AGENCY: Office of Vital Records and Statistics

SERIES: 81452
TITLE: Court-ordered-delayed death certificate
DATES: 1973-
ARRANGEMENT: Chronological.

DESCRIPTION: These records support the agency's function to document and certify the facts of deaths for the legal purposes of the state's citizens. Records contain orders arising from a court action judicially establishing the fact, time, and place of a death which is not registered, or for which a certified copy of the death certificate cannot be obtained. Records include information about the deceased, the cause of death, disposition of remains, and related information; includes an index.

RETENTION

Permanent. Retain for 50 year(s)

DISPOSITION

Transfer to Archives.

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

Retention and disposition for this series were specifically approved by the State Records Committee.

APPROVED: 06/1987

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in Office for 50 years and then transfer to State Archives with authority to weed.

Computer data files: Retain in Office for 50 years and then transfer to State Archives with authority to weed.

APPRAISAL

Administrative Historical Legal

As a vital record this information is of historical value and provides legal evidence of an individual's rights (Utah Code 26-2-26 (1995)).

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Exempt. Utah Code 26-2-22(4)(b)(2012)

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