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MT Code § 50-15-108 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 15. Vital Statistics|Part 1. General Provisions|50-15-108. Duty to furnish information

  50-15-108. Duty to furnish information. (1) A person having knowledge of the fact shall furnish information that the person possesses about a birth, death, fetal death, marriage, dissolution of marriage, or invalid marriage upon demand of the department.   (2) The person in charge of any institution or facility for the care of persons shall record and report all data required by this chapter relating to inmates or patients of the institution or facility.   History: (1)En. Sec. 75, Ch. 197, L. 1967; amd. Secs. 107 and 110, Ch. 349, L. 1974; Sec. 69-4435, R.C.M. 1947; (2)En. Sec. 70, Ch. 197, L. 1967; Sec. 69-4430, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 69-4430, 69-4435; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 228, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 1820, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 50-15-109 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 15. Vital Statistics|Part 1. General Provisions|50-15-109. Certificates

  50-15-109. Certificates. (1) All certificates must include information required by the department.   (2) Local registrars shall forward original certificates to the department, file a duplicate copy with the county clerk and recorder, and, unless the certificate is filed electronically, retain a triplicate copy.   (3) Local registrars may not issue certified copies of certificates.   (4) Certificates filed within 1 year after the time prescribed by the department are prima facie evidence of the facts stated in the certificates. Data pertaining to the father of a child is prima facie evidence only if the alleged father is the husband of the mother. If the alleged father is not the husband of the mother, data pertaining to the alleged father is not evidence in any proceedings adverse to the alleged father's interests, heirs, next of kin, devisees, legatees, or other successors in interest.   History: En. Secs. 51, 52, Ch. 197, L. 1967; amd. Secs. 107 and 110, Ch. 349, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 69-4411, 69-4412; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 149, L. 2005.
MT Code § 50-15-110 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 15. Vital Statistics|Part 1. General Provisions|50-15-110. Repealed

  50-15-110. Repealed. Sec. 20, Ch. 515, L. 1995.   History: En. Sec. 46, Ch. 197, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 110, Ch. 349, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 69-4406.
MT Code § 50-15-111 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 15. Vital Statistics|Part 1. General Provisions|50-15-111. Certified copy fees -- transfer

  50-15-111. Certified copy fees -- transfer. (1) The department shall prescribe, by rule, a fee for:  (a) a certified copy of certificates or records other than a death certificate;   (b) a search of files or records when a copy is not made;   (c) a copy of information provided for statistical or administrative purposes as allowed by law;   (d) the replacement of a birth certificate subsequent to adoption, legitimation, paternity determination or acknowledgment, or court order;   (e) filing a delayed registration of a vital event;   (f) the amendment of a vital record, after 1 year from the date of filing; and   (g) other services specified by this chapter or by rule.   (2) (a) The minimum fee for a death certificate must be:   (i) $16 for each certified copy, including any additional certified copies requested at the same time as the first certified copy; and   (ii) $14 for each informational copy of a death certificate.   (b) The department may, by rule, prescribe a fee for a death certificate that is higher than the minimum fee listed in subsection (2)(a).   (3) Fees received under subsection (1) must be deposited in the state special revenue fund to be used by the department for:   (a) the maintenance of indexes to vital records;   (b) the preservation of vital records; and   (c) the administration of the system of vital statistics.   (4) For fees received under subsection (2)(a), the department shall:   (a) transfer $1 of each fee to the department of labor and industry for use as provided in 37-19-204; and   (b) deposit the remainder of the fee in the state special revenue fund to be used by the department for the purposes listed in subsection (3).   History: (1)En. Sec. 47, Ch. 197, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 107, Ch. 349, L. 1974; Sec. 69-4407, R.C.M. 1947; (2)En. Sec. 48, Ch. 197, L. 1967; Sec. 69-4408, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 69-4407(part), 69-4408; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 228, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 277, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 587, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 515, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 380, L. 2015; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 160, L. 2021.
MT Code § 50-15-112 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 15. Vital Statistics|Part 1. General Provisions|50-15-112. Repealed

  50-15-112. Repealed. Sec. 20, Ch. 515, L. 1995.   History: En. Sec. 44, Ch. 197, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 49, Ch. 349, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 69-4404(part); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 178, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 118, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 456, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 384, L. 1991.
MT Code § 50-15-113 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 15. Vital Statistics|Part 1. General Provisions|50-15-113. Repealed

  50-15-113. Repealed. Sec. 20, Ch. 515, L. 1995.   History: En. Secs. 45, 47, Ch. 197, L. 1967; amd. Secs. 50, 107, Ch. 349, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 69-4405, 69-4407(part).
MT Code § 50-15-114 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 15. Vital Statistics|Part 1. General Provisions|50-15-114. Unlawful acts and penalties

  50-15-114. Unlawful acts and penalties. (1) It is unlawful to disclose data in the vital statistics records of the department, local registrars, or county clerk and recorder unless disclosure is authorized by law.   (2) A person shall be fined not more than $1,000 or be imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both, if:   (a) the person willfully and knowingly makes any false statement in a report, record, or certificate required to be filed by law or in an application for an amendment of a report, record, or certificate or willfully and knowingly supplies false information intending that the information be used in the preparation of any report, record, or certificate or amendment;   (b) without lawful authority and with the intent to deceive, the person makes, alters, amends, or mutilates any report, record, or certificate required to be filed under law or a certified copy of the report, record, or certificate;   (c) the person willfully and knowingly uses or attempts to use or furnish to another for use, for any purpose of deception, any certificate, record, report, or certified copy made, altered, amended, or mutilated;   (d) with the intention to deceive, the person willfully uses or attempts to use any birth certificate or certified copy of a birth record knowing that the certificate or certified copy was issued upon a record that is false in whole or in part or that relates to the birth of another person;   (e) the person willfully and knowingly furnishes a birth certificate or certified copy of a birth record with the intention that it be used by a person other than the person to whom the birth record relates.   (3) A person shall be fined not less than $25 or more than $500, imprisoned for not more than 30 days, or both, if the person:   (a) knowingly transports or accepts for transportation, interment, or other disposition a dead body without an accompanying permit as provided by law;   (b) refuses to provide information required by law;   (c) willfully neglects or violates any of the provisions of law or refuses to perform any of the duties imposed upon the person by law.   History: (1)En. Sec. 44, Ch. 197, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 49, Ch. 349, L. 1974; Sec. 69-4404, R.C.M. 1947; (2)En. Sec. 76, Ch. 197, L. 1967; Sec. 69-4436, R.C.M. 1947; (3)En. Sec. 77, Ch. 197, L. 1967; Sec. 69-4437, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 69-4404(part), 69-4436, 69-4437; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 487, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 384, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 1821, Ch. 56, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 27, Ch. 19, L. 2011.
MT Code § 50-15-115 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 15. Vital Statistics|Part 1. General Provisions|50-15-115. through 50-15-120 reserved

  50-15-115 through 50-15-120 reserved.
MT Code § 50-15-123 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 15. Vital Statistics|Part 1. General Provisions|50-15-123. Preservation of vital records

  50-15-123. Preservation of vital records. To preserve vital records, the department may prepare typewritten, photographic, electronic, or other reproductions of certificates, vital records, or reports kept by the department. The reproductions when certified and approved by the department must be accepted as the original records. The department shall maintain original vital records intact and in their original form on file at the department.   History: En. Sec. 9, Ch. 515, L. 1995.
MT Code § 50-15-124 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 15. Vital Statistics|Part 1. General Provisions|50-15-124. Content of certificates, records, and reports

  50-15-124. Content of certificates, records, and reports. (1) In order to promote and maintain nationwide uniformity in the system of vital statistics, the department, in the preparation of the forms of certificates, vital records, or reports required by this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter, may include the elements in forms and the forms recommended by the national center for health statistics for implementing a system of vital statistics.   (2) Each certificate, record, report, and other document required by this chapter must be prepared in a format approved by the department. All vital records must contain the date of filing.   (3) Information required in certificates, forms, records, or reports authorized by this chapter may be filed, verified, registered, and stored by photographic, electronic, or other means as prescribed by the department.   History: En. Sec. 10, Ch. 515, L. 1995.
MT Code § 50-15-201 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 15. Vital Statistics|Part 2. Birth|50-15-201. Repealed

  50-15-201. Repealed. Sec. 20, Ch. 515, L. 1995.   History: En. Sec. 53, Ch. 197, L. 1967; amd. Secs. 107 and 110, Ch. 349, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 69-4413.
MT Code § 50-15-202 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 15. Vital Statistics|Part 2. Birth|50-15-202. Unattended birth

  50-15-202. Unattended birth. (1) If a birth is unattended and neither parent is able to prepare a birth certificate, the local registrar shall:   (a) secure information from any person having knowledge of the birth;   (b) prepare and file a birth certificate;   (c) within the time prescribed by the department, file a supplementary report furnishing information omitted from the original birth certificate if additional information is received.   (2) Birth certificates completed by a supplementary report may not be considered "delayed" or "amended".   History: En. Sec. 54, Ch. 197, L. 1967; amd. Secs. 107 and 110, Ch. 349, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 69-4414; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 139, L. 2009.
MT Code § 50-15-203 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 15. Vital Statistics|Part 2. Birth|50-15-203. Child of unknown parentage

  50-15-203. Child of unknown parentage. (1) A person who assumes custody of a child of unknown parentage shall immediately file with the local registrar a written report which shall constitute a birth certificate.   (2) The report shall contain:   (a) the date and place of finding or assumption of custody;   (b) sex, color or race, and approximate age of the child;   (c) name and address of the person or institution with whom the child has been placed for care;   (d) name given to the child by the finder or person who assumes custody.   (3) The place where the child was found or custody assumed shall be the place of birth.   (4) The date of birth shall be determined by approximation.   (5) If the child is identified and a regular birth certificate is found or obtained, the report shall be sealed and may be opened only by court order.   History: En. Sec. 55, Ch. 197, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 69-4415.
MT Code § 50-15-204 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 15. Vital Statistics|Part 2. Birth|50-15-204. Delayed or amended birth certificate

  50-15-204. Delayed or amended birth certificate. (1) (a) If a certificate of birth for a person born in this state has not been filed within 1 year of the birth, a delayed certificate of birth may be filed in accordance with rules adopted by the department. A delayed certificate of birth may not be registered until the requirements regarding facts pertaining to the delayed certificate, as specified by rule, have been met.   (b) A birth of a person in this state whose name has not been registered within 1 year after the birth must be registered on a delayed certificate of birth form. The delayed certificate must contain the date of registration and a summary statement of the information submitted to explain the delayed registration.   (c) A delayed certificate of birth may not be registered for a deceased person.   (d) The department may not register a delayed certificate of birth if an applicant for a delayed certificate of birth does not submit the minimum documentation required by rule for delayed registration or if the department has cause to question the validity or adequacy of the applicant's sworn statement or the documentation provided to establish the facts and the deficiencies are not corrected. The department shall advise the applicant of the reasons for the refusal to register the delayed certificate of birth. The department shall advise the applicant of the right to seek an order from a court of competent jurisdiction to obtain registration of the delayed certificate of birth as provided in 50-15-222.   (e) The department may, by rule, provide for the dismissal of an application for registration of a delayed certificate of birth that is not actively pursued.   (2) The department or its designee may amend a birth, death, or fetal death certificate upon submitting proof as required by the department.   (3) The department shall adopt rules establishing the circumstances under which vital records may be corrected or amended and the procedure to correct or amend those records.   (4) If a birth certificate is amended by the department after filing, the certificate must show the date of the amendment and the mark "amended". A summary statement of the evidence in support of the amendment must be endorsed on the certificate.   (5) The probative value of a "delayed" or "amended" certificate of birth is determined by the judicial or administrative body before whom the certificate is offered as evidence.   History: (1), (2)En. Sec. 56, Ch. 197, L. 1967; amd. Secs. 107 and 110, Ch. 349, L. 1974; Sec. 69-4416, R.C.M. 1947; (3)En. Sec. 57, Ch. 197, L. 1967; amd. Secs. 107 and 110, Ch. 349, L. 1974; Sec. 69-4417, R.C.M. 1947; (4)En. Sec. 59, Ch. 197, L. 1967; Sec. 69-4419, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 69-4416, 69-4417, 69-4419; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 515, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 139, L. 2009.
MT Code § 50-15-205 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 15. Vital Statistics|Part 2. Birth|50-15-205. Repealed

  50-15-205. Repealed. Sec. 20, Ch. 515, L. 1995.   History: En. Sec. 58, Ch. 197, L. 1967; amd. Secs. 107 and 110, Ch. 349, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 69-4418.
MT Code § 50-15-206 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 15. Vital Statistics|Part 2. Birth|50-15-206. Repealed

  50-15-206. Repealed. Sec. 20, Ch. 515, L. 1995.   History: En. Sec. 62, Ch. 197, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 69-4422; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 178, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 67, Ch. 609, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 118, L. 1989.
MT Code § 50-15-207 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 15. Vital Statistics|Part 2. Birth|50-15-207. New birth certificate upon proof of legitimation

  50-15-207. New birth certificate upon proof of legitimation. Upon receipt of proof of legitimation, the department shall prepare a new birth certificate in the new name of the person legitimated. Evidence upon which the new certificate is based and the original birth certificate shall be sealed and may be opened only upon court order. In case of legitimation, the department shall substitute records in the way provided in 50-15-304(2) for records of adoption.   History: En. Sec. 63, Ch. 197, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 110, Ch. 349, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 69-4423.
MT Code § 50-15-208 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 15. Vital Statistics|Part 2. Birth|50-15-208. Birth registration for stillbirth -- requirements

  50-15-208. Birth registration for stillbirth -- requirements. (1) The department shall establish a certificate of birth resulting in a stillbirth on a form adopted by the department when the birth results in a stillbirth. Upon request by a parent, a certificate of birth resulting in a stillbirth must be filed in addition to the fetal death certificate provided for in 50-15-403. Upon request, a certificate of birth resulting in a stillbirth must be provided to a parent.   (2) A certificate of birth resulting in a stillbirth may be filed by:   (a) the physician, the physician's designee, or the direct-entry midwife licensed pursuant to Title 37, chapter 27, in attendance at a stillbirth;   (b) the person in attendance at a stillbirth;   (c) the father or the mother;   (d) in the absence of the father and the inability of the mother, the person in charge of the premises where the stillbirth occurred; or   (e) the local registrar if 50-15-202 applies.   (3) The department shall adopt rules providing for:   (a) the time by which the certificate of birth resulting in a stillbirth must be filed after the stillbirth;   (b) the evidence required to establish the facts of a stillbirth; and   (c) the information required on a certificate of birth resulting in a stillbirth.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 474, L. 2007.
MT Code § 50-15-209 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 15. Vital Statistics|Part 2. Birth|50-15-209. reserved

  50-15-209 reserved.
MT Code § 50-15-210 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 15. Vital Statistics|Part 2. Birth|50-15-210. Paternity acknowledgment

  50-15-210. Paternity acknowledgment. (1) Upon the birth of a child to a mother unmarried at the time of birth, the administrator or person in charge of a hospital or other institution in which the birth occurs or the midwife who attends the birth shall:   (a) provide an opportunity for the child's mother and alleged father to complete an acknowledgment of paternity pursuant to 40-6-105;   (b) provide written information, furnished by the department of public health and human services, describing the rights and responsibilities of paternity, the benefits of having a child's paternity established, and the child's right to receive support; and   (c) forward a copy of an acknowledgment signed by the mother and the father to the department.   (2) The hospital, institution, or midwife is entitled to reimbursement for reasonable costs of obtaining an acknowledgment. The department of public health and human services shall establish the amount of reasonable costs, not to exceed the amount for which federal financial participation is available, and the procedures for claiming reimbursement.   (3) Hospitals, institutions, and midwives shall use forms prescribed by the department of public health and human services for the acknowledgment of paternity.   (4) If the child is born in this state, the department of public health and human services shall file an acknowledgment received under 40-6-105 or this section with the child's certificate of birth. If the child was not born in this state or if an acknowledgment received under 40-6-105 or this section cannot be filed with the child's certificate of birth, the department shall file the acknowledgment in an acknowledgment registry created and maintained for that purpose.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 523, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 70, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 91, Ch. 552, L. 1997.
MT Code § 50-15-211 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 15. Vital Statistics|Part 2. Birth|50-15-211. through 50-15-220 reserved

  50-15-211 through 50-15-220 reserved.
MT Code § 50-15-222 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 15. Vital Statistics|Part 2. Birth|50-15-222. Judicial birth facts procedure

  50-15-222. Judicial birth facts procedure. (1) If the department declines to register a certificate of birth under the provisions of 50-15-204 or 50-15-221, a petition signed and sworn to by the petitioner may be filed with the district court, seeking 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.   (2) The petition must be made on a form adopted or approved by the department and must allege:   (a) that the person for whom a certificate of birth is sought was born in this state;   (b) that a certificate of birth of the person cannot be found at the department or at the office of the clerk and recorder;   (c) that diligent efforts by the petitioner have failed to obtain the evidence to establish entitlement to a certificate of birth required in accordance with this chapter and rules adopted pursuant to this chapter;   (d) that the department has declined to file a certificate of birth; and   (e) other allegations as may be required by law.   (3) The petition must be accompanied by all documentary evidence that was submitted to the department in support of the applicant's registration and by a statement of the reasons why the department declined to register the certificate of birth.   (4) The district court shall fix a time and place for hearing the petition and shall give the department 30 days' notice of the hearing. The department through its authorized representative shall appear and testify as a witness in the proceeding if determined necessary by the court.   (5) If the district court finds, from the evidence presented, that the person for whom a certificate of birth is sought was born in this state, it shall make findings as to the date and place of birth, parentage, and other relevant facts and shall issue an order establishing the certificate of birth. The order must include the findings and birth data to be registered, a description of the evidence presented, and the date of the court's action.   (6) The clerk of the court shall forward the order referred to in subsection (5) to the department not later than the 10th calendar day of the month following the month in which it was entered. The order must be registered by the department and constitutes the court-ordered certificate of birth.   History: En. Sec. 13, Ch. 515, L. 1995.
MT Code § 50-15-224 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 15. Vital Statistics|Part 2. Birth|50-15-224. Sex change designation on birth certificate

  50-15-224. Sex change designation on birth certificate. (1) The sex of a person designated on a birth certificate may be amended only if the department receives a certified copy of an order from a court with appropriate jurisdiction indicating that the sex of the person born in Montana has been changed by surgical procedure.  (2) The order must contain sufficient information for the department to locate the original birth certificate. If the person's name is to be changed, the order must indicate the person's full name as it appears on the original birth certificate and the full name to which it is to be amended.   (3) If the order directs the issuance of a new birth certificate that does not show amendments, the new birth certificate may not indicate on its face that it was amended.   (4) This section does not apply if the sex of a person was designated incorrectly on the original birth certificate due to a data entry error.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 332, L. 2021.