§ 26:8-1 Definitions
§ 26:8-2 Registration district
§ 26:8-3 Consolidation of districts
§ 26:8-4 Duty to furnish information relative to birth, death, marriage, civil union, domestic partnership
§ 26:8-5 Institutional records
§ 26:8-6 Registration of midwives, funeral directors
§ 26:8-7 Registration of vital records by state department
§ 26:8-8 Vital record facilities
§ 26:8-9 State registrar
§ 26:8-11 Local registrar, appointment; county clerk, authorized to act as local registrar, certain circumstances
§ 26:8-12 Approval of appointment by state department
§ 26:8-13 Term of office
§ 26:8-14 Appointment of successors
§ 26:8-15 Vacancy
§ 26:8-16 Persons eligible as local registrars
§ 26:8-17 Local registrar; appointment of deputy, alternate deputy registrar
§ 26:8-18 Subregistrar; appointment
§ 26:8-19 Removal from office
§ 26:8-20 Nonapplicability
§ 26:8-21 Applicability of chapter
§ 26:8-21.1 Rules, regulations
§ 26:8-22 Oath of office
§ 26:8-23 Duty of the department; examination of records
§ 26:8-24 Duties, responsibilities of State registrar
§ 26:8-24.1 New Jersey Electronic Death Registration System (NJ-EDRS)
§ 26:8-24.2 “New Jersey Electronic Death Registration Support Fund.”
§ 26:8-24.3 Means of accessing NJ-EDRS; requirements
§ 26:8-25 Duties, responsibilities of local registrar
§ 26:8-25.1 Suspension of authority to participate in NJ-EDRS
§ 26:8-26 Duty of subregistrar
§ 26:8-27 Inquiries to applicants for marriage or civil union license
§ 26:8-28 Birth certificate required; information furnished
§ 26:8-28.1 Contents of certificate of parentage
§ 26:8-29 Contents of birth certificate
§ 26:8-30 Execution, return of certificate of birth; availability of certificate of parentage; challenge to acknowledgment of paternity
§ 26:8-31 Certificate of birth or parentage when no physician or midwife in attendance
§ 26:8-32 Completion of details by local registrar
§ 26:8-33 Report by father or mother
§ 26:8-34 Supplemental return of name of child
§ 26:8-35 Incomplete certificate of birth
§ 26:8-36 Interrogation of informant
§ 26:8-37 Stillborn child to be registered as fetal death; birth certificate options
§ 26:8-38 Recording unrecorded births; penalty for false certificate
§ 26:8-39 Birth certificate not to disclose illegitimacy; exceptions
§ 26:8-40 Change of surname of child born out of wedlock; amendment of original birth record
§ 26:8-40.1 Adopted children, birth certificates; procedure
§ 26:8-40.2 Parentage unknown; presumption of birth within state
§ 26:8-40.4 Application; determination of probable date of birth; presumption
§ 26:8-40.5 Persons not entitled to order
§ 26:8-40.6 Record of birth; effect as evidence
§ 26:8-40.7 “Employer” defined
§ 26:8-40.8 Honorable discharge from armed services; acceptance by employer in lieu of birth certificate
§ 26:8-40.9 Violation as disorderly conduct
§ 26:8-40.10 Foreign births and adoptions
§ 26:8-40.11 Change of surname of child born out of wedlock; amendment of original birth record
§ 26:8-40.12 Gender reassignment surgery; amendment of birth certificate
§ 26:8-40.20 Legislative findings and declarations
§ 26:8-40.21 Birth defects, severe neonatal jaundice registry
§ 26:8-40.22 Confidential reports of abortions of fetus with or infant affected by birth defect or severe neonatal jaundice
§ 26:8-40.23 Confidentiality of reports
§ 26:8-40.24 Nonliability for divulging confidential information
§ 26:8-40.25 Act not to be construed to compel submission to medical examination or to supervision by department of health
§ 26:8-40.26 Rules and regulations
§ 26:8-40.27 Findings, declarations relative to stillbirths
§ 26:8-40.28 Development of comprehensive policies, procedures
§ 26:8-40.29 Fetal death evaluation protocol
§ 26:8-40.30 Establishment, maintenance of data base
§ 26:8-40.31 Evaluation of data, report to Governor, Legislature
§ 26:8-40.32 Rules, regulations
§ 26:8-40.33 Provision of uncertified long-form copy of adopted person’s original certificate of birth
§ 26:8-40.34 Submission of document of contact preference by birth parent
§ 26:8-40.35 Certain cases exempt
§ 26:8-40.36 Rules, regulations
§ 26:8-40.37 Additional regulations
§ 26:8-41 Transmission of marriage and civil union licenses and certificates, power of attorney
§ 26:8-42 License issued in another registration district, transmission of information on form provided
§ 26:8-43 Transmission of marriage and civil union certificates and licenses to State registrar
§ 26:8-44 Indexing, tabulation and preservation of records by State registrar
§ 26:8-45 Cancellation of records of marriages and civil unions declared void
§ 26:8-46 Indorsement of record upon cancellation
§ 26:8-47 Preparation of forms for marriage and civil union licenses, certificates
§ 26:8-48 Amendments to certificate, recording, authentication
§ 26:8-49 Corrections to birth and fetal death certificates
§ 26:8-50 Correcting marriage or civil union licenses
§ 26:8-51 Corrections to marriage, civil union, domestic partnership certificates
§ 26:8-52 Correcting death certificates, procedure
§ 26:8-53 Acceptance of corrections
§ 26:8-54 Certified copies of corrected certificates
§ 26:8-55 Submitting false certificate; penalty
§ 26:8-56 Fee for registering birth or death
§ 26:8-57 Fee for reporting no registration of birth or death
§ 26:8-59 Payment of local registrar for certificates or reports
§ 26:8-59.1 Persons authorized to obtain certification, certified copy of death certificate; accounting for fees
§ 26:8-60 Fee for transmitting certificate
§ 26:8-61 Fee for cancellation of marriage or civil union record
§ 26:8-62 Certification, certified copy of records, search fee; uniform forms for vital records
§ 26:8-63 Free certified copies
§ 26:8-64 Search of files, records, fee
§ 26:8-65 Account of fees received
§ 26:8-66 Investigation of violation
§ 26:8-67 Duty of county prosecutor
§ 26:8-68 Duty of attorney general; proceedings by local registrar
§ 26:8-69 Penalties; recovery

Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes > Title 26 > Chapter 8

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Authentication: means the entry by the Chief State Medical Examiner, Deputy Chief State Medical Examiner, or a county or intercounty medical examiner or assistant county or intercounty medical examiner, funeral director or physician into the New Jersey Electronic Death Registration System of a personal identification code, digital signature or other identifier unique to that user, by which the information entered into the system by the user is authenticated by the user who assumes responsibility for its accuracy. See New Jersey Statutes 26:8-1
  • birth: means the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of conception, irrespective of the duration of pregnancy, which, after such separation, breathes or shows any other evidence of life such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscles, whether or not the umbilical cord has been cut or the placenta attached. See New Jersey Statutes 26:8-1
  • census: means the latest Federal census effective within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • district: means a registration district as constituted by this article. See New Jersey Statutes 26:8-1
  • Electronic registration system: means any electronic method, including, but not limited to, one based on Internet technology, of collecting, transmitting, recording and authenticating information from one or more responsible parties, which is necessary to complete a vital record, and is designed to replace a manual, paper-based data collection, recordation and signature system. See New Jersey Statutes 26:8-1
  • 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.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Forgery: The fraudulent signing or alteration of another's name to an instrument such as a deed, mortgage, or check. The intent of the forgery is to deceive or defraud. Source: OCC
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • 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.
  • month: means a calendar month, and the word "year" means a calendar year. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • NJ-EDRS: is a n electronic registration system for completing a certification of death or fetal death record that is authorized, designed and maintained by the State registrar. See New Jersey Statutes 26:8-1
  • oath: includes "affirmation. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • population: when used in any statute, shall be taken to mean the population as shown by the latest Federal census effective within this State, and shall be construed as synonymous with "inhabitants. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • registrar: means the local registrar of vital statistics of any district. See New Jersey Statutes 26:8-1
  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • State registrar: means the State registrar of vital statistics. See New Jersey Statutes 26:8-1
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • sworn: includes "affirmed. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • territory: extends to and includes any territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • Vital records: means the birth, death, fetal death, marriage, civil union and domestic partnership records from which vital statistics are produced. See New Jersey Statutes 26:8-1
  • Vital statistics: means statistics concerning births, deaths, fetal deaths, marriages, civil unions and domestic partnerships established pursuant to P. See New Jersey Statutes 26:8-1