69.21
69.21
Copies of vital records. 69.21(1)(a)1.1. Except as provided under
subd. 2., the state registrar and any local registrar shall issue a certified copy of a vital record to any person if the person submits a request for a certified copy of a vital record of a specified registrant in writing to the registrar responsible for filing or registering the vital record and if the request is accompanied by the fee required under
s. 69.22.
69.21(1)(a)2.
2. The state registrar and any local registrar may not issue any certified copy under
subd. 1. of:
69.21(1)(a)2.a.
a. A vital record, if the event which is the subject of the vital record occurred after September 30, 1907, unless the requester is a person with a direct and tangible interest in the record or unless the registrar has received a court order directing issuance of the vital record.
69.21(1)(a)2.b.
b. Any information of the part of a birth certificate, marriage document or divorce report the disclosure of which is limited under
s. 69.20 (2) (a) unless the requester is the subject of the information.
69.21(1)(a)2.c.
c. The birth certificate of a person if no surname has been entered on the birth certificate for the person under
s. 69.14 (1) (f).
69.21(1)(b)1.1. Any copy of a vital record certified under
par. (a) shall be on a form provided or approved by the state registrar and shall include the date of issuance, the name of the issuing officer, the issuing officer's signature or an authorized facsimile of his or her signature and the seal of the issuing officer. The certification shall be applied to the copy in a way that prevents its removal from the copy.
69.21(1)(b)2.
2. Any copy of a birth certificate issued under
par. (a) shall be in a long or short form, as specified by the person submitting the request under
par. (a). The long form shall include the name, sex, date and place of birth and parent's surnames of the registrant, the file date and the file number. The short form may not include any information about the parents of the registrant. The state registrar shall issue the short form for any registrant born of unmarried parents if the registrant's certificate was not prepared under
s. 69.15 (3) (b), unless the person requesting the copy requests the long form.
69.21(1)(b)3.
3. A local registrar may issue a copy of a birth or death certificate under
par. (a) through the state registrar's computer data base if the event which is the subject of the birth or death occurred in the local registrar's registration district or if the registrant resided in the local registrar's registration district when the event occurred.
69.21(1)(b)4.
4. Any copy of a death certificate issued under
par. (a) shall include, without limitation due to enumeration, the name, sex, date and place of death, age or birth date, cause of death and social security number of the decedent, and the file number and the file date of the certificate.
69.21(1)(c)
(c) Any certified copy of a vital record or part of a vital record issued under this subsection shall be deemed the same as the original vital record and shall be prima facie evidence of any fact stated in the vital record, except that the evidentiary value of a vital record filed more than one year after the event which is the subject of the vital record occurred or of a vital record which has been amended shall be determined by the judicial or administrative agency or official before whom the vital record is offered as evidence.
69.21(2)(a)(a) The state registrar or local registrar shall issue an uncertified copy of the vital record of one or more registrants if the subject of the vital record is an event occurring after September 30, 1907. The requirements of
ss. 69.15 (6) (b) and
69.20 (3) (b) for disclosing information under
s. 69.20 (2) shall apply to issuance under this paragraph of any copy of a vital record containing such information.
69.21(2)(b)
(b) The state registrar and any local registrar shall issue an uncertified copy of the vital record of one or more registrants, whether specified or not, to any person if the subject of the vital record is an event occurring before October 1, 1907, and if the person submits a request for the copy in writing to the registrar responsible for filing or registering the vital record and if the request is accompanied by the fee required under
s. 69.22 (1) (b).
69.21(2)(c)
(c) Any uncertified copy issued under this subsection shall have on its face a notice that it is uncertified.
69.21(3)
(3) Amendments. Any copy of a vital record issued under this section shall show all amendments or changes made on the record since it was filed, the date and authority of the amendment or change unless a certificate was issued for the registrant under
s. 69.14 (1) (h) or
69.15 (2),
(3) or
(4) (b).
69.21(4)(a)(a) Except as provided under
par. (b), if the state registrar or a local registrar determines that a vital record was registered through misrepresentation or fraud, he or she may not issue any copy of the vital record prior to a determination by a court of the actual facts of the event which is the subject of the record.
69.21(4)(b)
(b) A person with a direct and tangible interest in a vital record withheld by the state registrar under
par. (a) may petition the circuit court of the county in which the event which is the subject of the vital record is shown on the original record to have occurred. The petition shall be accompanied by a certified copy of the original vital record. In issuing the certified copy, the state registrar shall mark the copy to indicate that the copy is for use by the court in making its determination under this paragraph. If the court finds that the petitioner has proven that the information on the vital record is valid, the clerk of court shall report the court's determination to the state registrar on a form prescribed by the state registrar, who shall issue the certified copy.
69.21 History
History: 1985 a. 315;
1987 a. 307.
69.21 Annotation
Cross-references: See s. 889.18 for evidence of official records and s. 891.09 for evidence of vital statistics.
69.22(1)(1) The state registrar and any local registrar acting under this subchapter shall collect the following fees:
69.22(1)(a)
(a) Except as provided under
par. (c), $7 for issuing one certified copy of a vital record and $2 for any additional certified copy of the same vital record issued at the same time.
69.22(1)(b)
(b) Except as provided under
par. (c), $7 for any uncertified copy of a vital record issued under
s. 69.21 (2) or for verifying information submitted by a requester without issuance of a copy.
69.22(1)(c)
(c) Twelve dollars for issuing a copy of a birth certificate, $7 of which shall be forwarded to the state treasurer as provided in
sub. (1m) and credited to the appropriations under
s. 20.433 (1) (g) and
(h).
69.22(1m)
(1m) The state registrar and any local registrar acting under this subchapter shall forward to the state treasurer the amount specified in
sub. (1) (c) for each copy of a birth certificate issued during a calendar quarter by the 15th day of the first month following the end of the calendar quarter.
69.22(2)
(2) The state registrar and any local registrar may charge $7 for a search of vital records if the registrar finds no record. In addition to the $7, a registrar may charge a fee to cover the costs of a search of vital records if the requester provides no identifying information or identifying information which is imprecise or inadequate.
69.22(3)
(3) If a local registrar under
s. 69.11 (4) or
69.14 (2) (b) 6. completes the proper forms for the applicant and submits the forms and proofs to the office of the state registrar, the state registrar and the register of deeds shall receive equal amounts of the fee received for the action.
69.22(4)
(4) A local registrar in a registration district may set a reasonable fee to cover the costs of sending requests to local health departments under
s. 69.05 (3m).
69.22(5)
(5) The state registrar shall collect the following fees:
69.22(5)(b)2.
2. The filing of a birth certificate under
s. 69.14 (2) (b) 5. The fee under this subdivision includes the search for the birth certificate and the first copy of the certificate except that the state registrar shall add to the $20 fee, the $5 fee required under
sub. (1) (c).
69.22(5)(c)
(c) The state registrar may charge a reasonable fee to adequately cover the cost of specialized data collection and data production for research or administrative data requested under
s. 69.20.
69.22(6)
(6) The state registrar may provide free search and free copies of vital records to state agencies. The register of deeds may provide free searches and free copies to agencies in his or her county at the direction of the county board.
69.23
69.23
Costs for collecting delinquent certificates. If the state registrar determines that it is not possible to obtain a vital record from a local registrar under this subchapter, the state registrar may obtain the vital record and charge the cost of obtaining the record to the registration district in which the record should have been filed. If the registration district receives from the state registrar an itemized statement of such costs filed with the clerk of the registration district, the registration district shall pay the costs to the state registrar.
69.23 History
History: 1985 a. 315.
69.24(1)(1) Any person who does any of the following shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than 2 years or both:
69.24(1)(a)
(a) Prepares or issues any paper or film which purports to be, or carries the appearance of, an original or a copy of a vital record, certified or uncertified, except as provided under this subchapter or
s. 610.50 and except for any hospital which issues any written announcement of the birth of a person to the parents of the person if the announcement contains plain notice that the announcement is not for official use.
69.24(1)(b)
(b) Wilfully and knowingly makes any false statement in a birth or death certificate under
s. 69.09,
69.10,
69.14 or
69.18, in an application for an amendment to a birth or death certificate under
s. 69.11 or
69.12 or in a request for a certified copy of a birth certificate under
s. 69.21.
69.24(1)(c)
(c) Wilfully and knowingly supplies any false information with the intent that the information be used in the preparation of a birth or death certificate or the amendment of a birth or death certificate.
69.24(1)(d)
(d) Counterfeits or, without authorization, makes, alters or amends any birth or death certificate required by this subchapter or a certified copy of such certificate.
69.24(1)(e)
(e) Mutilates or destroys an original birth or death certificate filed under this subchapter.
69.24(1)(f)
(f) Wilfully and knowingly obtains, possesses, uses, sells, furnishes or attempts to obtain, possess, use, sell or furnish to any person for any purpose of deception, any vital record or certified copy of a vital record which is counterfeited, altered or amended or false in part or in whole or which is related to the birth, death, marriage or divorce of another person, whether living or dead.
69.24(1)(g)
(g) Illegally possesses any vital record required under this subchapter with knowledge that the vital record has been illegally obtained.
69.24(1)(h)
(h) As a public officer or public employe, furnishes or processes a birth or death certificate or a certified copy of a birth or death certificate with the knowledge or intention that the certificate or copy will be used for the purpose of deception.
69.24(2)
(2) Any person who does any of the following shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than 90 days or both:
69.24(2)(a)
(a) Wilfully and knowingly commits any of the actions prohibited under
sub. (1) in relation to a marriage document or divorce report.
69.24(2)(b)
(b) Wilfully and knowingly refuses to provide information required under this subchapter for a death certificate or for any part of a birth certificate which is not designated as the part for statistical or medical and statistical use.
69.24(2)(d)
(d) Wilfully and knowingly neglects or violates or refuses to perform any requirement under this subchapter.
69.24 Annotation
A bank, its employes and agents violate this section when copying a certified copy of a vital record for use by the Federal Reserve Bank.
78 Atty. Gen. 232.
69.30
69.30
Authorized copying of vital records. 69.30(1)(b)
(b) "Financial institution" means any bank, savings bank, savings and loan association or credit union that is authorized to do business under state or federal laws relating to financial institutions.
69.30(2)
(2) A financial institution, state agency, county department or service office or an employe of a financial institution, state agency, county department or service office is not subject to
s. 69.24 (1) (a) for copying a certified copy of a vital record for use by the financial institution, state agency, county department or service office, including use under
s. 45.36 (4m), if the copy is marked "FOR ADMINISTRATIVE USE".
GENERAL STATISTICS
69.60
69.60
Taxes and bonds. The clerk of each town, city and village shall annually, at the time required by law to deliver the tax roll to the town, city or village treasurer, make out and transmit to the county treasurer, on blanks furnished by the department of revenue, a statement showing the total amount of all taxes levied therein by said town, city or village for the current year.
69.60 History
History: 1971 c. 154;
1975 c. 295,
421; Stats. 1975 s. 69.60;
1991 a. 39.
69.61
69.61
Annual statement of taxes. Annually, on or before the 3rd Monday of December, a statement in detail of all taxes levied in each town, village and city during the year, shall be made and filed by the clerk thereof, with the department of revenue. Any such clerk failing to make the statement herein provided for, and within the time above provided, shall be liable to the town, village and city for all damages caused by the delinquency. The department of revenue shall prepare and furnish the blanks for such statement, as well as for the statement mentioned in
s. 69.62.
69.61 History
History: 1975 c. 295 ss.
3,
9;
1975 c. 421; Stats. 1975 s. 69.61.
69.62
69.62
Returns to department of revenue. The county clerk of each county shall, immediately upon the receipt from the department of revenue of the blanks and instructions necessary for carrying out
s. 69.61, by town, village and city officers, distribute the same to such officers at the expense of the county, and shall annually, on or before November 30, make out and transmit to the department of revenue a statement in detail of all county taxes levied on taxable property in the county during the preceding year, and the purposes for which the same were levied and expended. Any county clerk failing to make the statement herein provided for, and within the time above provided, shall be liable to the county for all damages caused by the delinquency.
69.62 History
History: 1971 c. 65;
1975 c. 295 ss.
3,
9;
1975 c. 421; Stats. 1975 s. 69.62;
1977 c. 29 s.
1647 (21);
1983 a. 275.
69.63
69.63
Department of revenue, duties. It shall be the duty of the department of revenue to collect from time to time statistics of recorded sales of real estate in each county and of the assessed valuation of the lands included in such sales. In collecting such statistics, sales appearing to be made for a nominal consideration or as to which the true consideration is not stated and cannot be readily ascertained, and those in which the description of lands does not substantially correspond or cannot be identified with descriptions upon the assessment roll, shall be omitted; and the department may also exclude from such statistics any other sales where for any reason the data appear to be unreliable or not serviceable.
69.63 History
History: 1975 c. 295; Stats. 1975 s. 69.63.
69.64
69.64
Realty statistics; items. The data to be collected as provided by
s. 69.63 shall include:
69.64(1)
(1) The date of each instrument of conveyance or sale.
69.64(2)
(2) The date, volume and page of the record thereof.
69.64(3)
(3) A brief description of the lands conveyed or sold.
69.64(4)
(4) The number of acres, where the lands are unplatted.
69.64(5)
(5) The consideration recited in such instrument.
69.64(6)
(6) The assessed valuation next previous or nearest to the date of such instrument.
