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From: "John G. West" <>
Subject: Re: [WCKY] Restrictions on death certificates?
Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2003 22:02:54 -0600
In-Reply-To: <1d3.1bd1f91.2b72d620@aol.com>

At 04:03 PM 2/5/2003 EST, wrote:
>I caught just a snippet of news yesterday about a bill in Kentucky
>legislature which will prevent anyone except a family member (or
>representative) from obtaining birth and death certificates. I believe it is
>a House Bill, but did not catch any details. Not even the number of the
bill.
>Apparently it will be voted upon very soon.
>
>Does anyone have specifics? Will the older death certificates will still be
>available to the public?
>

This is Indiana House Bill 1540. They want to put restrictions on public
access to any birth or death record that is not at least 100 years old. It
has been written with the idea that this will prevent identity theft. If
anyone is concerned about such legislation being enacted, here is the URL
of the actual proposed bill:
http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2003/IN/IN1540.1.html

John G. West, Evansville, IN

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