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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 92 - Town Clerks › Section 7-23. - Records and copies.

Town clerks shall keep the records of their respective towns and truly enter therein, either by transcribing or by photographic, micrographic, electronic imaging or any other process approved by the Public Records Administrator, all votes of the town and give true copies of the same and of all deeds and other instruments by them recorded; and all attested copies of deeds, with a certificate of the town clerk or assistant town clerk that they have been recorded, shall be conclusive evidence of that fact. No copy of record certified by the town clerk or assistant town clerk of any town shall be deemed valid in law unless the seal of such town is affixed thereto; and the town clerk of each town or his legally qualified assistant shall affix the seal of such town to all certified copies of record, and no fee shall be allowed for affixing the same.
(1949 Rev., S. 549; 1967, P.A. 655, S. 1; P.A. 97-89, S. 6.)
History: 1967 act substituted “records” for “books”; P.A. 97-89 substituted “micrographic, electronic imaging or any other process approved by the Public Records Administrator” for “process”.
See Sec. 11-8i et seq. re historic documents preservation grant program for municipalities.
When certified copy of deed admissible. 2 R. 286; 3 D. 267; 15 C. 174; 75 C. 68; 78 C. 106. To introduce a copy a grantee must be unable to produce the original deed. 3 D. 267. Heir-at-law of grantee likewise. 16 C. 254. A certified copy is, when admissible, prima facie evidence of contents and execution. 3 D. 267; 15 C. 174; 18 C. 318. Town clerk may amend his own records. 20 C. 589. Town clerk's record is conclusive and is not to be collaterally attacked. Id., 598. Certificate of town clerk is not equivalent to official copy of record. 21 C. 109. His record stating that meeting was warned is prima facie evidence thereof. 25 C. 555; see 121 U.S. 121. Clerk's recital of legal warning is not an estoppel on town or in favor of one acting under it. 51 C. 29. Record of meeting best evidence of propositions submitted. 78 C. 110. Certified copies of deeds admissible. 126 C. 369.
Cited. 17 CA 405; 30 CA 493.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 92 - Town Clerks › Section 7-25. - Index.

Each town clerk shall, within five days after receipt of an instrument for record, enter the names of all the grantors in a grantor index and all the grantees in a grantee index, in alphabetical order, and cross-indexed as to the party first identified as grantor or grantee on the instrument, the nature of the instrument, the date of its receipt as endorsed upon the recorded instrument and thereafter, when available for entry, the book and page of such instrument or other suitable indication of its location approved by the Public Records Administrator. If such instrument is an assignment of mortgage, collateral assignment of mortgage, subordination of mortgage or other transfer of an interest in a mortgage, the mortgagor shall be deemed an additional grantor for purposes of this section. If such instrument is a grant or assignment of a mortgage to a party designated in the mortgage or assignment as the nominee for another, such nominee shall be deemed to be the grantee of such mortgage or assignment for purposes of this section. If such instrument affects real property, the index shall include a reference to the location of such property, if contained in such instrument. Such general index shall be a permanent public record.
(1949 Rev., S. 550, 551; 1955, S. 223d; 1967, P.A. 389, S. 2; 655, S. 3; P.A. 01-74; P.A. 02-66, S. 2.)
History: 1967 acts allowed five days for recording information rather than 24 hours, provided for separate grantor and grantee indexes, cross-indexing of person first identified as grantor or grantee, indexing of book and page where recorded and declared index to be a permanent public record; P.A. 01-74 added provision requiring index to include mortgagor as additional grantor where instrument is assignment of mortgage, collateral assignment of mortgage or subordination of mortgage or other transfer of an interest in a mortgage; P.A. 02-66 added provision re nominee designated in mortgage or assignment deemed to be grantee for purposes of section.
See Sec. 7-14 re land records and indexes.
See Sec. 11-8i et seq. re historic documents preservation grant program for municipalities.
Cited. 30 CA 493.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 92 - Town Clerks › Section 7-25a. - Electronic indexing system.

Not later than January 1, 2009, each town shall provide public access to an electronic indexing system that combines the grantor index and the grantee index of the town's land records.
(P.A. 07-252, S. 56.)
History: P.A. 07-252 effective July 1, 2007.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 92 - Town Clerks › Section 7-26. - Errors to be corrected.

The town clerk of each town shall correct all errors and omissions in the indexes to the land records of such town and all omissions of the town clerk or his assistant to attest the records of conveyances of land with the genuine signature of such clerk or assistant, which shall be noted and reported to him by any person appointed by the selectmen to examine and note the same.
(1949 Rev., S. 554.)
See Sec. 7-14 re land records and indexes.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 92 - Town Clerks › Section 7-26a. - Indemnification of clerk with respect to claims arising out of land record errors.

Each town shall indemnify and save harmless the town clerk of such town, whether such clerk is compensated on a salary or fee basis, from financial loss and expense, including legal fees and costs, if any, arising out of any claim, demand, suit or judgment by reason of alleged negligence resulting in any errors or omissions in the indexing or recording of any instruments in the land records of such town. Each such town may insure against the liability imposed upon it by this section in any insurance company authorized by law to write such insurance in this state, or may elect to act as self-insurer of such liability.
(P.A. 73-285; P.A. 74-24, S. 1, 2.)
History: P.A. 74-24 included claims for errors in recording in indemnification of town clerk.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 92 - Town Clerks › Section 7-27. - Municipal records to be kept in fire-resistive vaults or safes.

All public records of towns, cities and boroughs shall be kept in fire-resistive vaults or safes except when in actual use for the purpose of examination or entry. If the proper authorities in any town, city or borough fail to provide such vaults or safes, the Public Records Administrator may give an order to the chief administrative officer of such town, city or borough that the same shall be provided. If such provision is not made within a reasonable time thereafter, said Public Records Administrator shall report the neglect to the State Librarian, who may seek enforcement of compliance with such order as provided in section 11-8. All fire-resistive rooms or vaults and all safes provided for the safekeeping of any such public records shall conform to the regulations adopted by the Public Records Administrator and shall be furnished with fittings of a noncombustible nature.
(1949 Rev., S. 552; 1959, P.A. 152, S. 13; 1967, P.A. 495, S. 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 119, 610; P.A. 80-338, S. 3.)
History: 1959 act deleted references to counties; 1967 act amended section extensively, replacing “fire-proof” with “fire-resistive”, deleting references to buildings, substituting public records administrator for examiner of public records and records management committee for state library committee, replacing reference to selectmen, mayors and wardens with “chief administrative officer”, deleting provisions re purchase of safes and public school records and replacing them with provisions re compliance in accordance with Sec. 11-8 and re standards established by records administrator; P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of administrative services for records management committee; P.A. 80-338 replaced commissioner with state librarian.
See Sec. 11-8(b) re appointment of Public Records Administrator.
See Sec. 11-8i et seq. re historic documents preservation grant program for municipalities.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 92 - Town Clerks › Section 7-27a. - Destruction of original land records or instruments.

Whenever land records or instruments have been photographed, microphotographed or otherwise reproduced by electronic imaging or any other process approved by the Public Records Administrator, as permitted under section 1-16, and the reproduced images have been placed in conveniently accessible files, and adequate provision has been made for preserving, examining and using the same, and a copy or copies have been deposited for security storage in the State Library or in some other safe storage facility, as shall be required or approved by the Public Records Administrator, the town clerk may, with approval of the administrative head of the municipality and the Public Records Administrator, destroy the original land record books so reproduced; provided, no original book, record or document created prior to the year 1850 shall be destroyed without the express written approval of the State Librarian. When land records have been microphotographed or otherwise reproduced by a process approved by the Public Records Administrator and the originals have been destroyed as provided in this section, the reproduced images thus made shall be deemed to be the record for all purposes.
(1967, P.A. 655, S. 4; P.A. 97-89, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 97-89 substituted “otherwise reproduced by electronic imaging or any other process approved by the Public Records Administrator” for “reproduced on film”.
See Sec. 11-8(b) re appointment of Public Records Administrator.
See Sec. 11-8i et seq. re historic documents preservation grant program for municipalities.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 92 - Town Clerks › Section 7-27b. - Removal of Social Security number from document prior to recording on land records.

Any person whose Social Security number appears on a document that is to be recorded on the land records of a municipality may expunge or cause to be expunged such Social Security number prior to the recording of such document.
(P.A. 01-38.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 92 - Town Clerks › Section 7-28. - Indexing of mechanic's lien.

Whenever any certificate of mechanic's lien lodged with a town clerk fails to disclose the name of the owner of the premises against which such lien is claimed, such town clerk shall ascertain and index the same from such information as he is able to obtain from the town records or otherwise; but he shall not be liable for any mistake in so indexing such name.
(1949 Rev., S. 553.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 92 - Town Clerks › Section 7-29. - Release or assignment of mortgage or lien. Recording of assignment of mortgage.

(a) When any town clerk has recorded any instrument that the town clerk knows to be a release, partial release or assignment of a mortgage or lien recorded on the records of such town, the town clerk shall make a notation on the first page where such mortgage or lien is recorded, stating the book and page where such release, partial release or assignment is recorded, except that a manual notation of such release, partial release or assignment shall not be required if such town clerk provides public access to an electronic indexing system that combines the grantor index and the grantee index of the town's land records.
(b) On and after October 1, 2012, any document being recorded shall contain not more than twenty assignments of a mortgage.
(1949 Rev., S. 555; P.A. 00-92, S. 1; P.A. 07-252, S. 53; P.A. 12-187, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 00-92 made provisions applicable to a partial release or assignment, required a notation on first page where mortgage or lien is recorded and deleted requirement for a memorandum, added requirement that if land records are not maintained in paper form, clerk shall make the notation on the digitized image of the first page, and made technical changes for the purpose of gender neutrality; P.A. 07-252 added exception to requirement for manual notation of release or assignment for town clerk who provides public access to electronic indexing system that combines grantor and grantee indices of town's land records and deleted requirement that if land records are not maintained in paper form, clerk shall make notation on the digitized image of the first page, effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 12-187 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re recording assignments of a mortgage.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 92 - Town Clerks › Section 7-30. - Attachment of real estate.

When any real estate is attached, the town clerk in whose office the certificate of attachment is left shall record it at length in the land records of such town; and his fees for such service shall be paid to him by the plaintiff in the suit and be included and taxed with the officer's fees in such suit.
(1949 Rev., S. 556; February, 1965, P.A. 207.)
History: 1965 act required attachment to be recorded at length, removing option to record names of parties, amount of damages claimed and description of attached estate.
Failure of town clerk to record attachment does not invalidate it as against subsequent purchaser without actual notice. 109 C. 433.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 92 - Town Clerks › Section 7-32. - Index of surveys and maps.

Each town clerk shall keep a special index book to be known as the “Index of Surveys and Maps”. Whenever any map is filed with the town clerk as provided by law, he shall make an entry in said index book, giving the title thereof, the name of each of the owners of such land, the date on which it was filed, the date of the survey and a brief description of the plot surveyed. He shall further keep another and separate index book to be known as “Index of Surveys and Maps by Streets” and whenever any map is filed with the town clerk as provided by law, he shall make an entry in said index book giving the street or streets on which the property abuts, and giving the title of the map, the name of each of the owners of such land, the date on which it was filed, the date of the survey and a brief description of the plot surveyed.
(1949 Rev., S. 558; February, 1965, P.A. 98, S. 2; 574, S. 51; 1969, P.A. 567, S. 1.)
History: 1965 acts required index entry to contain names of owners and the date on which filed and deleted requirement to include name of surveyors; 1969 act added provisions concerning “Index of Surveys and Maps by Streets”.
See Sec. 7-34a re fees charged by town clerks.
See Sec. 11-8i et seq. re historic documents preservation grant program for municipalities.
Purpose and effect of index; does not obviate necessity for specific reference to map in a duly recorded deed. 108 C. 541.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 92 - Town Clerks › Section 7-32k. - Property upon which hunting or shooting sports regularly take place. Placement of property location on list maintained by town clerk. Notice. Liability not imposed by section.

(a) Any owner of real property upon which hunting or shooting sports regularly take place may enter the location of such property on a list maintained by the town clerk of any town within which such property is located. Each entry shall include the name of the owner, the address of the subject property, the corresponding map, block and lot number, and the owner's signature and date of entry.
(b) Each town clerk shall maintain a list of properties disclosed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section and shall make such list available to the public for inspection. A notice of the availability of the list shall be posted in the office of the town clerk in the area where the municipal land records are kept.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to impose liability on the owner of property upon which hunting or shooting sports take place for failing to enter the property on such list.
(P.A. 07-214, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 07-214 effective July 1, 2007.
See Sec. 20-327g re disclosure to potential buyers of residential property of list of local properties where hunting and shooting sports take place.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 92 - Town Clerks › Section 7-33. - Lists of transfers of taxable property.

The town clerk of each town, consolidated town and city and consolidated town and borough shall, annually, within ten days from the assessment date of such municipality, furnish to the chairman of the board of assessors a list which shall include all transfers of taxable property recorded in such municipality from the assessment date of the year preceding to the assessment date of such year. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any town in which the board of assessors has a clerk or a member who discharges the duties herein required of the town clerk.
(1949 Rev., S. 559.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 92 - Town Clerks › Section 7-33a. - Issuance of certificates of authority of justices of peace, notaries and Superior Court commissioners.

The town clerk of a town wherein a justice of the peace, notary public or commissioner of the Superior Court resides or is employed is authorized to issue certificates of the authority of such person.
(1971, P.A. 387, S. 1; P.A. 78-280, S. 2, 127; P.A. 81-34, S. 1, 9.)
History: P.A. 78-280 substituted “judicial district” for “county”; P.A. 81-34 eliminated the requirement that town clerks shall be deputized by the clerk of the superior court to issue certificates of authority, effective July 1, 1982.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 92 - Town Clerks › Section 7-34. - Fees.

Section 7-34 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 3624; 1951, S. 1980d; 1957, P.A. 485, S. 1; 654, S. 1; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 79; 572; 1963, P.A. 528, S. 6.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 92 - Town Clerks › Section 7-34b. - Accounting of fees required. Salary in lieu of fees.

(a) The clerk of each municipality shall, at the end of each fiscal year of such municipality, give an accounting of all fees and compensation provided by the general statutes to be paid to the clerk to the legislative body of such municipality. The record of such accounting shall be a public record, as defined in subdivision (5) of section 1-200.
(b) Any town may, by ordinance, provide that the town clerk shall receive a salary in lieu of all fees and other compensation provided for in the general statutes, which salary shall be fixed by the legislative body of such town. Upon the adoption of such ordinance the fees or compensation provided by the general statutes to be paid to the town clerk shall be collected by such town clerk and he shall deposit all such money collected by him in accordance with such provisions of law as govern the deposit of moneys belonging to such town.
(1971, P.A. 477; P.A. 80-368, S. 1, 2; P.A. 97-47, S. 45.)
History: P.A. 80-368 inserted Subsec. (a) re required accounting and made previous provisions Subsec. (b); P.A. 97-47 made a technical change in Subsec. (a).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 92 - Town Clerks › Section 7-35. - Preservation by town clerks of statutes, special acts and Register and Manual.

The latest revision of the general statutes, the latest cumulative supplements thereto, the latest edition of the special acts and the latest edition of the Register and Manual shall be kept for public use in the office of the town clerk. Any person who destroys or appropriates any of such publications to his own use, or wilfully removes them from such office, shall be fined not more than fifty dollars. All other publications of the state, whether or not deposited in the town clerk's office under the provisions of any existing public or special act, may be turned over by the town clerk to the appropriate county law library, or library service center, or to the State Library or the State Records Center in Rocky Hill, for processing and disposition as may be directed by the Commission on Official Legal Publications and the State Librarian.
(1949 Rev., S. 49; 1967, P.A. 393; P.A. 91-37.)
History: 1967 act replaced provision requiring preservation of legislative journals and supreme court reports in town clerk's office with requirement that latest revision, supplements etc. be preserved for public use and others turned over to appropriate library or center for disposition; P.A. 91-37 deleted requirement that the last fifty-two issues of the Connecticut Law Journal be sent to town clerks.
See Sec. 2-49 re distribution of house and senate journals.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 92 - Town Clerks › Section 7-35a. - Off-site storage of original documents. Requirements.

A municipality may store any original document off-site, provided the information contained in the document is available on demand on-site by electronic means and the town clerk can provide and certify a copy of the required document.
(P.A. 03-139, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 92a - Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act › Section 7-35aa. - Short title: Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act.

Sections 7-35aa to 7-35gg, inclusive, may be cited as the “Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act”.
(P.A. 08-56, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 08-56 effective October 1, 2009.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 92a - Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act › Section 7-35bb. - Definitions.

As used in sections 7-35aa to 7-35gg, inclusive:
(1) “Document” means information that is: (A) Inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form; and (B) eligible to be recorded in the land records maintained by the town clerk.
(2) “Electronic” means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical or electromagnetic capabilities or similar capabilities.
(3) “Electronic document” means a document that is received by the town clerk in an electronic form.
(4) “Electronic signature” means an electronic sound, symbol or process attached to or logically associated with a document and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the document.
(5) “Person” means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity.
(6) “State” means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
(P.A. 08-56, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 08-56 effective October 1, 2009.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 92a - Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act › Section 7-35cc. - Validity of electronic documents.

(a) If a law requires, as a condition for recording, that a document be an original, be on paper or another tangible medium, or be in writing, the requirement is satisfied by an electronic document satisfying sections 7-35aa to 7-35gg, inclusive.
(b) If a law requires, as a condition for recording, that a document be signed, the requirement is satisfied by an electronic signature.
(c) A requirement that a document or a signature associated with a document be notarized, acknowledged, verified, witnessed or made under oath is satisfied if the electronic signature of the person authorized to perform that act, and all other information required to be included, is attached to or logically associated with the document or signature. A physical or electronic image of a stamp, impression or seal need not accompany an electronic signature.
(P.A. 08-56, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 08-56 effective October 1, 2009.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 92a - Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act › Section 7-35dd. - Recording of documents.

(a) As used in this section, “paper document” means a document that is received by the town clerk in a form that is not electronic.
(b) A town clerk:
(1) Who implements any of the functions listed in this section shall do so in compliance with regulations adopted by the State Librarian pursuant to section 7-35ee.
(2) May receive, index, store, archive and transmit electronic documents.
(3) May provide for access to, and for search and retrieval of, documents and information by electronic means.
(4) Who accepts electronic documents for recording shall continue to accept paper documents as authorized by state law and shall place entries for both types of documents in the same index.
(5) May convert paper documents accepted for recording into electronic form.
(6) May convert into electronic form information recorded before the town clerk began to record electronic documents.
(7) May accept electronically any fee or tax that the town clerk is authorized to collect.
(8) May agree with other officials of this state or a political subdivision thereof, or of the United States, on procedures or processes to facilitate the electronic satisfaction of prior approvals and conditions precedent to recording and the electronic payment of fees and taxes.
(P.A. 08-56, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 08-56 effective October 1, 2009.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 92a - Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act › Section 7-35ff. - Uniformity of application and construction.

In applying and construing the uniform provisions of sections 7-35aa to 7-35gg, inclusive, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact such uniform provisions.
(P.A. 08-56, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 08-56 effective October 1, 2009.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 92a - Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act › Section 7-35gg. - Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.

Sections 7-35aa to 7-35gg, inclusive, modify, limit and supersede the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 USC 7001 et seq., but do not modify, limit or supersede Section 101(c) of said act, 15 USC 7001(c), or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in Section 103(b) of said act, 15 USC 7003(b).
(P.A. 08-56, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 08-56 effective October 1, 2009.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 93 - Registrars of Vital Statistics › Section 7-37. - Town clerk, ex-officio registrar. Notice to Secretary of the State and Commissioner of Public Health of appointment of registrar, vacancy in appointed office of registrar.

(a) The town clerks of the several towns shall be, ex officio, the registrars of vital statistics in their respective towns, except in towns where such registrars are elected or appointed under special laws, and shall be sworn to the faithful performance of their duties as such.
(b) If a registrar of vital statistics is appointed under a special law or a town charter, the appointing authority or, if none, the chief executive official of the town, shall, not later than ten days after such an appointment is made, file a notice of such appointment with the Secretary of the State, indicating the name and address of the person appointed, the date and method of such appointment and the law under which the appointment was made. Not later than ten days after a vacancy occurs in the appointed office of registrar of vital statistics, the first selectman or chief executive official of the town shall notify the Secretary of the State of such vacancy.
(c) In addition to the requirements of subsection (b) of this section, any newly elected or appointed registrar of vital statistics shall, not later than ten days after the date of assuming office, provide written notification to the Commissioner of Public Health of such election or appointment. In the event of a vacancy, the first selectman or chief executive official of the town shall notify the Commissioner of Public Health of the vacancy not later than ten days after the date of such vacancy.
(1949 Rev., S. 561; 1953, S. 228d; P.A. 87-387, S. 6; P.A. 11-242, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 87-387 added Subsec. (b) re notice to secretary of the state of appointment of registrar of vital statistics or vacancy in appointed office of registrar of vital statistics; P.A. 11-242 amended Subsec. (b) by making technical changes and added Subsec. (c) re notice to Commissioner of Public Health of newly elected or appointed registrars and of any vacancy in the office of registrar.
See Sec. 19a-204 re certification of appointment of registrar of vital statistics.
Vote for should be as “town clerk” only. 60 C. 549.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 93 - Registrars of Vital Statistics › Section 7-38. - Assistant registrars. Notice to Secretary of the State and Commissioner of Public Health of appointment to or vacancy in office of assistant registrar.

(a) The town clerk of any town who is, ex officio, registrar of vital statistics in such town, and the registrar of vital statistics of any town who is elected under a special law or otherwise appointed pursuant to law, may, unless otherwise provided by charter or ordinance, appoint in writing suitable persons as assistant registrars of vital statistics, who, on being sworn, shall have the powers and perform the duties of such registrar during the time for which they are appointed, not extending beyond the term of office of such registrar. Not later than ten days after a town clerk or registrar of vital statistics appoints an assistant registrar of vital statistics, the town clerk or registrar of vital statistics shall file a notice of such appointment with the Secretary of the State, indicating the name and address of the person appointed, the date and method of such appointment and the law under which the appointment was made. Not later than ten days after a vacancy occurs in the office of assistant registrar of vital statistics, the town clerk or registrar of vital statistics shall notify the Secretary of the State of such vacancy.
(b) In addition to the requirements of subsection (a) of this section, the registrar of vital statistics shall, not later than ten days after the date of appointment of an assistant registrar or a vacancy occurring in the office of assistant registrar of vital statistics, provide written notice to the Commissioner of Public Health of such appointment or vacancy.
(1949 Rev., S. 562; 1953, S. 229d; P.A. 82-327, S. 2; P.A. 87-387, S. 7; P.A. 02-137, S. 6; P.A. 11-242, S. 7; P.A. 17-46, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 82-327 specified that towns may appoint assistants in another manner if charter or ordinance so provides; P.A. 87-387 added provisions re notice to secretary of the state of appointment of assistant registrar of vital statistics or vacancy in office of assistant registrar of vital statistics; P.A. 02-137 deleted provision requiring approval of the selectmen re appointment of assistant registrars, effective January 1, 2003; P.A. 11-242 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and made technical changes therein, and added Subsec. (b) re notice to Commissioner of Public Health of appointment to or vacancy in office of assistant registrar; P.A. 17-46 amended Subsec. (a) to delete provision re maximum number of assistant registrars of vital statistics who may be appointed.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 93 - Registrars of Vital Statistics › Section 7-39. - Oath of registrars.

The moderator of any town election at which a registrar of vital statistics elected under special law has been elected may administer to such registrar the oath required by law.
(1949 Rev., S. 518; 1953, S. 252d.)
See Sec. 9-1 for applicable definitions.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 93 - Registrars of Vital Statistics › Section 7-39a. (Formerly Sec. 45-23). - Record of name of registrar of vital statistics.

Section 7-39a is repealed.
(1967, P.A. 59, S. 2; P.A. 82-327, S. 12.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 93 - Registrars of Vital Statistics › Section 7-40. - Seal.

The registrar of vital statistics in each town shall have an official seal that shall be provided by the town and shall be used to authenticate certificates and copies of record. No person, other than the registrar of vital statistics or the registrar's authorized agent, may possess any such official seal or any facsimile thereof.
(1949 Rev., S. 563; P.A. 01-163, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 01-163 made technical changes and added provision re possession of official seal or facsimile.
See Sec. 51-58 re court seals.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 93 - Registrars of Vital Statistics › Section 7-41. - Regulations re record keeping. Submission of certified copies to department.

Each registrar of vital statistics shall keep records in accordance with regulations adopted by the commissioner in accordance with chapter 54. Any certified copy of a vital record submitted to the department shall include all information required by the commissioner.
(1949 Rev., S. 3814–3817; P.A. 01-163, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 01-163 replaced former provisions with provisions re record keeping regulations and certified copies of vital records submitted to the department.
See Sec. 7-148 re municipal powers.
See Sec. 19a-41 re regulations specifying methods of reporting, recording, issuing, maintaining, indexing, correcting and amending vital records and statistics.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 93 - Registrars of Vital Statistics › Section 7-41a. - Vital statistics records available for genealogical research.

Section 7-41a is repealed, effective October 1, 2001.
(1971, P.A. 228, S. 1; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 96-258, S. 1, 5; P.A. 01-163, S. 36.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 93 - Registrars of Vital Statistics › Section 7-45. - Preparation of certificates.

Each person making any certificate of birth, marriage, civil union, death or fetal death, or any copy of such certificate for the commissioner, or any sexton's report required by law, shall cause the same to be typewritten or printed in a legible manner as to all material information or facts required by the provisions of sections 7-48, 7-60, 7-62b, 46b-25 and 46b-29 and contained in such certificate. If the certificate is in paper format, such person shall sign the certificate in black ink, shall state therein in what capacity such person so signs, and shall type or print in a legible manner the name of each person signing such certificate, under such person's signature. If the certificate is in an electronic format, such certificate shall be authenticated by the electronic vital records system of the department. Any certificate not complying with the requirements of this section shall be returned by the registrar with whom it is filed to the person making the same for the proper correction.
(1949 Rev., S. 567; 1953, S. 231d; 1967, P.A. 313, S. 11; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 79-434, S. 18; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 01-163, S. 7; P.A. 03-188, S. 1; P.A. 05-10, S. 16; P.A. 17-48, S. 2; 17-54, S. 3; P.A. 19-32, S. 2.)
History: 1967 act replaced reference to Sec. 46-5 with reference to Secs. 46-5b to 46-5h (later transferred to Secs. 46b-25 to 46b-27 and 46b-29 to 46b-31); P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of health services for commissioner of health, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-434 deleted reference to repealed Sec. 7-62 and added reference to Sec. 7-62b; (Revisor's note: In 1993 an obsolete reference to repealed Sec. 46b-31 replaced editorially by the Revisors with reference to Sec. 46b-30); P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 01-163 made technical changes and added provision re fetal death, reference to Sec. 7-60 and provision re authentication of certificate in electronic format; P.A. 03-188 deleted reference to repealed Secs. 46b-26 and 46b-27; P.A. 05-10 applied provisions to a civil union certificate and added reference to Secs. 46b-38hh to 46b-38jj, inclusive; P.A. 17-48 made technical changes; P.A. 17-54 deleted “46b-30, inclusive, or sections 46b-38hh to 46b-38jj, inclusive,” and made technical changes; P.A. 19-32 made a technical change.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 93 - Registrars of Vital Statistics › Section 7-46. - Completion of records.

The registrars shall complete the records of their respective towns by adding thereto a record of all the births, marriages, deaths and fetal deaths that have occurred in such towns since the date of incorporation of such towns, of which no certificate has been returned to their office, provided the facts upon which such record is made have been obtained from the record of a public official, a church society or under section 7-42, 7-48 or 7-62b, and such record shall indicate the source from which such facts were obtained.
(1949 Rev., S. 568; P.A. 79-434, S. 19; P.A. 01-163, S. 8; P.A. 12-80, S. 187.)
History: P.A. 79-434 deleted reference to repealed Sec. 7-62 and added reference to Sec. 7-62b; P.A. 01-163 made technical changes and added provisions re fetal death; P.A. 12-80 deleted penalty of fine of not more than $50 or imprisonment of not more than 3 months or both for registrar knowingly making false entry of record of any birth, marriage, death or fetal death.
Registrars may make determination whether or not to record an alleged marriage. 9 CS 297.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 93 - Registrars of Vital Statistics › Section 7-47. - Indexes.

Each registrar of vital statistics shall keep alphabetically arranged separate indexes for each group of vital events and shall enter therein the name of each person whose birth, marriage, death or fetal death is recorded by the registrar.
(1949 Rev., S. 569; P.A. 01-163, S. 9.)
History: P.A. 01-163 made a technical change and added provisions re separate indexes for each group of vital events and re fetal death.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 93 - Registrars of Vital Statistics › Section 7-47a. - Definitions.

Section 7-47a is repealed, effective October 1, 2001.
(P.A. 79-434, S. 1; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 01-163, S. 36.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 93 - Registrars of Vital Statistics › Section 7-47b. - Record keeping of personal data by institutions. Release or disposal of dead body or dead fetus.

(a) Any person in charge of an institution shall keep a record of personal data concerning each person admitted or confined to such institution. This record shall include information necessary to complete a death certificate, or a birth certificate if applicable. The record shall be made at the time of admission from information provided by the person being admitted or confined, but when it cannot be so obtained, the information shall be obtained from relatives or other persons acquainted with the facts. The name and address of the person providing the information shall be a part of the record.
(b) When a dead body or dead fetus is released or disposed of by an institution, the person in charge of the institution shall keep a record showing the name of the decedent, date of death, name and address of the person to whom the body or fetus is released, and the date of removal from the institution. If final disposition is made by the institution, the date, place, and manner of disposition shall also be recorded.
(c) Any record required to be kept under this section may be destroyed when the person to whom the record relates is released by the institution, except that if the filing of a birth, death or fetal death certificate is required concerning such person, the record shall not be destroyed until the appropriate certificate is properly filed and registered.
(P.A. 79-434, S. 14.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 93 - Registrars of Vital Statistics › Section 7-49. - Failure to file birth certificate.

The secretary of any examining board of the healing arts mentioned under section 20-1 or the Department of Public Health, as the case may be, on ascertaining the fact that a person licensed to practice any of the healing arts or midwifery has failed to file a birth certificate as provided under section 7-48, shall immediately request the Commissioner of Public Health to suspend the license of such person, which suspension shall be in effect until such certificate has been filed. Any such person licensed to practice the healing arts or midwifery who engages in practice during the period of such suspension shall be subject to the penalties respectively provided for the practice of his or her profession without a license or certificate of registration.
(1949 Rev., S. 582; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner and department of health services for commissioner and department of health, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 93-381 replaced department and commissioner of health services with department and commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 93 - Registrars of Vital Statistics › Section 7-52. - Certification of birth registration.

(a) The registrar of vital statistics of the town in which the birth occurred, the registrar of vital statistics of the town in which the mother resided at the time of the birth or the department shall issue, upon the request of the person to whom the record of birth relates, if over sixteen years of age, or of a parent, guardian, spouse, child, if over eighteen years of age, grandparent or legal representative of such person, a certification of birth registration, which shall contain the name, sex, date of birth, place of birth and date of filing and registration of the certificate of birth of the person to whom it relates, and any other identifying information prescribed by the commissioner.
(b) The registrar of vital statistics of any town or city in this state that has access to an electronic vital records system, as authorized by the department, may use such system to issue, in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, a certification of birth registration for such births that are electronically filed in such system.
(1949 Rev., S. 573; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 81-138; P.A. 90-67, S. 3; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 01-163, S. 14.)
History: P.A. 77-614 substituted department of health services for department of health, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 81-138 specified persons who are allowed access to birth registration records upon request, replacing “any person”; P.A. 90-67 added provision authorizing registrar of town in which mother resided at time of birth to issue certification of birth registration and inserted Subdiv. indicators; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 01-163 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and amended by making technical changes and adding provisions re request of a guardian, child over 18 years of age or grandparent and re the inclusion of date of registration and any other identifying information prescribed by the commissioner, and added new Subsec. (b) re use of electronic vital records system.
See Sec. 7-74 re fee for certification of birth registration.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 93 - Registrars of Vital Statistics › Section 7-53a. - Reports re issuance of original birth certificates to adopted persons and certain other persons and filing of contact preference and health history forms.

Section 7-53a is repealed, effective July 1, 2021.
(P.A. 14-133, S. 4; P.A. 21-21, S. 4.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 93 - Registrars of Vital Statistics › Section 7-55. - Certification of birth to have force and effect of original.

Any certification of birth, when properly certified by the registrar of the town in which the birth occurred or of the town in which the mother resided at the time of the birth or the Department of Public Health, shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated in all courts and places and in all actions, proceedings or applications, judicial, administrative or otherwise, and such certification of birth shall have the same force and effect, wherever offered, with respect to the facts therein stated as an original certificate of birth.
(1949 Rev., S. 575; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 90-67, S. 4; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: P.A. 77-614 substituted department of health services for department of health, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 90-67 applied provisions of section to certification of birth certified by registrar of town in which birth occurred or town in which mother resided at time of birth; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.
Naked assertion of principal witness as to his age held of insufficient probative value, without corroboration from available dependable source of proof, to convict defendant of crime of selling alcoholic liquor to minor. 22 CS 353.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 93 - Registrars of Vital Statistics › Section 7-56. - Issuance of certified copies of birth certificates.

Section 7-56 is repealed, effective October 1, 2001.
(1949 Rev., S. 576; 1972, P.A. 127, S. 7; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 90-67, S. 5; P.A. 91-24, S. 2, 8; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 01-163, S. 36.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 7 - Municipalities › Chapter 93 - Registrars of Vital Statistics › Section 7-58. - Record of birth of child born outside United States.

Any American citizen who becomes the parent of a child or children born outside the United States, and who was a resident of this state at the time of leaving the United States, may file, with the town clerk of the town in which the parents reside or resided, a certified copy of the record of birth of such child or children issued to the parents by an official authorized to issue such records of birth at the place of birth. When such certified copy has been filed, copies of such record of birth may be issued by such town clerk in the manner prescribed by law.
(1953, S. 233d; P.A. 01-163, S. 18.)
History: P.A. 01-163 deleted provisions re serving with the armed forces or in the employ of the United States government and added provisions re being a resident of this state at the time of leaving the United States.