Kentucky Revised Statutes
Includes enactments through the 2024 Regular Session
Chapter titles, centered headings, section catchlines, and explanatory notes are for informational purposes only and do not constitute any part of the law. For general laws governing construction of statutes, see KRS Chapter 446.
The KRS database was last updated on 11/20/2024
.010 Repealed, 1990.
.011 Definitions for chapter.
.016 Vital statistics program.
.020 Repealed, 1990.
.021 Administrative regulations.
.026 State registrar.
.030 Repealed, 1990.
.031 Duties of state registrar.
.036 Local registrars -- Deputy registrars -- Services provided by local registrars and local health departments.
.040 Repealed, 1990.
.041 National uniformity of documents.
.046 Registration of births required -- Establishment of paternity -- Duties of institution and cabinet -- Contents of birth certificate.
.047 Payment for completed affidavit-of-paternity form.
.049 Contents of paternity judgment order -- Transmittal to registrar.
.050 Repealed, 1990.
.051 Information reported by person who assumes custody of live-born infant of unknown parentage.
.053 Repealed, 1990.
.055 Repealed, 1990.
.056 Filing of delayed birth certificate.
.060 Repealed, 1990.
.061 Flagged birth certificate of child reported missing.
.066 Reports of adoptions and annulments or amendments of adoptions.
.070 Repealed, 1990.
.071 Establishment of new birth certificate for person born in Commonwealth -- Findings of paternity reported -- Procedure when judgment or acknowledgment of paternity is reversed or modified -- Copies of original birth certificate sealed -- Birth certificate for adopted child.
.075 Repealed, 1990.
.076 Certificate of death or provisional certificate of death required to be filed -- Method of filing -- Notice of military burial rights -- Medical certification of cause of death -- Contents of certificate -- Supplemental report -- Verification-of-death statements -- Interment or other disposition of body prohibited unless accompanied by copy of certificate -- Authorization for disinterment -- Change in death certificate.
.078 Repealed, 2008.
.080 Repealed, 1990.
.081 Permit to cremate or transport body -- Simultaneous cremation.
.086 "Presumptive" death certificate.
.090 Repealed, 1990.
.091 "Delayed" death certificate.
.096 Combination birth-death or stillbirth certificate -- Completion of form.
.098 Disclosure regarding fetal remains -- Forms -- Prohibited activities.
.100 Repealed, 1990.
.101 Abortion required to be reported to Vital Statistics Branch -- Contents of report -- Public report by Vital Statistics Branch -- Administrative regulations -- Audit by Inspector General.
.105 Repealed, 1990.
.106 Use of induced termination of pregnancy reports.
.110 Repealed, 1990.
.111 Loan of unclaimed bodies to hospital or institution of higher learning.
.116 Collection of data relating to marriages, divorces, and annulments.
.120 Repealed, 1990.
.121 Amendment of certificate or report.
.122 Repealed, 1990.
.125 Repealed, 1990.
.126 Preservation of vital records.
.130 Repealed, 1990.
.131 Inspection of records -- Public records.
.136 Certified copy of a vital record.
.140 Repealed, 1990.
.141 Fee for certified copies of certificates or records or for a search of records -- Exemptions.
.143 Repealed, 2018.
.146 Maintenance of records relating to vital statistics by various persons.
.150 Repealed, 1990.
.151 Furnishing of information to complete a vital record.
.156 Application of the provisions of this chapter.
.160 Repealed, 1990.
.161 Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Program -- Collection of a tissue sample during autopsy, conditions.
.166 Short title.
.170 Repealed, 1990.
.172 Report on prescriptions for abortion-inducing drugs -- Failure to comply -- Administrative regulations.
.174 Report forms -- Annual statistical report -- Public records -- Confidentiality of identity -- Communication of reporting requirements.
.176 Information and statement.
.180 Repealed, 1990.
.190 Repealed, 1990.
.195 Repealed, 1990.
.200 Repealed, 1990.
.210 Repealed, 1990.
.320 Repealed, 1990.
.330 Repealed, 1990.
.340 Repealed, 1990.
.400 Repealed, 1990.
.410 Repealed, 1990.
.420 Burial of homicide victims -- Application to Circuit Court if burial refused.
.990 Repealed, 1990.
.991 Penalties.