Maine Statutes
§ 22 §2709 — Duty of state registrar when law violated
When the state registrar believes that, in any place in this State, the certificates or records of live births, marriages, deaths or fetal deaths are not made or kept as is provided by law, or that any person neglects or fails to perform any duty required in the law relating to the registration of vital statistics, the state registrar may visit such places and make such investigations as the state registrar considers necessary, and all records, blanks and papers of municipal clerks relating to live births, marriages, deaths or fetal deaths must be open to the state registrar's examination.
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Legislative History
PL 1973, c. 567, §20 (AMD). PL 2009, c. 601, §14 (AMD).
Nearby Sections
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§ 22 §2700
Unused Pharmaceutical Disposal Program§ 22 §2700-A
Prohibitions§ 22 §2701
Duties of department§ 22 §2701-A
Contents of certificates and reports§ 22 §2702
Duties of municipal clerks§ 22 §2702-A
Duties to furnish information§ 22 §2702-B
Electronic transmittal of marriage certificates§ 22 §2705
Amendment of vital statistics records§ 22 §2706
Disclosure of vital records§ 22 §2706-A
Adoption contact files§ 22 §2707
Evidentiary character of vital records§ 22 §2708
Penalties