Wis. Stat. § 69.05
This is the official text of Wis. Stat. § 69.05, part of Wisconsin’s Wisconsin Statutes — the complete compiled statutory law of Wisconsin, organized into numbered chapters by subject.
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Duties of local registrar.
Official statutory text
A local registrar shall:
(1) Be subject to the direction of the state registrar.
(4) Preserve, amend and certify vital records under this subchapter by photographic, electronic or other means as directed by the state registrar, except that a local registrar may destroy vital records on file for more than 365 days if the state registrar determines that the local registrar has access through the state registrar’s computer database to the information necessary to issue certified copies under s. 69.21 (1) (b) 2.
(5) Enforce this subchapter in his or her registration district and report to the state registrar in writing any violation upon receipt of knowledge of the violation.
(7) Send a note of the designation of a deputy to the state registrar no later than one working day after the designation takes effect. The notice shall include a copy of the deputy’s signature and the effective date of the designation.
History: 1985 a. 315 ; 1989 a. 359 ; 1993 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 114 ; 1999 a. 185 ; 2017 a. 334 .
(1) Be subject to the direction of the state registrar.
(4) Preserve, amend and certify vital records under this subchapter by photographic, electronic or other means as directed by the state registrar, except that a local registrar may destroy vital records on file for more than 365 days if the state registrar determines that the local registrar has access through the state registrar’s computer database to the information necessary to issue certified copies under s. 69.21 (1) (b) 2.
(5) Enforce this subchapter in his or her registration district and report to the state registrar in writing any violation upon receipt of knowledge of the violation.
(7) Send a note of the designation of a deputy to the state registrar no later than one working day after the designation takes effect. The notice shall include a copy of the deputy’s signature and the effective date of the designation.
History: 1985 a. 315 ; 1989 a. 359 ; 1993 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 114 ; 1999 a. 185 ; 2017 a. 334 .
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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