AGENCY: Office of Vital Records and Statistics
SERIES: 81452
TITLE: Court-ordered-delayed death certificate
DATES: 1973-
ARRANGEMENT: Chronological.
DESCRIPTION: These records support the agency's function to document and certify the facts of deaths for the legal purposes of the state's citizens. Records contain orders arising from a court action judicially establishing the fact, time, and place of a death which is not registered, or for which a certified copy of the death certificate cannot be obtained. Records include information about the deceased, the cause of death, disposition of remains, and related information; includes an index.
RETENTION
Permanent. Retain for 50 year(s)
DISPOSITION
Transfer to Archives.
RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION
Retention and disposition for this series were specifically approved by the State Records Committee.
APPROVED: 06/1987
FORMAT MANAGEMENT
Paper: Retain in Office for 50 years and then transfer to State Archives with authority to weed.
Computer data files: Retain in Office for 50 years and then transfer to State Archives with authority to weed.
APPRAISAL
Administrative Historical Legal
As a vital record this information is of historical value and provides legal evidence of an individual's rights (Utah Code 26-2-26 (1995)).
PRIMARY DESIGNATION
Exempt. Utah Code 26-2-22(4)(b)(2012)