2010 Wisconsin Code
Chapter 69. Collection of statistics.
69.06 Duties of city registrars.

69.06

69.06 Duties of city registrars. A city registrar shall:

69.06(1)

(1) Accept for filing, sign and assign a date of acceptance to every original certificate of birth and death which he or she has been approved to register under s. 69.04 and which is properly presented in his or her office.

69.06(2)

(2) Make, file, and index an exact copy of every certificate accepted under sub. (1). Indexes prepared for public use under s. 69.20 (3) (e) shall consist of the registrant's full name, date of the event, county of occurrence, county of residence, and, at the discretion of the state registrar, local file number.

69.06(3)

(3) No later than 5 working days after receipt of the original of any vital record accepted under sub. (1), transmit a clear, reproducible photocopy of the original to the register of deeds of the county in which the event which is the subject of the record occurred.

69.06(4)

(4) Designate in writing a deputy to perform the city registrar's duties under this section during the city registrar's absence, illness or disability.

69.06(5)

(5) Destroy, within 365 days after receipt, any copy of a birth certificate received under s. 69.05 (3m). A city registrar may not issue such copy to any person.

69.06 - ANNOT.

History: 1985 a. 315; 2001 a. 16.