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From: "Carol Montrose" <>
Subject: Fw: access to CA vital records changing again
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 11:34:49 -0500

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> If you've put off getting vital records documents for family members who
> were born or died in California, now is the time to get moving.
>
> Informational copies of California birth and death certificates will
become
> more difficult to obtain after January 1, 2006.
>
> After that date, according to the State of California website,
> INFORMATIONAL certified copies of birth and death certificates will be
> available only through the statewide database prepared by the State
> Registrar. This is a significant change from the current source, the
> county recorder's office.
>
> Through the end of the year, informational copies of birth and death
> certificates for Los Angeles County can be ordered online at the
Recorder's
> website, http://lavote.net/recorder/birth_death.htm. Be sure to specify
the
> INFORMATIONAL copy and follow instructions on the website. Other counties
> may have similar websites.
>
> Ron Filion, a force behind the great San Francisco genealogy website,
> www.sfgenealogy.com, reports that he spoke recently with one of the local
> County Clerk's offices. He was told that the State was NOT ready to do
this.
> So, unless they get a legal extension, there may a significant delay (12
to
> 24 months) as compared to the 2-3 week wait that they are currently
> experiencing in Los Angeles.
>
> Here's a link to the State of California regulations and the relevant
> paragraph:
>
> http://www.privacy.ca.gov/code/hsc103525.htm
>
> Informational certified copies of birth and death certificates issued
> pursuant to subdivision (b) shall only be printed from the single
statewide
> database prepared by the State Registrar and shall be electronically
> redacted to remove any signatures for purposes of compliance with this
> section. Local registrars and county recorders shall not issue
informational
> certified copies of birth and death certificates from any source other
than
> the statewide database prepared by the State Registrar. This subdivision
> shall become operative on January 1, 2006.
>

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