North Dakota Century Code Title 23. Health and Safety § 23-02.1-02.1. Birth, marriage, fetal death, and death records--Transition to electronic birth registration system and electronic death registration system

1. Beginning January 1, 2008, all new birth, fetal death, and death certificates must be filed with the state registrar and maintained as birth, fetal death, or death records. The state registrar shall issue certified copies of any birth, fetal death, or death record, or informational copies of death and marriage records, to those persons entitled to the record in accordance with this chapter.

2. A certified copy of a birth, marriage, fetal death, or death record is considered to meet the requirements of any law requiring a birth, marriage, fetal death, or death certificate.

3. All birth, marriage, fetal death, and death certificates created or issued before January 1, 2008, remain legally valid if the certificate was valid under prior law.

4. Any reference to a birth, marriage, fetal death, and death record includes any birth, marriage, fetal death, and death certificate issued before January 1, 2008.

5. Amendments to birth records issued before 2006 and fetal death or death records issued before 2008 must be made according to the procedures and processes used at the time the original record was created.