The local registrar, under the supervision and direction of the state
registrar, has the following duties:
A. Strictly and thoroughly enforce the laws relative to
the disposal of dead bodies and the registration of vital records.
B. Supply blank forms or certificates supplied by the state
registrar as required.
C. Supply to every physician, midwife and funeral director
a copy of the law relative to the registration of vital records and the disposal
of dead bodies, together with such rules and regulations prepared by the state
registrar relative to enforcement.
D. The registrar must sign his/her name and insert the date
of filing in the spaces provided on each certificate accepted by his/her office.
E. The registrar must examine each certificate of birth,
death and marriage to determine its completeness and if in conformance with
the rules and regulations of the state registrar. The registrar has the legal
right to refuse certificates for filing that are incomplete or otherwise unacceptable.
F. The second copy of the carbonized form of each certificate
shall serve as the local, permanent copy of the certificate.
G. By the 10th of each month, the local registrar is required
to transmit to the state registrar all original birth, death and marriage
certificates filed for the preceding month. Major hospital communities are
required to send in certificates by the 10th of each month and again by the
25th of each month.
H. Hospital registrars where birth certificates are transmitted
to Trenton, New Jersey electronically must mail the hard copy to Trenton,
New Jersey to reach the State Registrar by Friday of each week.
I. A local registrar is to make an immediate report to the
State Registrar of any violation of the statutes coming to his/her municipality.
Resident copies of certificates must be forwarded within five days of an event.
The registrar or deputy may take civil action through the municipal
court as prescribed in N.J.S.A. 26:8-69.