SB760-SSA1,102 10Section 102. 69.21 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,41,2011 69.21 (4) (b) A person with a direct and tangible interest in a vital record
12withheld by the state registrar under par. (a) may petition the circuit court of the
13county in which the event which is the subject of the vital record is shown on the
14original record to have occurred. The petition shall be accompanied by a certified
15copy of the original vital record. In issuing the certified copy, the state registrar shall
16mark the copy to indicate that the copy is for use by the court in making its
17determination under this paragraph. If the court finds that the petitioner has proven
18that the information on the vital record is valid, the clerk of court shall report the
19court's determination to the state registrar on a form in the manner prescribed by
20the state registrar, who shall issue the certified copy.
SB760-SSA1,103 21Section 103. 69.22 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,41,2522 69.22 (1) (c) Twenty dollars for issuing an uncertified copy of a birth certificate
23record or a certified copy of a birth certificate record, and $3 for issuing any additional
24certified or uncertified copy of the same birth certificate record issued at the same
25time.
SB760-SSA1,104
1Section 104. 69.22 (1) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,42,42 69.22 (1) (cm) Ten dollars for issuing one certified copy of a certificate of birth
3record resulting in stillbirth and $3 for any additional certified copy of the same
4certificate record issued at the same time.
SB760-SSA1,105 5Section 105. 69.22 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,42,106 69.22 (1m) The state registrar and any local registrar acting under this
7subchapter shall, for each copy of a birth certificate record for which a fee under sub.
8(1) (c) is charged that is issued during a calendar quarter, forward to the secretary
9of administration for deposit in the appropriation accounts under s. 20.433 (1) (g) and
10(h) $7 by the 15th day of the first month following the end of the calendar quarter.
SB760-SSA1,106 11Section 106 . 69.22 (4) of the statutes is repealed.
SB760-SSA1,107 12Section 107. 69.22 (5) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,42,1413 69.22 (5) (a) 3. Making any change in a birth certificate record under s. 69.15
14(3).
SB760-SSA1,108 15Section 108. 69.22 (5) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,42,1916 69.22 (5) (b) 2. The filing of a birth certificate record under s. 69.14 (2) (b) 5.
17The fee under this subdivision includes the search for the birth certificate record and
18the first copy of the certificate except that the state registrar shall add to the $20 fee,
19$5.
SB760-SSA1,109 20Section 109. 69.23 of the statutes is repealed.
SB760-SSA1,110 21Section 110. 69.24 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,42,2522 69.24 (1) (b) Willfully and knowingly makes any false statement in a birth or
23death certificate record under s. 69.09, 69.10, 69.14 or 69.18, in an application for an
24amendment to a birth or death certificate record under s. 69.11 or 69.12 or in a
25request for a certified copy of a birth certificate record under s. 69.21.
SB760-SSA1,111
1Section 111. 69.24 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,43,42 69.24 (1) (c) Willfully and knowingly supplies any false information with the
3intent that the information be used in the preparation of a birth or death certificate
4record or the amendment of a birth or death certificate record.
SB760-SSA1,112 5Section 112. 69.24 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,43,86 69.24 (1) (d) Counterfeits or, without authorization, makes, alters or amends
7any birth or death certificate record required by this subchapter or a certified copy
8of such certificate record.
SB760-SSA1,113 9Section 113. 69.24 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,43,1110 69.24 (1) (e) Mutilates or destroys an original birth or death certificate record
11filed under this subchapter.
SB760-SSA1,114 12Section 114. 69.24 (1) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,43,1613 69.24 (1) (h) As a public officer or public employee, furnishes or processes a
14birth or death certificate record or a certified copy of a birth or death certificate record
15with the knowledge or intention that the certificate record or copy will be used for
16the purpose of deception.
SB760-SSA1,115 17Section 115. 69.24 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,43,2118 69.24 (2) (a) Willfully and knowingly commits any of the actions prohibited
19under sub. (1) in relation to a records of marriage document, divorce report,
20declaration of domestic partnership, or certificate of termination of domestic
21partnership.
SB760-SSA1,116 22Section 116. 69.24 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,44,223 69.24 (2) (b) Willfully and knowingly refuses to provide information required
24under this subchapter for any part of a birth certificate record which is not

1designated as the part for statistical or medical and statistical use or for a death
2certificate record.
SB760-SSA1,117 3Section 117. 100.545 (1) (h) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,44,54 100.545 (1) (h) 2. A certified or official copy of a birth certificate record issued
5by the entity authorized to issue the birth certificate record.
SB760-SSA1,118 6Section 118. 214.37 (4) (k) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,44,97 214.37 (4) (k) 2. A certified copy of the depositor's death certificate record. If
8the savings bank already possesses a certified copy of the depositor's death certificate
9record, this subdivision does not apply.
SB760-SSA1,119 10Section 119. 215.26 (8) (e) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,44,1311 215.26 (8) (e) 2. Submits a certified copy of the saver's death certificate record.
12If the association already possesses a certified copy of the saver's death certificate
13record, this subdivision does not apply.
SB760-SSA1,120 14Section 120. 343.125 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,44,1715 343.125 (2) (a) 2. A birth certificate record bearing an official seal or other mark
16of authentication and issued by a state, county, or municipality within the United
17States or by a territory or possession of the United States.
SB760-SSA1,121 18Section 121. 343.14 (2r) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,44,2319 343.14 (2r) Notwithstanding sub. (2j), the department may, upon request,
20provide to the department of health services any applicant information maintained
21by the department of transportation and identified in sub. (2), including providing
22electronic access to the information, for the sole purpose of verification by the
23department of health services of birth certificate record information.
SB760-SSA1,122 24Section 122. 343.50 (8) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,45,6
1343.50 (8) (c) 2. Notwithstanding par. (b) and s. 343.14 (2j), the department
2may, upon request, provide to the department of health services any applicant
3information maintained by the department of transportation and identified in s.
4343.14 (2), including providing electronic access to the information, for the sole
5purpose of verification by the department of health services of birth certificate record
6information.
SB760-SSA1,123 7Section 123. 445.13 (1m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,45,108 445.13 (1m) (a) Mail or present a death certificate record within 10 days after
9receipt from the person responsible for completing the medical certification under s.
1069.18 (2).
SB760-SSA1,124 11Section 124. 445.13 (1m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,45,1312 445.13 (1m) (b) Within any period of 180 days, mail or present 6 or more death
13certificates records within the 2-day time limit under s. 69.18 (1) (bm).
SB760-SSA1,125 14Section 125. 711.05 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,45,1515 711.05 (1) (b) A certified copy of the death certificate record of the user.
SB760-SSA1,126 16Section 126. 711.12 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,45,1817 711.12 (7) (a) If the user is deceased, a certified copy of the death certificate
18record of the user.
SB760-SSA1,127 19Section 127. 765.002 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,45,2220 765.002 (4) In this chapter, “marriage document” is that document record
21consisting of the marriage license, the marriage certificate and the confidential
22information collected for statistical purposes only.
SB760-SSA1,128 23Section 128. 765.09 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,46,724 765.09 (3) (b) Each applicant for a marriage license shall exhibit to the clerk
25a certified copy of a birth certificate record, and each applicant shall submit a copy

1of any judgment or death certificate record affecting the applicant's marital status.
2If any applicable birth certificate record, death certificate record or judgment is
3unobtainable, other satisfactory documentary proof of the requisite facts therein
4may be presented in lieu of the birth certificate, death certificate or judgment.
5Whenever the clerk is not satisfied with the documentary proof presented, he or she
6shall submit the presented proof to a judge of a court of record in the county of
7application for an opinion as to its sufficiency.
SB760-SSA1,129 8Section 129. 767.80 (6m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,46,159 767.80 (6m) When action must be commenced. The attorney designated under
10sub. (6) (a) shall commence an action under this section on behalf of the state within
116 months after receiving notification under s. 69.03 (15) that no father is named on
12the birth certificate record of a child who is a resident of the county if paternity has
13not been acknowledged under s. 767.805 (1) or a substantially similar law of another
14state or adjudicated, except in situations under s. 69.14 (1) (g) and (h) and as provided
15by the department by rule.
SB760-SSA1,130 16Section 130. 767.803 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,47,2 17767.803 Determination of marital children. If the father and mother of a
18nonmarital child enter into a lawful marriage or a marriage which appears and they
19believe is lawful, except where the parental rights of the mother were terminated
20before either of these circumstances, the child becomes a marital child, is entitled to
21a change in birth certificate record under s. 69.15 (3) (b), and shall enjoy all of the
22rights and privileges of a marital child as if he or she had been born during the
23marriage of the parents. This section applies to all cases before, on, or after its
24effective date, but no estate already vested shall be divested by this section and ss.

1765.05 to 765.24 and 852.05. The children of all marriages declared void under the
2law are nevertheless marital children.
SB760-SSA1,131 3Section 131. 767.805 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,47,104 767.805 (5) (b) If a court in a proceeding under par. (a) determines that the male
5is not the father of the child, the court shall vacate any order entered under sub. (4)
6with respect to the male. The court or the county child support agency under s. 59.53
7(5) shall notify the state registrar, in the manner provided in s. 69.15 (1) (b), to remove
8the male's name as the father of the child from the child's birth certificate record. No
9paternity action may thereafter be brought against the male with respect to the
10child.
SB760-SSA1,132 11Section 132. 767.805 (6) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,47,1412 767.805 (6) (c) The notice requirements under s. 69.15 (3) (b) 3. apply to this
13section beginning with forms for the acknowledgment acknowledgements of
14paternity that are prescribed by the state registrar on April 1, 1998.
SB760-SSA1,133 15Section 133. 767.87 (1m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,47,2016 767.87 (1m) Birth record required. (intro.) If the child was born in this state,
17the petitioner shall present a certified copy of the child's birth certificate record or
18a printed copy of the record from the birth database of the state registrar to the court,
19so that the court is aware of whether a name has been inserted on the birth certificate
20record as the father of the child, at the earliest possible of the following:
SB760-SSA1,134 21Section 134. 767.89 (2) (b) 1., 2. and 3. of the statutes are amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,47,2322 767.89 (2) (b) 1. A fee for omitting the father's name on a birth certificate record
23under s. 69.15 (3) (a) 1.
SB760-SSA1,47,2524 2. A fee for changing the father's name on a birth certificate record under s.
2569.15 (3) (a) 2.
SB760-SSA1,48,2
13. A fee for inserting the father's name on a birth certificate record under s.
269.15 (3) (a) 3.
SB760-SSA1,135 3Section 135. 770.07 (1) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,48,124 770.07 (1) (d) 2. Each applicant shall exhibit to the clerk a certified copy of a
5birth certificate record, and each applicant shall submit a copy of any judgment,
6certificate of termination of domestic partnership, or death certificate affecting the
7domestic partnership status. If any applicable birth certificate, death certificate,
8notice of termination of domestic partnership, or judgment is unobtainable, other
9satisfactory documentary proof may be presented instead. Whenever the clerk is not
10satisfied with the documentary proof presented, he or she shall submit the proof, for
11an opinion as to its sufficiency, to a judge of a court of record in the county of
12application.
SB760-SSA1,136 13Section 136. 770.10 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,48,20 14770.10 Completion and filing of declaration. In order to form the legal
15status of domestic partners, the individuals shall, within 30 days after the clerk
16issues a declaration of domestic partnership under s. 770.07 (2), complete the
17declaration of domestic partnership, sign the declaration, having their signatures
18acknowledged before a notary, and submit the declaration to the register of deeds of
19the county in which they reside. The register of deeds shall record the declaration
20and forward the original to the state registrar of vital statistics records.
SB760-SSA1,137 21Section 137. 770.12 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,49,422 770.12 (3) Upon receiving a completed, signed, and notarized notice of
23termination of domestic partnership, the affidavit under sub. (1) (b) if required, and
24the fee under s. 770.17, the county clerk shall issue to the domestic partner filing the
25notice of termination a certificate of termination of domestic partnership. The

1domestic partner shall submit the certificate record of termination of domestic
2partnership to the register of deeds of the county in which the declaration of domestic
3partnership is recorded. The register of deeds shall record the certificate record and
4forward the original to the state registrar of vital statistics records.
SB760-SSA1,138 5Section 138. 786.36 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,49,176 786.36 (2) Except as provided in sub. (2m), the order shall be entered at length
7upon the records of the court and a certified copy of the record shall be recorded in
8the office of the register of deeds of the county, who shall make an entry in a book to
9be kept by the register. The fee for recording a certified copy is the fee specified under
10s. 59.43 (2) (ag). If the person whose name is changed or established was born or
11married in this state, the clerk of the court shall send to the state registrar of vital
12statistics records, on a form designed by the state registrar of vital statistics records,
13an abstract of the record, duly certified, accompanied by the fee prescribed in s. 69.22,
14which fee the clerk of court shall charge to and collect from the petitioner. The state
15registrar of vital statistics records shall then correct the birth record, marriage
16record or both, and direct the register of deeds and local registrar to make similar
17corrections on their records.
SB760-SSA1,139 18Section 139. 786.36 (2m) (a) and (b) of the statutes are amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,50,819 786.36 (2m) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), if the court determines that,
20pursuant to s. 786.37 (4), publication of the petition is not required, all records
21related to the petitioner's name change shall be confidential and are exempt from
22disclosure under s. 19.35 (1). The court shall transmit to the register of deeds a form
23that states the petitioner's former name and states that the new name is confidential
24and may not be disclosed except pursuant to par. (b). The fee for recording a certified
25copy is the fee specified under s. 59.43 (2) (ag). If the person whose name is changed

1or established was born in this state, the clerk of the court shall send to the state
2registrar of vital statistics, on a form designed by the state registrar of vital statistics
3records, an abstract of the record, duly certified, accompanied by the fee prescribed
4in s. 69.22, which fee the clerk of court shall charge to and collect from the petitioner.
5The state registrar of vital statistics records shall then correct the birth record and,
6upon request by the petitioner and payment by the petitioner of the fees required
7under s. 69.22, issue to the petitioner the number of certified copies of the corrected
8birth record requested by the petitioner.
SB760-SSA1,50,139 (b) Notwithstanding ss. 69.20 and 69.21, information that is confidential under
10this subsection may not be disclosed by the state registrar of vital statistics records,
11the register of deeds, or a local registrar except pursuant to a court order. A court
12may order disclosure of confidential information upon good cause shown and upon
13determining that the safety of the petitioner is not jeopardized by disclosure.
SB760-SSA1,140 14Section 140. 867.045 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,50,2415 867.045 (1) (intro.) Upon the death of any person having an interest as a joint
16tenant or life tenant in any real property or in the vendor's interest in a land contract
17or a mortgagee's interest in a mortgage, any person interested in the property may
18obtain evidence of the termination of that interest of the decedent by providing to the
19register of deeds of the county in which such property is located a certified copy of the
20death certificate record for the decedent and by providing, on applications supplied
21by the register of deeds for that purpose, the name and address of the decedent and
22of the surviving joint tenant or remainder beneficiary, the date of the decedent's
23death, and the applicant's interest in the property. The applicant shall provide to the
24register of deeds the following information:
SB760-SSA1,141 25Section 141. 867.046 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,51,12
1867.046 (2) Upon death; interest in property. (intro.) As an alternative to sub.
2(1m), upon the death of any person having an interest in any real property, a vendor's
3interest in a land contract, an interest in a savings or checking account, an interest
4in a security, a mortgagee's interest in a mortgage, or an interest in property passing
5under s. 705.10 (1), including an interest in survivorship marital property, the
6decedent's spouse, a beneficiary of a marital property agreement, a TOD beneficiary,
7or a beneficiary of a transfer under s. 705.10 (1) may obtain evidence of the
8termination of that interest of the decedent and confirmation of the petitioner's
9interest in the property by providing to the register of deeds of the county in which
10the property is located the certified death certificate record for the decedent and, on
11applications supplied by the register of deeds for that purpose, all of the following
12information:
SB760-SSA1,142 13Section 142. 891.09 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,51,1814 891.09 (1) Records as evidence. The record of any marriage, birth, stillbirth,
15fetal death or death kept in the office of any register of deeds or local health officer
16of a local health department, as defined in s. 250.01 (4) (a) 2. or 3. or (b), or in the state
17bureau of vital statistics records shall be received as presumptive evidence of the
18marriage, birth, stillbirth, fetal death or death so recorded.
SB760-SSA1,143 19Section 143. 891.39 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,52,220 891.39 (3) If any court under this section adjudges a child to be a nonmarital
21child, the clerk of court shall report the facts to the state registrar, who shall issue
22a new birth certificate record showing the correct facts as found by the court, and
23shall dispose of the original, with the court's report attached under s. 69.15 (3). If the
24husband is a party to the action and the court makes a finding as to whether or not

1the husband is the father of the child, such finding shall be conclusive in all other
2courts of this state.
SB760-SSA1,144 3Section 144. 895.4803 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,52,14 4895.4803 Civil liability exemption; information concerning paternity.
5Any member of the staff of a hospital who is designated by the hospital and trained
6by the department of children and families under s. 69.14 (1) (cm) and who in good
7faith provides to a child's available parents written information that is provided by
8the department of children and families and oral information or an audio or video
9presentation about the form that is statements acknowledging paternity as
10prescribed by the state registrar under s. 69.15 (3) (b) 3. and about the significance
11and benefits of, and alternatives to, establishing paternity, under the requirements
12of s. 69.14 (1) (cm), is immune from civil liability for his or her acts or omissions in
13providing that oral information or audio or video presentation and written
14information.
SB760-SSA1,145 15Section 145. 938.385 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,52,2516 938.385 (2) Identification documents and other information. Except as
17provided in this subsection, ensure that the juvenile is in possession of a certified
18copy of the juvenile's birth certificate record, a social security card issued by the
19federal social security administration, information on maintaining health care
20coverage, a copy of the juvenile's health care records, and either an operator's license
21issued under ch. 343 or an identification card issued under s. 343.50. If the juvenile
22is not in possession of any of those documents or that information, the agency shall
23assist the juvenile in obtaining any missing document or information. This
24subsection does not apply to a juvenile who has been placed in out-of-home care for
25less than 6 months.
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