Ohio Revised Code

Ohio Rev. Code § 3705.02 (2026)

Statewide system of vital statistics - office of vital statistics

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March 16, 1989

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House Bill 790 - 117th General Assembly

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A statewide system of registration of births, deaths, fetal deaths, and other vital statistics is hereby established, which shall consist of the office of vital statistics in the department of health and primary registration districts. The office of vital statistics shall be maintained at the capital of the state and shall be provided with sufficient staff, suitable offices, and other resources for the proper administration of the system of vital statistics and for the preservation of its official records. The director of health shall have charge of the system of vital statistics, enforce sections 3705.01 to 3705.29 of the Revised Code, and prepare and issue instructions necessary to secure the uniform observance of such sections. The director shall adopt rules as necessary to insure that this state shall have a complete and accurate registration of vital statistics. No system of registration of births, deaths, fetal deaths, or other vital statistics shall be maintained in any political subdivision in conflict with such sections.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 8 cases (5 in the last 5 years), 1954–2024 · leading case: In re Application for Corr. of Birth Record of Adelaide, 2024-Ohio-5393.

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In re Application for Corr. of Birth Record of Adelaide, 2024-Ohio-5393. · cites it 3× “See R.C. 3705.02, 3705.09, and 3705.15(D)(1).”

In re Carpenter, 2024-Ohio-810. · cites it 4× “29 of the Revised Code, and prepare and issue instructions necessary to secure the uniform observance of such sections.”

Miller v. Ohio Dept. of Health, Vital Statistics, 2021-Ohio-996. · cites it 2× “R.C. 3705.02, 3705.07(A), (Response, Sorrell Aff.”

In re Application for Corr. of Birth Record of Adelaide, 2022-Ohio-2053, 191 N.E.3d 530. ““A birth certificate for each live birth in this state shall be filed in the registration district in which it occurs within ten calendar days after such birth and shall be registered -9- if it has been completed and filed in accordance with this section.” R.C. 3705.”

In re Application for Corr. of Birth Record of Adelaide, 2024-Ohio-5393, 177 Ohio St. 3d 281. · cites it 6× “See R.C. 3705.02, 3705.09, and 3705.15(D)(1).”

Grothouse v. Ohio Dep't of Health, 608 N.E.2d 1183 (Ohio Ct. App. 10th Dist. 1992). “Finally, R.C. 3705.02 provides, in relevant part, that ODH shall “ * * * enforce sections 3705.”

State ex rel. Stark v. Zipf, 172 Ohio St. (N.S.) 462 (Ohio 1961). · cites it 2× “Section 3705.02, Revised Code, provides that the Director of Health shall prescribe and furnish the necessary forms and blanks for obtaining registration of vital statistics.”

Glenn v. Nat'l Supply Co., 129 N.E.2d 189 (Ohio Ct. App. 1954). “The chapter on Vital Statistics including §3705.02 R. C., authorizes and directs the Director of Health to prescribe forms and blanks for obtaining registration of deaths and other vital statistics.”

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