Wisconsin § 69.05 - Duties of local registrar.
Full text of Wisconsin Wisconsin Statutes § 69.05 — Duties of local registrar., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 69.05. Duties of local registrar.
A local registrar shall: 69.05(1) (1) Be subject to the direction of the state registrar. 69.05(4) (4) Preserve, amend and certify vital records under this subchapter by photographic, electronic or other means as directed by the state registrar, except that a local registrar may destroy vital records on file for more than 365 days if the state registrar determines that the local registrar has access through the state registrar’s computer database to the information necessary to issue certified copies under s. 69.21 (1) (b) 2. 69.05(5) (5) Enforce this subchapter in his or her registration district and report to the state registrar in writing any violation upon receipt of knowledge of the violation. 69.05(7) (7) Send a note of the designation of a deputy to the state registrar no later than one working day after the designation takes effect. The notice shall include a copy of the deputy’s signature and the effective date of the designation. 69.05 History History: 1985 a. 315 ; 1989 a. 359 ; 1993 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 114 ; 1999 a. 185 ; 2017 a. 334 . 69.05 Annotation A local registrar has no power to adopt procedures that are more stringent than those directed by the state registrar for issuing certified copies of vital records under s. 69.21 (1). 80 Atty. Gen. 35 .
Source: official Wisconsin text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 69.05 ("Duties of local registrar.") is part of the Wisconsin Statutes, the codified statutory law of Wisconsin. 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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