§ 130A-99. Register of deeds to preserve copies of birth and death records. - North Carolina Statutes

§130A‑99.  Register of deeds to preserve copies of birth and deathrecords.

(a)        The register ofdeeds of each county shall file and preserve the copies of birth and deathcertificates furnished by the local registrar under the provisions of G.S. 130A‑97,and shall make and keep a proper index of the certificates. These certificatesshall be open to inspection and examination. Copies or abstracts of thesecertificates shall be provided to any person upon request. Certified copies ofthese certificates shall be provided only to those persons described in G.S.130A‑93(c).

(b)        The register ofdeeds may remove from the records and destroy copies of birth or deathcertificates for persons born or dying in counties other than the county inwhich the office of the register of deeds is located, only after confirmingthat copies of the birth or death certificates removed and destroyed aremaintained by the State Registrar or North Carolina State Archives. (1957,c. 1357, s. 1; 1969, c. 80, s. 3; c. 1031, s. 1; 1983, c. 891, s. 2; 1997‑309,s. 11.)