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LA Rev Stat § 40:39 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§39. Issuance of short-form birth certification cards

RS 39 - Issuance of short-form birth certification cards A. The state registrar shall issue short form birth certification cards containing a true certification of name and birth facts as recorded on the original documents on file in the vital records registry, and for use as legal proof of the recorded facts of birth for all purposes.  B. Short-form birth certification cards and abstracts shall be issued only for those births registered with the central vital records registry within twelve years of the date of birth. C. An applicant requesting the issuance of a "long-form" certified photocopy or certified record of the original birth record in lieu of the "short-form birth certificate card" may obtain it by submitting an application and appropriate fee. Acts 1979, No. 776, §1. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 657, §1; Acts 1990, No. 237, §1; Acts 1995, No. 722, §1, eff. June 21, 1995.
LA Rev Stat § 40:40 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§40. Fees for certified copies

RS 40 - Fees for certified copies Fees for filing, searching, and furnishing copies of vital records shall be determined as follows: (1) A fee of five dollars for the issuance of a short-form birth certification card. (2) A fee of eleven dollars for the issuance of a certified photocopy or certified record of an original birth record, or "long-form" copy. (3) A fee of nine dollars for the issuance of an initial certified copy of a death certificate sold to funeral directors, and a fee of seven dollars for all subsequent issuances of the same death certificate. (4) A nonrefundable fee of eighteen dollars for filing a delayed certificate of birth or death. (5) A fee of five dollars for each certified copy of a delayed certificate of birth or death. (6) A fee of fifteen dollars for each marriage license and a fee of five dollars for each certified copy of a marriage certificate. (7) Repealed by Acts 2003, No. 657, §2. (8) A nonrefundable fee of eighteen dollars for filing an acknowledgment in connection with a certificate of birth on file. (9) A nonrefundable fee of eighteen dollars for filing an adoption judgment in connection with a certificate of birth on file. (10) A nonrefundable fee of eighteen dollars for filing of any correction of a birth or death certificate, except corrections that are initiated within ninety days of the filing date shall be made without charge. (11) A fee of five dollars for each certified copy of a certificate after amendment by the filing of an acknowledgment, adoption, or correction. (12) In the event that there is no record on file, the fee shall be retained to cover time consumed in searching for any record. (13) Services provided to public bodies shall be subject to regulations duly promulgated in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act. (14) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other Paragraphs of this Section to the contrary, in no case shall a fee be charged for the first certified copy of a birth certificate mailed to the address of the parent shown on the newborn child's birth certificate. This certified copy shall be mailed as soon as practical after the birth certificate has been accepted for registration and numbering. Fees for subsequent certified copies of birth certificates shall be charged in accordance with other Paragraphs of this Section. (15) A fee of ten dollars for each certified copy of an evidentiary document. (16) A fee of ten dollars for each certified copy of a divorce certificate. (17) A fee of ten dollars for issuance of a putative father registry certificate. Acts 1979, No. 776, §1. Amended by Acts 1982, No. 460, §1; Acts 1983, No. 477, §1, eff. Aug. 1, 1983; Acts 1985, No. 347, §1, eff. July 9, 1985; Acts 1986, No. 876, §1; Acts 1990, No. 237, §1; Acts 1992, No. 461, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 1992; Acts 1995, No. 1138, §1, eff. June 29, 1995; Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 125, §1, eff. July 1, 2000; Acts 2003, No. 657, §§1 and 2; Acts 2004, No. 26, §13.
LA Rev Stat § 40:42 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§42. Evidentiary character of certificates

RS 42 - Evidentiary character of certificates  A. Except for delayed or altered certificates, every original certificate on file in the vital records registry is prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated. The names of parents as entered on birth and death records shall not be deemed to be prima facie evidence of the existence of a marriage between the said parents.  B. Certified copies of original certificates shall be admitted as evidence under the same conditions as the original certificate. Upon service of a subpoena at least seven days in advance of the return date, the state registrar shall forward a certified copy of the subpoenaed document, by certified mail, to the clerk of court or other lawful authority who issued the subpoena. A personal return with the original document shall not be required unless the court or other lawful authority, for good cause shown, orders the production of the original by a personal return by the state registrar or his designee.  Acts 1979, No. 776, §1. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 657, §1; Acts 1986, No. 876, §1; Acts 1986, No. 621, §2; Acts 1987, No. 341, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 40:43 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§43. Repealed by Acts 1987, No. 886, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 1988.

RS 43 - Repealed by Acts 1987, No. 886, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 1988.
LA Rev Stat § 40:44 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§44. Compulsory registration of births; rejection of certificates

RS 44 - Compulsory registration of births; rejection of certificates  A.(1) A certificate of every childbirth shall be filed with the local registrar within fifteen days after birth in the parish in which the birth occurred or, at the direction of the state registrar, the certificate shall be filed directly with the central vital records registry. In the event that any information or signature required by this Chapter has not been obtained within the time allowed, the person responsible for preparing the certificate shall nevertheless file the certificate with such information and signatures as have been obtained and shall demonstrate that a reasonable effort has been made to obtain the missing information or signature. For the purposes of this Section, a request by certified mail to the last known address of the person or entity having the needed information or required to sign after an attempt to contact the person or entity by regular mail, telephone, or both, shall constitute reasonable effort.  (2) In the event that a signature other than the physician's signature has not been obtained, then the hospital shall also certify on a separate document that the information contained on the certificate accurately reflects the contents of the medical record. The state registrar or local registrar shall then sign the certificate in place of the missing signature.  B. No certificate shall be returned for completion which complies with this Section. No certificate which is otherwise accurate and legible shall be rejected for minor blemishes or aesthetic flaws, except that certificates which contain erasures, liquid paper, type-overs, or other evidence of alteration in the legal section shall not be accepted by the state registrar nor shall documents be accepted which are not machine readable due to information overlap with lines or text on the birth certificate form. C. A certificate not in compliance with this Section or otherwise properly rejected shall be returned within fifteen days of receipt by the local registrar to the person charged by R.S. 40:45 with preparing it. That person shall, within fifteen days of receipt, obtain the missing information or signature or demonstrate that a reasonable effort has been made to obtain the missing information or signature.  Acts 1991, No. 820, §1; Acts 1995, No. 617, §1, eff. June 18, 1995.
LA Rev Stat § 40:46 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§46. Amendments to certificate of birth

RS 46 - Amendments to certificate of birth  A. The state registrar of vital records is authorized to amend an original birth certificate in accordance with Louisiana law.  B. Any change in the surname of a child from that required or allowed in R.S. 40:34.2 shall be made by court order as provided in R.S. 13:4751 through 4755 or as otherwise provided in this Chapter or by rules promulgated thereunder.  Acts 1979, No. 776, §1. Amended by Acts 1983, No. 624, §1; Acts 1986, No. 876, §1; Acts 2004, No. 26, §13; Acts 2012, No. 621, §1; Acts 2016, No. 434, §3.
LA Rev Stat § 40:46.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§46.1. Amended birth certificates; change of biological filiation; general principle

RS 46.1 - Amended birth certificates; change of biological filiation; general principle  If the biological filiation of a child changes after a birth certificate has been prepared for the child, the state registrar shall amend the birth certificate to reflect this change, in accordance with R.S. 40:46.2 through 46.11.  Acts 2016, No. 434, §3.
LA Rev Stat § 40:46.5 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§46.5. Change of paternal filiation; contestation and establishment of paternity

RS 46.5 - Change of paternal filiation; contestation and establishment of paternity  If the surname of the child, the name of the father of the child, or other information pertaining to the father as it was entered on the birth certificate was that of the man who was presumed to be the father of the child under Civil Code Article 185 or 186 and if the mother of the child, after the birth certificate was prepared, obtains a final and definitive judgment contesting and establishing paternity of the child, the state registrar, upon receipt of a certified copy of that final and definitive judgment, shall amend the birth certificate as follows:  (1) Strikethroughs: Strike through the surname of the child, the name of the father of the child, and the other information pertaining to the father, in particular, his age, race, ethnicity, residence, birthplace, and social security number.  (2) Additions:  (a) For the surname of the child, enter either that of the present husband of the mother or, if both agree, her maiden name or surname or a combination of his surname and her maiden name or surname.  (b) For the name of the father and his age, race, ethnicity, residence, birthplace, and social security number, enter those of the present husband of the mother.  (c) Upon the petition of the mother of the child, a court may, for good cause shown, order the state registrar to enter, as the surname of the child, the maiden name or surname of the mother or a combination of the surname of the man whose surname should otherwise be given to the child under Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph and the maiden name or surname of the mother, whichever she may choose, even if that man does not concur.  Acts 2016, No. 434, §3.
LA Rev Stat § 40:46.6 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§46.6. Change of paternal filiation; marriage and formal acknowledgment

RS 46.6 - Change of paternal filiation; marriage and formal acknowledgment  Following the birth of a child, if Civil Code Article 195 applies, the state registrar, upon receipt of (i) a certified copy of the certificate of the marriage of the mother of the child, (ii) a certified copy of the act in which her husband formally acknowledged the child, and (iii) if the mother did not sign the act of acknowledgment, her affidavit that she concurs in this formal acknowledgment, shall amend the birth certificate as follows:  (1) Strikethroughs: If the mother and her husband have agreed that the surname of the child should be changed and, in addition, have agreed that the new surname should be either the maiden name or surname of the mother, the surname of her husband, or a combination of his surname and her maiden name or surname, strike through the surname of the child.  (2) Additions:  (a) If the mother and her husband have agreed that the surname of the child should be changed and, in addition, have agreed that the new surname should be either the maiden name or surname of the mother, the surname of her husband, or a combination of his surname and her maiden name or surname, enter the surname upon which they have agreed.  (b) For the name of the father, his age, race, ethnicity, residence, birthplace, and social security number, enter those of the husband of the mother.  Acts 2016, No. 434, §3.
LA Rev Stat § 40:46.7 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§46.7. Change of paternal filiation; formal acknowledgment alone

RS 46.7 - Change of paternal filiation; formal acknowledgment alone  A. In a case to which Civil Code Article 196 applies, the state registrar, upon receipt of (i) a certified copy of the act of formal acknowledgment and (ii) if the mother did not sign the act of acknowledgment, her affidavit that she concurs in this formal acknowledgment, shall amend the birth certificate as follows:  (1) Strikethroughs: If the mother and the man who made the acknowledgment have agreed that the surname of the child should be changed and, in addition, have agreed that the new surname should be either the maiden name or surname of the mother, the surname of the man who made the acknowledgment, or a combination of his surname and her maiden name or surname, strike through the surname of the child.  (2) Additions:  (a) If the mother and the man who made the acknowledgment have agreed that the surname of the child should be changed and, in addition, have agreed that the new surname should be either the maiden name or surname of the mother, the surname of the man who made the acknowledgment, or a combination of his surname and her maiden name or surname, enter the surname upon which they have agreed.  (b) For the name of the father and his age, race, ethnicity, residence, birthplace, and social security number, enter those of the man who made the acknowledgment.  B. If, after a birth certificate has been amended pursuant to Subsection A of this Section, the man who made the formal acknowledgment should revoke or annul it, the state registrar, upon receipt of the form described in R.S. 9:406(A)(1)(a) or a final and definitive judgment recognizing that a revocation or annulment has been accomplished, shall amend the birth certificate as follows: strike through any information that was added to the birth certificate and restore any information that was struck through when it was amended.  Acts 2016, No. 434, §3.
LA Rev Stat § 40:46.9 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§46.9. Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 21, §3, eff. May 7, 2018.

RS 46.9 - Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 21, §3, eff. May 7, 2018.
LA Rev Stat § 40:46.10 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§46.10. Child born as a result of a surrogacy agreement

RS 46.10 - Child born as a result of a surrogacy agreement  A. In the case of a child born of a surrogate birth parent who is related by blood or affinity to a biological parent, the biological parents, proven to be so by DNA testing, shall be considered the parents of the child.  B. In the case of a child born of a surrogate birth parent who is related by blood or affinity to a biological parent, the surname of the biological parents of the child shall be the surname of the child.  C. In the case of a child born of a surrogate birth parent who is related by blood or affinity to a biological parent, the birth certificate of the child shall be amended so that the full name of the biological parent who is proven to be the father by DNA testing shall be listed as the father.  D. In the case of a child born of a surrogate birth parent who is related by blood or affinity to a biological parent, the birth certificate of the child shall be amended so that the full name, including the maiden name and other surname, of the biological parent who is proved to be the mother by DNA testing shall be listed as the mother, and the name of the surrogate birth parent shall be struck through.  Acts 2016, No. 434, §3.
LA Rev Stat § 40:46.11 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§46.11. Review by district attorney

RS 46.11 - Review by district attorney  At the time at which the child requests the amendment of the existing birth certificate under R.S. 40:46 et seq., the state registrar shall require an affidavit to be obtained from the district attorney of the parish in which the child resides or is domiciled stating any objection to the name change. If the district attorney does not object, the state registrar shall prepare a new birth certificate for the major child. If there is an objection, the state registrar may not proceed to prepare a new birth certificate until the district attorney's objection has been resolved.  Acts 2016, No. 434, §3.
LA Rev Stat § 40:46.13 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§46.13. Paternity establishment services

RS 46.13 - Paternity establishment services  The state registrar shall provide voluntary paternity establishment services in accordance with regulations prescribed by the secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. The state registrar may designate specific employees in the offices of the vital records registry who shall possess notarial powers to administer an oath to any person in connection with any document required in the course of establishing paternity.  Acts 2016, No. 434, §3.
LA Rev Stat § 40:47 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§47. Compulsory registration of deaths and spontaneous fetal deaths (stillbirths)

RS 47 - Compulsory registration of deaths and spontaneous fetal deaths (stillbirths)   A. A certificate of every death and every spontaneous fetal death except as noted in R.S. 40:49(B)(9) shall be filed with a registrar within five days after its occurrence. If the place of death or spontaneous fetal death is not known, the certificate shall be filed with the state registrar within five days after the finding of the body. In any case, a certificate shall be filed prior to interment, cremation, removal, or other disposition of the body. The place where the body is found shall be known as the place of death. If the date of death is unknown, it shall be determined by approximation.  B. When spontaneous fetal death, required to be reported by this Section, occurs without medical attendance at or immediately after the delivery or when inquiry is required by R.S. 40:34.10(19)(d) the coroner shall investigate the cause of death and shall prepare and file the certificate within five days.  C. When a spontaneous fetal death occurs in a moving conveyance and the fetus is first removed from the conveyance in this state or when a dead fetus is found in this state and the place of fetal death is unknown, the fetal death shall be reported in this state. The place where the fetus was first removed from the conveyance or the dead fetus was found shall be considered the place of fetal death.  Acts 1979, No. 776, §1; Acts 1986, No. 876, §1; Acts 2014, No. 791, §14.
LA Rev Stat § 40:48 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§48. Abortions (induced termination of pregnancy); birth and death certificates

RS 48 - Abortions (induced termination of pregnancy); birth and death certificates   A. Whenever an abortion procedure results in a live birth, a birth certificate shall be issued certifying the birth of said born human being even though said human being may thereafter die. For the purposes of this Section a human being is live born, or there is a live birth, whenever there is the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a human embryo or fetus, irrespective of the duration of pregnancy, which after such separation, breathes or shows any other evidence of life such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or movement of the voluntary muscles, whether or not the umbilical cord has been cut or the placenta is attached. In the event death does ensue after a short time, a death certificate shall be issued. Both the birth and the death certificates shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of this Part and of rules and regulations of the Louisiana Department of Health.  B. Each induced termination of pregnancy which occurs in this state shall be reported to the vital records registry within fifteen days by the person in charge of the institution in which the induced termination of pregnancy was performed. If the induced termination of pregnancy was performed outside an institution, the physician in attendance at or immediately after delivery shall prepare and file the report.  Acts 1979, No. 776, §1; Acts 1986, No. 876, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 40:50 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§50. Issuance of death certificates; duties of state registrar

RS 50 - Issuance of death certificates; duties of state registrar  A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the funeral director or other person required by law to initiate a death certificate shall initiate such certificate in original only, and shall file the original with a local registrar. The local registrar of each parish shall retain this original in his office for a period of ten days from the date the certificate is filed.  B. If no certified copy has been issued or if all certified copies issued have been returned and destroyed by him, a local registrar, upon receipt of documentary evidence or affidavit of the original informant, may make corrections on these certificates during this ten-day period, provided that no changes or corrections may be made as to the time of death or cause of death.  C. A local registrar may issue certified copies of any death certificate during the ten day period it is retained by him, and the certification of the local registrar shall have the same legal effect as certification by the state registrar, as otherwise provided by law. The local registrar shall forward each death certificate to the state registrar on the tenth day after the certificate is filed with him. Each month the state registrar shall notify each parish registrar of voters as to the name, address and age of each resident of that parish over eighteen years of age for whom a death certificate has been received.  Acts 1979, No. 776, §1; Acts 1986, No. 876, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 40:51 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§51. Delayed determination of cause of death

RS 51 - Delayed determination of cause of death  If the cause of death cannot be determined within three days after death, the certification of the cause of death may be returned after the prescribed period, but the attending physician or coroner shall notify the local registrar of the parish in which the death occurred, in writing, of the reason for the delayed certification of the cause of death, in order that a permit for the disposition of the body may be issued.  Acts 1979, No. 776, §1.