Idaho § 39-244 - Duties of state registrar
Full text of Idaho Idaho Statutes § 39-244 — Duties of state registrar, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 39-244. Duties of state registrar
The state registrar, under the direction of the director, shall:
(a) Have charge of the vital statistics unit;
(b) Be official custodian of all its files and records;
(c) Perform the duties prescribed by law and the regulations of the board;
(d) Have supervisory power over local vital statistics registration and local registration officers;
(e) Enforce this chapter and regulations of the board; and
(f) Have the authority to delegate portions of the vital records responsibility to the duly appointed local registrar(s).
[39-244, added 1949, ch. 72, sec. 4, p. 117; am. 1974, ch. 23, sec. 64, p. 633; am. 1983, ch. 7, sec. 5, p. 26.]
Source: official Idaho text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 39-244 ("Duties of state registrar") is part of the Idaho Statutes, the codified statutory law of Idaho. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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