§ 35-1-407 — Duties of local registrars

(a) Each local registration official shall serve as an
agent of the state registrar in his district and shall:
(i) Register only births, stillbirths and deaths that
occur in his district;
(ii) Examine certificates, record them in his
register, numbering each in order of filing;
(iii) Issue burial and removal permits for properly
filed death certificates;
(iv) Make prompt returns on or before the fifth day
of each month to the state registrar or report that no births or
deaths occurred in his district;
(v) See that the provisions of this act are enforced
in his district and that all births, stillbirths and deaths that
occur are fully registered and make prompt report to the state
registrar of any case of failure or neglect to file
certificates;
(vi) In accordance with regulations issued hereunder,
the deputy local registrar shall perform the duties of the local
registrar in the absence or incapacity of such local registrar
and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the
state registrar.