NYC Administrative Code

§ 17-170 — Records of births, deaths and marriages on file with the department and the clerk of the county of Kings; transfer to the department of general services; certification.

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What is NYC AC § 17-170?

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This section authorizes the transfer of original records of births, deaths, and marriages from the department and the clerk of Kings County to the department of general services. It mandates the maintenance of these records as public records and allows for the issuance of certified copies by the commissioner of records. Applies to records filed prior to 1866 and subsequent records as determined by the board of health.

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§ 17-170 Records of births, deaths and marriages on file with the department and the clerk of the county of Kings; transfer to the department of general services; certification.

AC § 17-170

a. The department and the clerk of the county of Kings are authorized to transfer to and the department of general services is authorized to receive all original records of births, deaths and marriages filed prior to the year eighteen hundred sixty-six with the department or the office of the city inspector or any such records transferred to the clerk of the county of Kings together with the indexes to such records and the department of general services shall file and maintain such records as public records. b. Original records of births, deaths, and fetal deaths filed with the department or the office of the city inspector subsequent to the year eighteen hundred sixty-five and the indexes to such records shall be transferred by the department to the department of records and information services at such times as the board of health shall determine; said records shall be filed and maintained by the department of records and information services as public records. c. Upon the transfer of such records the commissioner of the department of records and information services shall have the authority to issue upon request certified copies of or extracts from such records. Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 1996/059.

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