Title 26, HEALTH AND VITAL STATISTICS

26:8-44 Indexing, tabulation and preservation of records by State registrar. 26:8-44. The State registrar shall cause all certificates of marriages and civil unions and marriage and civil union licenses received to be alphabetically indexed and shall cause to be transcribed or ot…

26:8-45 Cancellation of records of marriages and civil unions declared void. If a marriage or a civil union has been declared void by the Superior Court in an action instituted for that purpose and the court is satisfied by the proof taken before the final judgment or by affidavi…

26:8-46 Indorsement of record upon cancellation. 26:8-46. Upon presenting a certified copy of said order to the State Registrar, he shall indorse on the return of the marriage or civil union the following words: "This marriage or civil union declared void by the Superior Court. S…

26:8-47 Preparation of forms for marriage and civil union licenses, certificates. 26:8-47. Preparation of forms for marriage and civil union licenses, certificates. The department shall cause to be prepared blank forms of certificates of marriages or civil unions and marriage or …

26:8-48 Amendments to certificate, recording, authentication. 26:8-48. A certificate of birth, fetal death, marriage, civil union, domestic partnership or death heretofore or hereafter filed with the State registrar shall not be altered or changed otherwise than by amendments pro…

26:8-49 Corrections to birth and fetal death certificates. 26:8-49. Corrections to birth and fetal death certificates shall be signed by the person who made the original report or by either of the parents of the child or by any other person having personal knowledge of the matter…

26:8-5. Institutional records The person in charge of a hospital, almshouse, lying-in, penal, or other institution, public or private, to which any person resorts for treatment of disease or for confinement, or is committed by process of law, shall make a record of all the person…

26:8-50 Correcting marriage or civil union licenses. 26:8-50. Correcting marriage or civil union licenses. Correction to marriage or civil union licenses shall be signed by the person who issued the license or his successor in office. Amended 2006, c.103, s.52.

26:8-51 Corrections to marriage, civil union, domestic partnership certificates. 26:8-51. Corrections to marriage, civil union, domestic partnership certificates. Corrections to marriage, civil union or domestic partnership certificates shall be signed by the person who signed th…

26:8-52 Correcting death certificates, procedure. 26:8-52. Corrections to death certificates shall be signed by the physician, registered professional nurse, county or intercounty medical examiner or assistant county or intercounty medical examiner, Chief State Medical Examiner, …

26:8-53. Acceptance of corrections The State department or local registrars may refuse to accept corrections or amendments unless supported by adequate documentary evidence presented at the time the request for correction or amendment is made. Amended by L.1965, c. 78, s. 68.

26:8-54. Certified copies of corrected certificates For all important changes to certificates, the certified copies issued by the state department, state registrar or a local registrar shall show the information as originally given and the corrected data.

26:8-55 Submitting false certificate; penalty. 26:8-55. Any person knowingly submitting a certificate pursuant to this article containing incorrect particulars relating to any birth, marriage, civil union, domestic partnership or death shall be subject to a penalty of not more th…

26:8-56 Fee for registering birth or death. 26:8-56. The local registrar shall be paid $1 for each birth or death certificate properly executed, registered, recorded, and promptly returned, or otherwise transmitted through the NJ-EDRS, to the State Registrar. In the case of a dea…

26:8-57. Fee for reporting no registration of birth or death In case no birth or death is registered during any month, the local registrar shall be paid the sum of twenty-five cents for each report to that effect, if such report be made promptly as required by this chapter.

26:8-59. Payment of local registrar for certificates or reports The treasurer of each incorporated political subdivision comprising a registration district shall upon certification from a local registrar of the number of certificates or reports issued by him during the preceding …

26:8-59.1 Persons authorized to obtain certification, certified copy of death certificate; accounting for fees. 24. a. Persons authorized to obtain and receive a certification or certified copy of a death certificate from a local registrar, deputy registrar, alternate deputy regi…

26:8-6 Registration of midwives, funeral directors. 26:8-6. a. Every midwife and funeral director shall register annually his name, address and occupation, and his license number, with the local registrar of the district in which he resides and shall register that information wit…

26:8-60 Fee for transmitting certificate. 26:8-60. Each local registrar shall be entitled to receive from the proper disbursing officer of the municipality or county the sum of $1 for each marriage, civil union or domestic partnership certificate properly transmitted to the State…

26:8-61 Fee for cancellation of marriage or civil union record. 26:8-61. Fee for cancellation of marriage or civil union record. The person procuring the cancellation of a marriage or civil union record pursuant to R.S.26:8-45 and R.S.26:8-46 shall first pay to the State Registra…

26:8-62 Certification, certified copy of records, search fee; uniform forms for vital records. 26:8-62. a. The State registrar or local registrar shall, upon request, supply to a person who establishes himself as one of the following: the subject of the record of a birth, death, …

26:8-63 Free certified copies. 26:8-63. The State registrar shall: a. Furnish a certification or certified copy of a birth, marriage, civil union, domestic partnership, fetal death or death certificate without fee in the prosecution of any claim for public pension or for military…

26:8-64 Search of files, records, fee. 26:8-64. a. For any genealogical search of the files and records of births, deaths, marriages, civil unions or domestic partnerships when information required on the application for a certification or certified copy of a vital record, and th…

26:8-65. Account of fees received The state registrar shall keep a true and correct account of all fees received by him and turn the same over to the state treasurer.

26:8-66 Investigation of violation. 26:8-66. The State registrar either personally or by accredited representative, may investigate any case of irregularity or violation of R.S.26:6-1 et seq., R.S.26:8-1 et seq., R.S.37:1-1 et seq., or P.L.2006, c.103 (C.37:1-28 et al.), and ever…

26:8-67 Duty of county prosecutor. 26:8-67. Duty of county prosecutor. When the State registrar shall deem it necessary, he shall report any violation of any provision of R.S.26:6-1 et seq., R.S.26:8-1 et seq., R.S.37:1-1 et seq. or P.L.2006, c.103 (C.37:1-28 et al.), to the coun…

26:8-68 Duty of attorney general; proceedings by local registrar. 26:8-68. Upon request of the State registrar, the Attorney General shall assist in the enforcement of the provisions of R.S.26:6-1 et seq., R.S.26:8-1 et seq., R.S.37:1-1 et seq. or P.L.2006, c.103 (C.37:1-28 et al…

26:8-69 Penalties; recovery. 26:8-69. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter and R.S.37:1-1 et seq., any person who shall: a. Fail or refuse to furnish correctly any information in the person's possession; or b. Willfully and knowingly furnish false information…

26:8-7. Registration of vital records by state department The State department shall provide for registration of vital records. Amended by L.1965, c. 78, s. 34.

26:8-8. Vital record facilities Suitable quarters shall be provided for the registration of vital records, which quarters shall be properly equipped with fire resistant area and filing cases for the permanent and safe preservation of all official records made and retained under t…

26:8-9. State registrar The State department shall appoint a competent vital statistician, who shall be known as the State registrar of vital statistics. Amended by L.1965, c. 78, s. 36.

26:8A-1 Short title. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Domestic Partnership Act." L.2003,c.246,s.1.

26:8A-10 Jurisdiction of Superior Court relative to termination of domestic partnerships. 10. a. (1) The Superior Court shall have jurisdiction over all proceedings relating to the termination of a domestic partnership established pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2003, c.246 (C.26:8A…

26:8A-11 Applicability of act. 58. a. The provisions of sections 41 through 56, inclusive, of P.L.2003, c. 246 shall only apply in the case of two persons who are of the same sex and have established a domestic partnership pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2003, c.246 (C.26:8A-4). b. …

26:8A-12 Rules, regulations; responsible agencies. 59. a. The Commissioner of Health, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of sections 1 through 10 and 13 through 35 of t…

26:8A-13 Dependent health benefits for domestic partners continued after retirement from certain local public employment. 3. In cases where entities choose to provide dependent health benefits coverage to employees' domestic partners pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1979, c.391 (C.18…

26:8A-2 Findings, declarations relative to domestic partners. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. There are a significant number of individuals in this State who choose to live together in important personal, emotional and economic committed relationships with another …

26:8A-3 Definitions relative to domestic partners. 3. As used in sections 1 through 9 of P.L.2003, c.246 (C.26:8A-1 through C.26:8A-9) and in R.S.26:8-1 et seq.: "Affidavit of Domestic Partnership" means an affidavit that sets forth each party's name and age, the parties' common …

26:8A-4 Affidavit of Domestic Partnership; establishment, requirements. 4. a. Two persons who desire to become domestic partners and meet the requirements of subsection b. of this section may execute and file an Affidavit of Domestic Partnership with the local registrar upon paym…

26:8A-4.1 Limitation on domestic partnerships on or after February 19, 2007; effect of law establishing civil unions. 91. On or after the effective date of this act, no domestic partnerships shall be registered under P.L.2003, c. 246 (C.26:8A-1 et al.), except that two persons wh…

26:8A-5 Notice of termination of domestic partnerships to third parties; requirements. 5. a. A former domestic partner who has given a copy of the Certificate of Domestic Partnership to any third party to qualify for any benefit or right and whose receipt of that benefit or enjoy…

26:8A-6 Obligations of domestic partners. 6. a. The obligations that two people have to each other as a result of creating a domestic partnership shall be limited to the provisions of this act, and those provisions shall not diminish any right granted under any other provision of…

26:8A-7 Preparation of forms and notices. 7. a. The commissioner shall cause to be prepared, in such a manner as the commissioner determines appropriate: (1) blank forms, in quadruplicate, of Affidavits of Domestic Partnership and Certificates of Domestic Partnership correspondin…

26:8A-8 Duties of local registrar. 8. a. The local registrar shall: (1) stamp each completed Affidavit of Domestic Partnership received with the date of its receipt and the name of the registration district in which it is filed; and (2) immediately provide two copies of the stamp…

26:8A-9 Duties of State registrar. 9. The State registrar shall cause all Affidavits of Domestic Partnership and Certificates of Domestic Partnership received to be alphabetically indexed by the surname of one of the partners, and shall establish a cross-referencing system to all…

26:9-1. Definitions As used in this chapter: "Director" means the director of the state experiment station. "Commission", "county commission", or "county mosquito commission" means the county mosquito extermination commission.