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DIVISION 102. VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS 102100-103925›PART 1. VITAL RECORDS 102100-103800›CHAPTER 17. Penalties 103775-103800›ARTICLE 1. Misdemeanors 103775-103795

§ 103785

California Health and Safety Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-03 · California

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.)

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