§ 103785 Birth Certificate Registration Duty

Health and Safety Code·California

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This law says you must fill out and give birth, death, fetal death, or marriage certificates to the local registrar, and if you don’t, you can be charged with a misdemeanor.

Key Takeaways

•You have to fill out the required birth, death, fetal death, or marriage certificates.
•You must register those certificates with the local registrar.
•If you ignore or refuse to give them when asked, it’s a misdemeanor.

Example

A couple gets married, gets a marriage license, but they never turn it in to the town clerk as required.

Because they didn’t deliver the marriage license to the registrar, the law says they could be charged with a misdemeanor.

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§ 103785 Birth Certificate Registration Duty

Every person who is required to fill out a certificate of birth, fetal death, or death, or marriage license and register it with the local registrar, or deliver it, upon request, to any person charged with the duty of registering it, and who fails, neglects, or refuses to perform that duty in the manner required by this part is guilty of a misdemeanor. (Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 816, Sec. 52. Effective January 1, 2007. Operative January 1, 2008, by Sec. 56 of Ch. 816.)

Last verified: January 11, 2026

Key Terms

certificate of birth fetal death death marriage license local registrar misdemeanor

References

Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Health and Safety Code. Section 103785.

§ 103785 Birth Certificate Registration Duty

Health and Safety Code·California

AI SummaryVerified

§ 103785 Birth Certificate Registration Duty

This law says you must fill out and give birth, death, fetal death, or marriage certificates to the local registrar, and if you don’t, you can be charged with a misdemeanor.

Key Takeaways

•You have to fill out the required birth, death, fetal death, or marriage certificates.
•You must register those certificates with the local registrar.
•If you ignore or refuse to give them when asked, it’s a misdemeanor.

Example

A couple gets married, gets a marriage license, but they never turn it in to the town clerk as required.

Because they didn’t deliver the marriage license to the registrar, the law says they could be charged with a misdemeanor.

AI-generated — May contain errors. Not legal advice. Always verify source.

Official Source

View on CA.gov

§ 103785 Birth Certificate Registration Duty

Last verified: January 11, 2026

Key Terms

certificate of birth fetal death death marriage license local registrar misdemeanor

References

Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Health and Safety Code. Section 103785.

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