Health and Safety Code section 103505

(a)

A certification of birth or death outside of the United States shall not be recorded by the county recorder.

(b)

This section shall not apply to any court-order-delayed birth certificate or court-order-delayed death certificate issued pursuant to Chapter 12 (commencing with Section 103450) of Part 1 of Division 102.

Source: Section 103505, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=103505. (updated Jan. 1, 2010; accessed Jul. 14, 2025).

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Original Source: Section 103505, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=103505. (last accessed May 12, 2025).