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AR Code § 20-18-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 18 - Vital Statistics Act|Subchapter 3 - Records Generally|§ 20-18-303. Duty to furnish information

 (a) Any person having knowledge of the facts shall furnish such information as he or she may possess regarding any birth, death, spontaneous fetal death, induced termination of pregnancy, marriage, divorce, or annulment upon demand of the State Registrar of Vital Records.  (b) Any person or institution that in good faith provides information required by this chapter or rules promulgated under this chapter shall not be subject to any action for damages.  (c) Not later than the tenth day of the month following the month of occurrence, the administrator of each institution shall send to the Division of Vital Records a list showing all births and deaths occurring in that institution during the preceding month. The lists shall be on forms approved by the state registrar.  (d) Not later than the tenth day of the month following the month of occurrence, each funeral director shall send to the division a list showing all dead bodies embalmed or otherwise prepared for final disposition or dead bodies finally disposed of by the funeral director during the preceding month. The list shall be made on forms provided by the state registrar.
AR Code § 20-18-304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 18 - Vital Statistics Act|Subchapter 3 - Records Generally|§ 20-18-304. Disclosure of information prohibited — Exceptions

 (a) To protect the integrity of vital records and vital reports, to ensure their proper use, and to ensure the efficient and proper administration of the system of vital statistics, it shall be unlawful for any person to permit inspection of or to disclose information contained in vital records or vital reports or to copy or issue a copy of all or part of any vital record or vital report except as authorized by this chapter and by rule or by order of a court of competent jurisdiction.  (b)  (1) The State Board of Health may authorize by rule the disclosure of information contained in vital records for research purposes.  (2) The rules shall provide for adequate standards of security and confidentiality of vital records and vital reports.  (3)  (A) Disclosure of information which may identify any person or institution named in any vital record or vital report may be made only pursuant to rules which require submission of written requests for information by researchers and execution of agreements that protect the confidentiality of the information provided.  (B) The agreements shall prohibit the release by the researcher of any information that might identify any person or institution other than releases that may be provided for in the agreement.    (4) Nothing in this section prohibits the release of information or data which would not identify any person or institution named in a vital record or vital report.    (c)  (1) Appeals from decisions of custodians of vital records or vital reports designated under § 20-18-203(b) who refuse to disclose information from vital records or vital reports as prescribed by this section and the rules issued under this section shall be made to the State Registrar of Vital Records, whose decision shall be binding upon such custodians.  (2) Within three (3) working days of the receipt of an appeal of a decision of a custodian of a vital record or vital report designated under § 20-18-203(b), the state registrar shall issue a decision on the appeal.    (d)  (1) The state registrar shall send to the county assessor of each county within this state a monthly report listing the residents of that county who have died.  (2) The report shall be sent to each county assessor by email.
AR Code § 20-18-306 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 18 - Vital Statistics Act|Subchapter 3 - Records Generally|§ 20-18-306. Fees for certified copies

 (a) All fees for certified copies of vital records or vital reports under this chapter are listed in § 20-7-123.  (b)  (1) However, certified copies of the records shall be furnished to veterans or their dependents without costs when the Department of Veterans Affairs requires certified copies of the records.  (2) Any veteran or his or her dependents shall make application and shall execute an unnotarized affidavit that he or she is a veteran or a dependent of a veteran in order to obtain the free certified copy of any vital record.  (3) Any person who falsely or fraudulently makes an application and unnotarized affidavit that he or she is a veteran or a dependent of a veteran when the person is not a veteran or a dependent of a veteran shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Upon conviction, the person shall be subject to a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) or imprisonment for not less than thirty (30) days nor more than six (6) months, or both fine and imprisonment.
AR Code § 20-18-307 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 18 - Vital Statistics Act|Subchapter 3 - Records Generally|§ 20-18-307. Amendment of vital records and reports

 (a) A certificate, vital report, or vital record registered under this chapter may be amended only in accordance with this chapter and rules adopted by the State Board of Health to protect the integrity and accuracy of vital records and vital reports.  (b)  (1) A certificate, vital report, or vital record that is amended under this section shall be marked “Amended”. The date of amendment, the identity of the person making the amendment, and a summary description of the evidence submitted in support of the amendment shall be made a part of the vital record or vital report.  (2) The board shall prescribe by rule the conditions under which additions or minor corrections may be made to certificates or vital records within one (1) year after the date of the event without the certificate's or vital record's being considered as amended.    (c) Upon receipt of a certified copy of an order of a court of competent jurisdiction changing the name of a person born in this state and upon request of the person or his or her parents, guardian or legal representative, the State Registrar of Vital Records shall amend the certificate of birth to show the new name.  (d) Upon receipt of a certified copy of an order of a court of competent jurisdiction indicating that the sex of an individual born in this state has been changed by surgical procedure and that the individual's name has been changed, the certificate of birth of the individual shall be amended accordingly.  (e) When an applicant does not submit the minimum documentation required in the rules for amending a vital record or when the state registrar has cause to question the validity or adequacy of the applicant's sworn statements or the documentary evidence and if the deficiencies are not corrected, the state registrar shall not amend the vital record and shall advise the applicant of the reason for this action. The state registrar shall advise the applicant of his or her right of appeal to a court of competent jurisdiction.  (f) When a certificate or record is amended under this section by the state registrar, the state registrar shall report the amendment to any other custodian of the vital record, and the vital record shall be amended accordingly.  (g) When an amendment is made to a certificate of marriage, divorce, or annulment by the local official issuing the marriage license or the court entering the decree of divorce or annulment, copies of the amendment shall be forwarded to the state registrar.
AR Code § 20-18-308 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 18 - Vital Statistics Act|Subchapter 3 - Records Generally|§ 20-18-308. Reproductions of records and files

 (a) To preserve vital records, the State Registrar of Vital Records may prepare typewritten, photographic, electronic, or other reproductions of original records and files in the Division of Vital Records.  (b) When verified and approved by the state registrar, the reproductions shall be accepted as the original records.  (c) The documents from which permanent reproductions have been made may be disposed of as provided by rule.
AR Code § 20-18-402 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 18 - Vital Statistics Act|Subchapter 4 - Births and Adoptions|§ 20-18-402. Delayed registration of birth

 (a) When the certificate of birth of a person born in the state has not been filed within one (1) year, a delayed certificate of birth may be filed in accordance with rules of the State Board of Health. No delayed certificate shall be registered until the evidentiary requirements as specified in rules have been met.  (b) The birth shall be registered on a delayed certificate of birth form and the form shall show on its face the date of registration. The delayed certificate shall contain a summary statement of the evidence submitted in support of the delayed registration.  (c) No delayed certificate of birth shall be registered for a deceased person.  (d)  (1) When an applicant does not submit the minimum documentation required in the rules for delayed registration or when the State Registrar of Vital Records has cause to question the validity or adequacy of the applicant's sworn statement or the documentary evidence and, if the deficiencies are not corrected, the state registrar shall not register the delayed certificate of birth and shall advise the applicant of the reasons for this action. The state registrar shall further advise the applicant of his or her right of appeal to a court of competent jurisdiction.  (2) The board may by rule provide for the dismissal of an application which is not actively prosecuted.
AR Code § 20-18-403 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 18 - Vital Statistics Act|Subchapter 4 - Births and Adoptions|§ 20-18-403. Judicial procedure to register birth

 (a) If the State Registrar of Vital Records refuses to file a certificate of birth under § 20-18-401 or § 20-18-402, a petition may be filed with a court of competent jurisdiction for an order establishing a record of the date and place of the birth and the parentage of the person whose birth is to be registered.  (b) The petition shall be made on a form prescribed and furnished or approved by the state registrar and shall allege:  (1) That the person for whom a delayed certificate of birth is sought was born in this state;  (2) That no certificate of birth of the person can be found in the Division of Vital Records;  (3) That diligent efforts by the petitioner have failed to obtain the evidence required in accordance with § 20-18-401 or § 20-18-402 and rules adopted pursuant to § 20-18-401 or § 20-18-402;  (4) That the state registrar has refused to file a certificate of birth; and  (5) Such other allegations as may be required.    (c) The petition shall be accompanied by a statement of the state registrar made in accordance with § 20-18-401 or § 20-18-402 and all documentary evidence which was submitted to the state registrar in support of the registration.  (d) The court shall fix a time and place for hearing the petition and shall give the state registrar ten (10) days' notice of the hearing. The state registrar or his or her authorized representative may appear and testify in the proceeding.  (e) If the court finds from the evidence presented that the person for whom a certificate of birth is sought was born in the state, the court shall make findings as to the place and date of birth, parentage, and other findings as the case may require and shall issue an order on a form prescribed and furnished or approved by the state registrar to establish a court-ordered certificate of birth. This order shall include the birth data to be registered, a description of the evidence presented, and the date of the court's action.  (f) The clerk of court shall forward each order to the state registrar not later than the tenth day of the calendar month following the month in which it was entered. The order shall be registered by the state registrar and shall constitute the court-ordered certificate of birth.
AR Code § 20-18-404 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 18 - Vital Statistics Act|Subchapter 4 - Births and Adoptions|§ 20-18-404. Infants of unknown parentage

 (a) Whoever assumes the custody of a live-born infant of unknown parentage shall report on a form and in a manner prescribed by the State Registrar of Vital Records within ten (10) days to the Division of Vital Records the following information:  (1) The date and city or county, or both, of finding;  (2) Sex and approximate birth date of child;  (3) Name and address of the person or institution with whom the child has been placed for care;  (4) Name given to the child by the custodian of the child; and  (5) Other data required by the state registrar.    (b) The place where the child was found shall be entered as the place of birth.  (c) A report registered under this section shall constitute the certificate of birth for the child.  (d) If the child is identified and a certificate of birth is found or obtained, the report registered under this section shall be placed in a special file and shall not be subject to inspection except upon order of a court of competent jurisdiction or as provided by rule.
AR Code § 20-18-407 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 18 - Vital Statistics Act|Subchapter 4 - Births and Adoptions|§ 20-18-407. Social Security account information of parents

 (a) Social Security account information of parents of a child born within this state shall be furnished to the Division of Vital Records of the Department of Health at the time of filing the certificate of birth, but such information shall not appear on the certificate.  (b) The Division of Vital Records shall make available the records of parent name and Social Security number to the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration for its use in the establishment of paternity or the enforcement of child support orders through electronic transfer mechanism. Such a disclosure shall constitute an exception to the prohibitions within § 20-18-304.  (c) Information obtained by the office pursuant to this section may be used in an action or proceeding before any court, administrative tribunal, or other body for the purpose of establishing a child support obligation, collecting child support, or locating individuals owing the obligation.
AR Code § 20-18-408 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 18 - Vital Statistics Act|Subchapter 4 - Births and Adoptions|§ 20-18-408. Notice to parents regarding affidavits of paternity

 Upon the birth of a child to a woman who was unmarried at the time of either conception or birth or between conception and birth, the person responsible under § 20-18-401 for providing birth registration information shall:   (1) Provide an opportunity for the child's mother and natural father to complete an affidavit acknowledging paternity, to include such information as is required by the court to establish paternity and establish a child support obligation and to be filed with the Division of Vital Records;  (2) Provide written information, furnished by the Office of Child Support Enforcement, to the child's mother and natural father explaining the implications of signing an affidavit of paternity and parental rights and responsibilities; and  (3) Provide written information, furnished by the office, to the child's mother regarding the benefits of having her child's paternity established and the availability of paternity establishment services, including a request for child support enforcement services.
AR Code § 20-18-409 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 18 - Vital Statistics Act|Subchapter 4 - Births and Adoptions|§ 20-18-409. Disclosure of affidavits

 (a) The hospital, birthing center, certified nurse practitioner, or licensed midwife shall make available to the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration completed affidavits of paternity. Such a disclosure shall constitute an exception to the general prohibition under § 20-18-304.  (b) Information obtained by the office pursuant to this section may be used in an action or proceeding before any court, administrative tribunal, or other body for the purpose of establishing a child support obligation or collecting the child support obligation.  (c)  (1)  (A) The Division of Children and Family Services of the Department of Human Services may obtain a certified copy of a completed affidavit of paternity from the Division of Vital Records of the Department of Health.  (B) The disclosure of the affidavit is exempted under § 20-18-304.    (2) Information obtained by the Division of Children and Family Services of the Department of Human Services under subdivision (c)(1)(A) of this section may be used in an action before a circuit court for the purpose of identifying a parent in a dependency-neglect proceeding under § 9-27-303.
AR Code § 20-18-410 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 18 - Vital Statistics Act|Subchapter 4 - Births and Adoptions|§ 20-18-410. Certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth — Definitions

 (a) As used in this section:  (1) “Certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth” means a birth certificate issued to record the birth of a stillborn child; and  (2) “Stillbirth” means an unintended, intrauterine fetal death occurring in this state after a gestational age of not less than twelve (12) completed weeks.    (b) A person who is required to file a fetal death certificate under § 20-18-603 shall advise the parent or parents of a stillborn child:  (1) That a parent may but is not required to request the preparation of a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth;  (2) That a parent may obtain a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth by contacting the Division of Vital Records to request the certificate and paying the required fee; and  (3) Regarding the way in which a parent may contact the division to request the certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth.    (c)  (1) If a parent requests that a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth be prepared, the parent may provide a name for a stillborn child to be included on the certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth.  (2) If the requesting parent does not wish to provide a name, the division shall fill in the certificate with the name “baby boy” or “baby girl” and the last name of the requesting parent.  (3) The name of the stillborn child provided on or later added by amendment to the certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth shall be the same name as appears on the original or amended fetal death certificate.    (d) A certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth shall include the state file number of the corresponding fetal death certificate.  (e) The division shall prescribe the form and content of a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth and shall specify the information necessary to prepare the certificate.  (f) The division shall not use a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth to calculate live birth statistics.  (g) If a fetal death certificate was issued for a stillbirth, a parent may request that the division issue a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth without regard to the date on which the fetal death certificate was issued.  (h) The division shall prescribe the form and content of a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth.  (i) A parent may request the division to prepare and issue a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth without regard to whether the fetal death occurred on or before July 31, 2007.
AR Code § 20-18-501 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 18 - Vital Statistics Act|Subchapter 5 - Marriages, Annulments, and Divorces|§ 20-18-501. Marriage registration

 (a) A record of each marriage performed in this state shall be filed with the Division of Vital Records and shall be registered if it has been completed and filed in accordance with this section.  (b) The official who issues the marriage license shall prepare the record on the form prescribed by the State Registrar of Vital Records upon the basis of information obtained from one (1) of the parties to be married.  (c) Every person who performs a marriage shall certify the fact of marriage and return the record to the official who issued the license within fifteen (15) days after the ceremony.  (d) Every official issuing marriage licenses shall complete and forward to the division on or before the thirtieth day of each calendar month the records of marriages filed with him or her during the preceding calendar month.  (e) A marriage record not filed within the time prescribed by statute may be registered in accordance with rules promulgated by the State Board of Health.
AR Code § 20-18-502 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 18 - Vital Statistics Act|Subchapter 5 - Marriages, Annulments, and Divorces|§ 20-18-502. Divorce or annulment registration

 (a)  (1) For each divorce or annulment granted by any court in this state, a record shall be filed by the clerk of court with the Division of Vital Records and shall be registered if it has been completed and filed in accordance with this section.  (2) The record shall be prepared on a form prescribed and furnished by the State Registrar of Vital Records by the petitioner or his or her legal representative and shall be presented to the clerk of court with the petition.  (3) In all cases, the completed record shall be a prerequisite to the entry of the decree.    (b) The clerk of court shall complete and forward to the division on or before the thirtieth day of each calendar month the records of each divorce or annulment filed with him or her during the preceding calendar month.
AR Code § 20-18-602 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 18 - Vital Statistics Act|Subchapter 6 - Deaths|§ 20-18-602. Delayed registration

 (a) When a death occurring in this state has not been registered within the time period prescribed by § 20-18-601, a certificate may be filed in accordance with rules promulgated by the State Board of Health. The certificates shall be registered subject to such evidentiary requirements as the board shall by rule prescribe to substantiate the alleged facts of death.  (b) When an applicant does not submit the minimum documentation required by rule for delayed registration or when the State Registrar of Vital Records has cause to question the validity or adequacy of the applicant's sworn statement or the documentary evidence, and if the deficiencies are not corrected, the state registrar shall not register the delayed certificate of death and shall advise the applicant of the reasons for this action and further advise the applicant of his or her right to appeal to a court of competent jurisdiction.  (c) Certificates of death registered one (1) year or more after the date of death shall be marked “Delayed” and shall show on their face the date of the delayed registration.