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16 DE Code § 3121A. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 31. Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages, Divorces, Annulments and Adoptions|Subchapter II. Registration Requirements and Procedures|§ 3121A. Certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth.

§ 3121A. Certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth. (a) The State Registrar of Vital Statistics shall issue a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth upon the request of and payment of a fee by either parent of the stillborn child or any other individual with a direct interest in such record under § 3110 of this title. (b) The certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth must contain all of the following:  (1) The date of the stillbirth. (2) The place in which the stillbirth occurred. If the place of stillbirth is unknown, a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth must record the location where such stillborn child was found as the place of stillbirth. If stillbirth occurs in a moving conveyance, the certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth must record the location where the stillborn child was first removed from such conveyance as the place of stillbirth. (3) Upon the request of and payment of a fee by a parent of the stillborn child or other individual with a direct interest in such record under § 3110 of this title, the State Registrar of Vital Statistics shall reissue a stillbirth certificate filed with the State Registrar before February 9, 2018, as a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth.81 Del. Laws, c. 123, §  3;
16 DE Code § 3122. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 31. Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages, Divorces, Annulments and Adoptions|Subchapter II. Registration Requirements and Procedures|§ 3122. Infants of unknown parentage; foundling registration.

§ 3122. Infants of unknown parentage; foundling registration. (a) When the State assumes the custody of a live born infant of unknown parentage, an officer of the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families shall report on a form and in a manner prescribed by the State Registrar within 5 days to the Office of Vital Statistics the following information:  (1) The date and place of finding; (2) Sex, race and approximate age 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; (5) Other data required by the State Registrar. (b) The place where the child was found shall be known as the place of birth and the date of birth shall be determined by approximation. (c) The report shall constitute the certificate of birth. (d) If the child is identified and a regular certificate of birth is found or obtained, the report shall be sealed and filed in the Office of Vital Statistics and may be opened only by court order. 27 Del. Laws, c. 84, §  6;  27 Del. Laws, c. 85, §  12;  Code 1915, §  803;  33 Del. Laws, c. 57, §  4;  34 Del. Laws, c. 64, §  1;  34 Del. Laws, c. 69, §  1;  Code 1935, §  786;  44 Del. Laws, c. 69, §  1;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  3123;  68 Del. Laws, c. 274, §  1;
16 DE Code § 3124. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 31. Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages, Divorces, Annulments and Adoptions|Subchapter II. Registration Requirements and Procedures|§ 3124. Registration of spontaneous fetal death.

§ 3124. Registration of spontaneous fetal death. Each spontaneous fetal death of 350 grams or more, or in the absence of weight, of 20 completed week's gestation or more, calculated from the date the last normal menstrual period began to the date of delivery, which occurs in this State shall be reported within 3 days after delivery to the Office of Vital Statistics by filing a report of fetal death. Induced terminations of pregnancy shall not be reported as spontaneous fetal deaths. The report of fetal death is the official record of birth and death for the fetal death. (1) When a fetal death occurs in an institution, and the death is attended by a physician or advanced practice registered nurse/certified nurse midwife (APRN/CNM), the report of fetal death shall be prepared by a hospital clerk or head of admissions and shall be filed with the Office of Vital Statistics, or as otherwise directed by the State Registrar, within 3 days after delivery or as soon as possible thereafter but prior to final disposition of the dead body. (2) When a fetal death occurs outside an institution, only a physician may sign a report of fetal death. The physician shall file the report of fetal death with the Office of Vital Statistics, or as otherwise directed by the State Registrar, within 3 days after delivery or as soon as possible thereafter but prior to final disposition of the dead body. (3) When a fetal death occurs without medical attendance at or shortly after the delivery, in a moving conveyance and the fetus is first removed from the conveyance in this State, the place of fetal death is unknown, the Division of Forensic Science shall conduct an investigation to determine the cause and manner of the fetal death and the medical examiner shall file the report of fetal death.25 Del. Laws, c. 66, §  3;  27 Del. Laws, c. 84, §  7;  27 Del. Laws, c. 85, §  13;  Code 1915, §  804;  35 Del. Laws, c. 55;  Code 1935, §  787;  44 Del. Laws, c. 69, §  1;  48 Del. Laws, c. 319, §  1;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  3125;  52 Del. Laws, c. 88, §  2;  68 Del. Laws, c. 274, §  1;  79 Del. Laws, c. 265, §  15;  81 Del. Laws, c. 123, §  5;
16 DE Code § 3125. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 31. Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages, Divorces, Annulments and Adoptions|Subchapter II. Registration Requirements and Procedures|§ 3125. Registration of marriage.

§ 3125. Registration of marriage. (a) A record of each marriage performed in this State shall be filed with the Office of Vital Statistics 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 and furnished by the State Registrar upon the basis of information obtained from the parties to be married. (c) The person who performs the marriage ceremony shall certify the fact of marriage and, within 5 days following the day on which the marriage was solemnized, file the marriage license/certificate with 1 of the 3 vital statistics offices in this State. 27 Del. Laws, c. 84, §  15;  Code 1915, §  816;  Code 1935, §  799;  44 Del. Laws, c. 69, §  1;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  3126;  68 Del. Laws, c. 274, §  1;
16 DE Code § 3126. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 31. Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages, Divorces, Annulments and Adoptions|Subchapter II. Registration Requirements and Procedures|§ 3126. Registration of adoptions; duty of clerk of court; old and new birth certificates.

§ 3126. Registration of adoptions; duty of clerk of court; old and new birth certificates. (a) Upon the issuance of a final decree of adoption or of an order certifying the validity of a foreign adoption, the clerk of the court in which the decree of adoption was made, or filed in the case of a foreign adoption under § 927 of Title 13, shall immediately file in the office of the State Registrar, on forms provided by the State Registrar for this purpose, a report setting forth the information required by § 921 of Title 13, together with a certified copy of the final decree of adoption. (b) Upon receipt of the information, the State Registrar shall remove from the files the original certificate of birth and, after proper identification, shall place it in a confidential file. The State Registrar shall file a new certificate setting forth the adopted name and sex of the child, together with the names of the adopting parents and the actual birth date and birthplace of the child. Certificates may be issued in accordance with § 3110 of this title. (c) The State Registrar shall file a new certificate of birth for any child born in Delaware who is legally adopted in another state upon receipt of a certified or exemplified copy of the court order of adoption from the clerk of the court of such other state, and shall issue a certificate as provided under § 3110 of this title. (d) In the event of a child born outside of the United States and who is adopted in Delaware and for whom no certificate of birth can be secured from the nation of birth, the State Registrar may file and issue a special certificate of birth in accordance with this chapter, provided the adopting parents can furnish evidence considered satisfactory by the State Registrar of the facts and circumstances surrounding the birth of the child. 27 Del. Laws, c. 85, §  11;  Code 1915, §  811;  33 Del. Laws, c. 57, §  4;  34 Del. Laws, c. 69, §  1;  Code 1935, §  794;  44 Del. Laws, c. 69, §  1;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  3127;  52 Del. Laws, c. 88, §  3;  62 Del. Laws, c. 157, §  1;  68 Del. Laws, c. 274, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  71 Del. Laws, c. 481, §  2;  72 Del. Laws, c. 306, §  3;
16 DE Code § 3127. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 31. Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages, Divorces, Annulments and Adoptions|Subchapter II. Registration Requirements and Procedures|§ 3127. Acknowledgment or establishment of paternity.

§ 3127. Acknowledgment or establishment of paternity. In cases of acknowledgment or establishment of paternity, the State Registrar, upon receipt of a court order, an administrative order or a properly executed acknowledgment of paternity, executed or issued in this State or any other state, which establishes paternity or creates a presumption of paternity under the law of the state in which it was executed or issued, shall prepare an amended or new certificate of birth, as the case may be, consistent with the document. The fact that the father-and-child relationship was declared after the child's birth shall not be ascertainable from the amended or new certificate, but the actual place and date of birth shall be shown. The evidence upon which the amended or new certificate was made and the original birth certificate shall be sealed and filed and may be opened only upon court order or upon application of the Division of Child Support Services certifying that the child for whom information is sought is the subject of a child support case administered by the Division under Title IV-D of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 651 et seq.). 25 Del. Laws, c. 66, §§  7, 8;  Code 1915, §  812;  33 Del. Laws, c. 57, §  4;  34 Del. Laws, c. 69, §  1;  40 Del. Laws, c. 99, §  1;  Code 1935, §  795;  44 Del. Laws, c. 69, §  1;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  3128;  68 Del. Laws, c. 274, §  1;  69 Del. Laws, c. 296, §§  24, 25;  80 Del. Laws, c. 234, §  20;
16 DE Code § 3128. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 31. Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages, Divorces, Annulments and Adoptions|Subchapter II. Registration Requirements and Procedures|§ 3128. Divorce or annulment registration for statistical purposes.

§ 3128. Divorce or annulment registration for statistical purposes. (a) A record of each divorce or annulment granted by the Family Court in this State shall be filed by that court with the Office of Vital Statistics and shall be registered if it has been completed and filed in accordance with this section. The record shall be prepared by the petitioner or the petitioner's legal representative on a form prescribed and furnished by the State Registrar and shall be presented to the Family Court with the petition. In all cases the completed record shall be a prerequisite to the granting of the final decree. (b) The Family Court shall complete and forward to the Office of Vital Statistics on or before the fifteenth day of each calendar month the records of each divorce or annulment decree granted during the preceding calendar month. (c) Records of divorce are collected by the Office of Vital Statistics for statistical purposes only. Certified copies of a divorce decree may be issued by Family Court in the county in which the decree was granted. 25 Del. Laws, c. 66, §  11;  27 Del. Laws, c. 84, §  12;  27 Del. Laws, c. 85, §  9;  Code 1915, §  817;  Code 1935, §  800;  44 Del. Laws, c. 69, §  1;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  3129;  68 Del. Laws, c. 274, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
16 DE Code § 3129. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 31. Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages, Divorces, Annulments and Adoptions|Subchapter II. Registration Requirements and Procedures|§ 3129. Registration of birth, death, marriage, divorce or fetal death where registration neglected or omitted.

§ 3129. Registration of birth, death, marriage, divorce or fetal death where registration neglected or omitted. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the State Registrar, on the production of evidence satisfactory to the State Registrar relative to a birth, death, marriage, divorce or fetal death, if for any reason registration has been neglected or omitted, may register any birth, death, marriage, divorce or fetal death which may have occurred when registration was not effective or which may from any cause have escaped registration. 27 Del. Laws, c. 84, §§  23, 24;  27 Del. Laws, c. 85, §§  23, 24;  Code 1915, §§  823, 824;  Code 1935, §  805;  44 Del. Laws, c. 69, §  1;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  3131;  68 Del. Laws, c. 274, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
16 DE Code § 3130. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 31. Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages, Divorces, Annulments and Adoptions|Subchapter II. Registration Requirements and Procedures|§ 3130. Certificates as evidence.

§ 3130. Certificates as evidence. Certificates filed within 6 months after the time prescribed therefor shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated. Data therein pertaining to the father of the child are prima facie evidence only if the alleged father is the husband of the mother. The data pertaining to the father of the child are not evidence in any proceeding adverse to the interests of the alleged father or of his heirs, next-of-kin, devisees, legatees or other successors in interest if the father is not the husband of the mother and the paternity is not acknowledged. 27 Del. Laws, c. 84, §  9;  27 Del. Laws, c. 85, §  14;  Code 1915, §  806;  Code 1935, §  789;  44 Del. Laws, c. 69, §  1;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  3135;  68 Del. Laws, c. 274, §  1;
16 DE Code § 3131. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 31. Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages, Divorces, Annulments and Adoptions|Subchapter II. Registration Requirements and Procedures|§ 3131. Delayed or amended certificates; procedures; evidence.

§ 3131. Delayed or amended certificates; procedures; evidence. (a) A person born in this State may file or amend a certificate of birth after the time prescribed by this chapter upon submitting such evidence relative to the circumstances surrounding the birth as may be required by the State Registrar. In the case of a correction to the birth record of an American Indian, the substantiating documentary proof may include, but shall not be limited to, an affidavit satisfactory to the State Registrar or any local registrar and signed by the chief of the tribe that according to tribal records the person whose certificate is to be amended is a member of the tribe of the chief whose signature appears on the affidavit. (b) Any certificate in the custody of the State Registrar upon which the information thereon is charged to be in error may be corrected or amended upon submitting such proof of error as may be required by the State Registrar. (c) Certificates accepted subsequent to 6 months after the time prescribed in this chapter for filing or certificates which have been amended after being filed with the State Registrar shall contain the date of the delayed filing or the date of amendment and shall be marked “delayed” or “amended,” respectively. (d) A summary statement of the evidence submitted in support of the acceptance for delayed filing or amendment shall be endorsed on the certificate. (e) Such evidence submitted in support of a delayed or amended registration as may be retained by the State Registrar shall be kept in special permanent file. (f) The probative value of a delayed or amended certificate shall be determined by the judicial or administrative body or official before whom the certificate is offered for evidence. 27 Del. Laws, c. 85, §  8;  Code 1915, §  809;  38 Del. Laws, c. 164;  Code 1935, §  792;  44 Del. Laws, c. 69, §  1;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  3136;  68 Del. Laws, c. 274, §  1;
16 DE Code § 3133. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 31. Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages, Divorces, Annulments and Adoptions|Subchapter II. Registration Requirements and Procedures|§ 3133. Reports of induced termination of pregnancy.

§ 3133. Reports of induced termination of pregnancy. Each induced termination of pregnancy which occurs in this State, regardless of the length of gestation, shall be reported to the Delaware Health Statistics Center within the Division of Public Health by the person in charge or a designated representative of the institution or abortion facility in which the induced termination of pregnancy was performed. If the induced termination of pregnancy was performed outside an institution or abortion facility, the attending physician shall prepare and file the report. Such reporting shall occur within 30 days after the end of the month in which the induced termination of pregnancy was performed. These reports are to be used only for purposes of statistical analysis and shall not be incorporated into the permanent official records of the system of vital statistics. The reporting form shall include only those items recommended by the federal agency responsible for national vital statistics except that it shall not include any item that allows identification of patients or physicians. Furthermore, no statistical analysis shall be released which identifies the reporting institution or abortion facility. 70 Del. Laws, c. 378, §  2;  76 Del. Laws, c. 194, §  3;
16 DE Code § 3134-3140. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 31. Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages, Divorces, Annulments and Adoptions|Subchapter II. Registration Requirements and Procedures|§ 3134-3140.

§ 3134-3140.
16 DE Code § 3151. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 31. Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages, Divorces, Annulments and Adoptions|Subchapter III. Burial, Removal or Cremation of Dead Bodies|§ 3151. Permit for removal, burial or other disposition; foreign permits; prerequisites for permit.

§ 3151. Permit for removal, burial or other disposition; foreign permits; prerequisites for permit. When a death or a fetal death occurs or a dead body is found, the body shall not be disposed of until the burial/transit permit is completed. Said permit is required to accompany the body and is to be:  (1) Given to the sexton of the cemetery when the body is interred. (2) Retained by the funeral director when the cemetery has no sexton. (3) Retained with the ashes in cases of cremation, or by the funeral director if so desired.27 Del. Laws, c. 84, §  10;  Code 1915, §  814;  28 Del. Laws, c. 60, §  1;  Code 1935, §  797;  44 Del. Laws, c. 69, §  1;  48 Del. Laws, c. 319, §  1;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  3151;  52 Del. Laws, c. 88, §  4;  68 Del. Laws, c. 274, §  1;
16 DE Code § 3152. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 31. Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages, Divorces, Annulments and Adoptions|Subchapter III. Burial, Removal or Cremation of Dead Bodies|§ 3152. Burial/transit permits for shipment of corpses — Required.

§ 3152. Burial/transit permits for shipment of corpses — Required. No common carrier shall receive for shipment from any point within this State to any other point either within or without this State any dead human body, unless the funeral director or person acting as such presents a completed burial/transit permit as provided in § 3151 of this title. 26 Del. Laws, c. 75;  Code 1915, §  770;  Code 1935, §  776;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  3153;  68 Del. Laws, c. 274, §  1;
16 DE Code § 3153. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 31. Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages, Divorces, Annulments and Adoptions|Subchapter III. Burial, Removal or Cremation of Dead Bodies|§ 3153. Disinterment — Rules and regulations.

§ 3153. Disinterment — Rules and regulations. No body or stillborn fetus shall be disinterred within the State except upon a permit granted by the State Registrar of Vital Statistics. The forms of disinterment permits shall be prepared by the Office of Vital Statistics. Disinterment and removal must be conducted under the personal supervision of a licensed funeral director. 68 Del. Laws, c. 274, §  1;
16 DE Code § 3154. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 31. Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages, Divorces, Annulments and Adoptions|Subchapter III. Burial, Removal or Cremation of Dead Bodies|§ 3154. Authorization for disinterment and reinterment.

§ 3154. Authorization for disinterment and reinterment. (a) Authorization. — A permit for disinterment and reinterment of a dead body or fetus shall be issued by the State Registrar upon receipt of a notarized application/authorization signed by the next-of-kin and the person who is in charge of the disinterment, or upon receipt of an order of a court of record of this state directing such disinterment, or upon notarized written application of the Attorney General to request a special disinterment permit for legal purposes. (b) Mass disinterment and reinterment. — Upon receipt of a court order, a signed and notarized permission of the next-of-kin of all decedents, or a signed and notarized application for disinterment for legal purposes, the State Registrar may issue 1 permit for disinterment and reinterment of all remains in a mass disinterment provided that, insofar as possible, the remains of each body be identified and the place of disinterment and reinterment specified. (c) Nature of permit. — The authorization issued in accordance with the statutes and regulations governing disinterment shall be permission for disinterment, transportation and reinterment. (d) Fee for permit. — The Department shall receive a fee not to exceed $10 for each disinterment/reinterment permit issued. 68 Del. Laws, c. 274, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 149, §  145;
16 DE Code § 3155. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 16 - Health and Safety|Chapter 31. Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages, Divorces, Annulments and Adoptions|Subchapter III. Burial, Removal or Cremation of Dead Bodies|§ 3155. Permits for disinterment of bodies buried in Kent or Sussex County before January 1, 1893.

§ 3155. Permits for disinterment of bodies buried in Kent or Sussex County before January 1, 1893. The State Registrar of Vital Statistics through the central office or any of the county vital statistics offices, upon application to and the payment of the usual fee to any or either of them, shall issue a permit to any relative of any deceased person buried prior to January 1, 1893, and now remaining in private, family or old and neglected burying grounds in Sussex County and Kent County for the disinterment of the remains and the reinterment of the remains in public or private cemeteries or any other chosen or designated place in Kent County or Sussex County or without the State, the same as if the application had been made by a duly licensed undertaker. Upon obtaining the permit, the relative is vested with the same authority as a duly licensed undertaker in the disinterment and reinterment of the remains including the securing of vaults and providing for all other necessary arrangements in connection therewith. Code 1915, §  812a;  38 Del. Laws, c. 47, §  1;  Code 1935, §  889;  16 Del. C. 1953, §  3158;  68 Del. Laws, c. 274, §  1;