Massachusetts Code — 46
Browse 54 sections in division 46 of the Massachusetts code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 1. Certificates of birth, marriage, death and acknowledgments and adjudications of paternity; contents; residence defined
- § 1A. Birth records of abandoned children or foundlings
- § 1B. Filing reports of out-of-state births or adoptions
- § 1C. Filing reports of out-of-state deaths
- § 1D. Adoption of surname upon marriage
- § 1E. Definitions
- § 2. Separate registries for births, deaths and marriages
- § 2A. Disclosure of information about vital statistics; conditions
- § 2B. Pre-adoption birth certificates; application for inspection by adopted persons
- § 2C. Pre-adoption birth certificates; access by child of deceased adopted parent
- § 3. Physician's record of birth; out of hospital birth
- § 3A. Hospital administrator's duties; report; verification
- § 3B. Birth without immediate admittance to hospital for postnatal care; report
- § 3C. Children born out of wedlock; information regarding benefits and responsibilities of parentage; voluntary acknowledgment of parentage
- § 3D. Acknowledgments and adjudications of paternity; records available to IV–D agency
- § 4. Birth without attending physician; report; recording; petition; hearing
- § 4A. Local officials; processing of birth certificates
- § 6. Notification of births and deaths
- § 7. Report of births and deaths at sea
- § 7A. Report of births on airplanes; penalty for violation
- § 8. Penalty for failure to report births and deaths
- § 9. Death certificates; issuance; contents; declaration of death by nurse, nurse practitioner or physician's assistant
- § 9B. Penalties
- § 10. Death certificates of veterans; contents; penalty for violation
- § 11. Duties of undertakers
- § 12. Certified copies of birth certificates and death records; transmission to parents or next of kin; exceptions
- § 13. Correction of records
- § 13A. Correction of birth records; procedure
- § 14. Penalty for false returns
- § 16. Blank forms for vital records; security features; approval of non-state registrar supplied forms; standards for forms used for permanent records
- § 17. Birth records; state registrar; originals; certified copies
- § 17A. Marriage records; state registrar; originals; certified copies
- § 17B. Death records; state registrar; originals; certified copies
- § 17C. Original forms and evidence of amendments and corrections in birth, marriage and death records
- § 17D. Amended birth, marriage and death records; certified copies to holders of originals
- § 18. Script used on forms; state standards for uniformity, security, materials, devices and preservation
- § 19. Use of records as evidence
- § 19A. Unauthorized reproduction of records; penalty
- § 19B. Certified copies of birth records; restricted information regarding mother
- § 19C. Authentication of copies of birth, marriage and death records; use as evidence
- § 20. Births and deaths in Tewksbury Hospital; records
- § 22. Registrars of vital statistics
- § 23. Prosecution of persons failing to file required reports
- § 24. Statements of births and deaths; penalty
- § 25. Disposition of fines and forfeitures
- § 26. Fees
- § 27. Clerks; penalty for neglecting required duties
- § 28. Administration of oaths
- § 29. Attestation of certificates
- § 30. Alteration, forgery or counterfeiting; penalty
- § 31. Adoption contact information registry
- § 32. Reasonable cause to believe there has been misconduct regarding vital records; actions by clerk and state registrar
- § 33. Centralized, automated database for vital records and statistics; certified copies issued from database; capacity requirements of database; maintenance and preservation of original paper records
- § 34. Agreements to verify existence of birth, marriage or death records