Part - VITAL RECORDS

Section 333.2801 - Meanings of words and phrases; general definitions and principles of construction
Section 333.2803 - Definitions; A to F
Section 333.2804 - Definitions; I to R
Section 333.2805 - Definitions; S to V
Section 333.2811 - Form and content of vital records and certificates
Section 333.2813 - State registrar; appointment; duties; inclusion of social security number; disclosure prohibited; violation; penalty
Section 333.2814 - City clerk or city department as local registrar; rules
Section 333.2815 - Local registrar; duties
Section 333.2821 - Birth registration required; filing record of birth; time of registration; transmission to childhood immunization registry
Section 333.2822 - [Effective Until 91 days after adjournment of the 2024 Regular Session sine die] Individuals required to report live birth occurring in state; "surrender" defined
Section 333.2822 - [Effective 91 days after adjournment of the 2024 Regular Session sine die] Individuals required to report live birth occurring in state; "surrender" defined
Section 333.2823 - Registration of live birth occurring in moving conveyance
Section 333.2824 - [Effective Until 91 days after adjournment of the 2024 Regular Session sine die] Registering name of husband as father of child; registering surname of child; consent; acknowledgment of parentage; designating surname of child; entering name of father and surname of child on birth certificate; father not named on birth registration; utilization of assisted reproductive technology; reference to legitimacy or illegitimacy prohibited
Section 333.2824 - [Effective 91 days after adjournment of the 2024 Regular Session sine die] Registering name of spouse as parent of child; registering surname of child; consent; acknowledgment of parentage; designating surname of child; entering name of other parent and surname of child on birth certificate; other parent not named on birth registration; reference to legitimacy or illegitimacy prohibited
Section 333.2825 - Assuming custody of live born child of unknown parentage; form, contents, and filing of report; place of birth; report as birth registration; sealing and opening of report
Section 333.2827 - Failure to register birth within time prescribed; filing certificate of birth; registration of birth subject to evidentiary requirements; marking certificate "delayed" and showing date of delayed registration; endorsing summary statement of evidence on certificate; failure to register due to conflict of information
Section 333.2828 - Conditions prohibiting registration of delayed certificate of birth; advising applicant of reasons and right of appeal; dismissal of application; judicial findings and order; forwarding order to state registrar; registration of order as certificate of birth; forwarding copy of delayed registration to local registrar
Section 333.2829 - Report of adoption; form; contents; report when adoption order amended, annulled, or rescinded; duty of probate register or clerk; requirements of birth certificate issued to adopted individual
Section 333.2830 - Adoption of child born outside United States, territory of United States, or Canada; filing, form, and contents of delayed registration of birth; petition for issuance of delayed registration of birth; entering change of name
Section 333.2831 - [Effective Until 91 days after adjournment of the 2024 Regular Session sine die] New certificate of birth; establishment; requirements
Section 333.2831 - [Effective 91 days after adjournment of the 2024 Regular Session sine die] New certificate of birth; establishment; requirements
Section 333.2832 - [Effective Until 91 days after adjournment of the 2024 Regular Session sine die] New certificate of birth; actual place and date of birth to be shown; substitution for original certificate; inspection; restoration of original certificate upon notice of annulment or rescission of adoption; preparing new certificate on delayed birth certificate form; sealing or forwarding original certificate
Section 333.2832 - [Effective 91 days after adjournment of the 2024 Regular Session sine die] New certificate of birth; actual place and date of birth to be shown; substitution for original certificate; inspection; restoration of original certificate upon notice of annulment or rescission of adoption; preparing new certificate on delayed birth certificate form; sealing or forwarding original certificate
Section 333.2833 - Recording death on decedent's birth certificate; notification; recordation by department or local registrar; recordation on face of copies of certificate; correction of record
Section 333.2834 - Report of fetal death; time, form, and manner; prohibited information; report if dead fetus delivered in or outside institution; notice to medical examiner; investigation and report; use and disposition of confidential statistical reports; disclosure identifying biological parents prohibited; incorporation of records into system of vital statistics; certificate of stillbirth
Section 333.2835 - [Repealed]
Section 333.2836 - [Repealed]
Section 333.2837 - [Repealed]
Section 333.2841 - Death registration required; place of death; failure to report death to law enforcement agency, funeral home, or 9-1-1 operator; violation; penalty
Section 333.2842 - Death registration; death occurring in moving conveyance
Section 333.2843 - Report of death by funeral director; "dead body" defined; personal data; medical certification; neglecting or refusing to sign death certificate as misdemeanor; penalty; certification and filing of death record; deceased infant; information
Section 333.2843a - Ascertaining if deceased person veteran; releasing information for graves registration list of all burials of veterans
Section 333.2843b - Physician having actual knowledge of presence in deceased individual of infectious agent; notification of funeral director or authorized agent; refusal to render services prohibited; effective date of subsection (1); confidentiality; rules; violation as misdemeanor
Section 333.2844 - Referral of case to county medical examiner; determining and certifying cause of death; investigation; completing and signing medical certification; notice to funeral director; final disposition
Section 333.2844a - Dental examination of dead body; forwarding records to law enforcement agency; entering information into national crime information center; cancellation of information
Section 333.2845 - Inability to locate body; registration of death upon receipt of findings of probate court; marking death registration; extension of time periods
Section 333.2846 - Failure to register death within prescribed time period; filing, registering, and marking certificate; evidentiary requirements
Section 333.2847 - Death of individual in county in which individual not a resident; information; issuance of certified copy or certificate of registration prohibited
Section 333.2848 - Authorization for final disposition of dead body or fetus; time; form; retention of permit; religious service or ceremony not required; cremation; moving body; permit issued by other state
Section 333.2850 - Interment or other disposition of dead body or fetus; duty of individual in charge of premises; record of final disposition
Section 333.2851 - Permit request for disinterment of dead human body
Section 333.2852 - Weather conditions requiring storage of dead body; authorization for delayed interment; disinterment and reinterment permit not required
Section 333.2853 - Permit for disinterment and reinterment required; issuance; forms for permits and applications; retention of application; copy of permit as permanent record; petition for disinterment order
Section 333.2854 - Failure to comply with provisions of MCL 333.2848; violation; state civil infraction; civil fine
Section 333.2855 - Autopsy; physician to perform; consent; ordering of autopsy; exceptions; removal, retention, or use of pituitary gland; conditions; charge; submitting pituitary gland for treatment of human being; agreement
Section 333.2855a - Public display of autopsy photograph; court action; applicability of section to internet service provider; constitutionally protected speech or activity not prohibited; definitions
Section 333.2861 - Original marriage license certificates; filing; incorporating information relating to marriages in system of vital statistics
Section 333.2864 - Report of divorce proceedings; filing; forms; specifying number of divorces granted; report by party petitioning for divorce; signing and filing report; incorporating divorce reports in system of vital statistics
Section 333.2867 - Information necessary to complete birth, death, marriage, or divorce registration; furnishing on demand; attesting accuracy of personal data regarding live birth registration
Section 333.2871 - Amendment of certificate or record; procedures; requirements; rules
Section 333.2872 - Acknowledgement of paternity; creating new certificate of birth; changing surname of child; sealing original certificate; addendum to certificate of live birth; creating new live birth certificate and sealing original
Section 333.2873 - Conditions precluding amendment of vital record; reason for refusal; appeal; reporting amendment; preservation of original information
Section 333.2876 - Preservation of vital records and vital statistics; procedures
Section 333.2881 - Procedures applicable to system of vital statistics; request and fee for verification of facts; request and fee for name and location of court which finalized adoption
Section 333.2882 - Issuance of certain certified copies; request; fee; request of adopted adult or confidential intermediary; phrase to be marked on certificate provided under subsection (2) or (3)
Section 333.2882a - Heirloom birth certificate; issuance; administration; fee; design; seal; signature of governor; marketing and promotion; certificate not official record; section to be referred to as "Pam Posthumus law."
Section 333.2883 - Furnishing copies or data from system of vital statistics; requirements; availability of copies of certificates or reports
Section 333.2884 - Transmitting transcripts of records and other reports to offices of vital statistics outside state; agreement; return of transcripts; transcripts received from other jurisdictions
Section 333.2885 - Transmission of vital records to library of Michigan
Section 333.2886 - Certified copies considered same as original; prima facie evidence
Section 333.2888 - Inspection of vital records, disclosure of information, and issuance of copies; procedures; appeal to state registrar
Section 333.2889 - Tagging birth certificate of missing child; notifying state police of request for copy of certificate; matching LEIN entry and certificate; tagging by local registrar; removal of tag
Section 333.2890 - Issuing birth certificate, certificate of registration, or information by mail; marking phrase "missing person" on face of document; telephoning state registrar upon receipt of request for tagged record; providing state registrar with certain information; telephoning state police; notice to law enforcement agency
Section 333.2891 - [Effective Until 91 days after adjournment of the 2024 Regular Session sine die] Search for vital record; request; fee; official statement if record not located; verification of identity; fees for search, establishment, or registration; furnishing copies without charge; fees for creation of new vital records and corrections of vital records; additional fees; disposition of fees; system of fees for local registrars; vital records fund; "central issuance system" defined
Section 333.2891 - [Effective 91 days after adjournment of the 2024 Regular Session sine die] Search for vital record; request; fee; official statement if record not located; verification of identity; fees for search, establishment, or registration; furnishing copies without charge; fees for creation of new vital records and corrections of vital records; additional fees; disposition of fees; system of fees for local registrars; vital records fund; "central issuance system" defined
Section 333.2892 - Vital records fund creation; duties of state treasurer; disposition of fund; administrator of fund; expenditures; limitation
Section 333.2894 - Prohibited conduct
Section 333.2895 - Inspection or copying of information contained in system of vital statistics
Section 333.2896 - Rules; minimum requirements
Section 333.2898 - Violation; penalty
Section 333.2899 - Reporting violation; statement; initiation of proceedings