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.
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