a deputy or deputies. A local custodian, subject to the approval of the state registrar, may appoint a clerk or clerks of records.
  2. Local registrars shall collect and receive vital records, review them for accuracy and completeness, and keep and submit other reports as may be required by the department.
  3. Local custodians shall file, record, and preserve copies of vital records and issue certified copies provided for by law.
  4. Special abstracting agents shall examine evidence, abstract evidence onto prescribed forms, and submit such completed forms to the State Office of Vital Records for the filing of delayed certificates of birth or the amendment of certificates of live birth.

(Ga. L. 1914, p. 157, § 18; Ga. L. 1927, p. 353, § 18; Ga. L. 1931, p. 7, §§ 16, 17; Ga. L. 1933, p. 7, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-1210; Code 1933, § 88-1706, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Code 1981, §31-10-6; Ga. L. 1982, p. 723, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 2004, p. 477, §§ 4, 11.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Ward v. Ward, 115 Ga. App. 778, 156 S.E.2d 210 (1967); Porter v. Calhoun County, 250 Ga. 566, 300 S.E.2d 143 (1983).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

C.J.S.

- 39A C.J.S., Health and Environment, § 74.

Cases Citing Georgia Code 31-10-6 From Courtlistener.com

Total Results: 2

Franklin v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2014-05-19

Citation: 295 Ga. 204, 758 S.E.2d 813, 2014 Fulton County D. Rep. 1365, 2014 WL 2025146, 2014 Ga. LEXIS 390

Snippet: and/or amend the death certificate under OCGA §§ 31-10-6 and 45-16-24. Our review of the record shows appellant

Porter v. Calhoun County

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 1983-02-16

Citation: 300 S.E.2d 143, 250 Ga. 566, 1983 Ga. LEXIS 587

Snippet: registrar of vital records, who is authorized under § 31-10-6 (a) (Code Ann. § 88-1706) to appoint local custodians