Section 142.01. Authority and purpose.

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This chapter establishes procedures for controlling access to paper records of births, deaths, fetal deaths, marriages, divorces and annulments that are maintained on file in the offices of local registrars or the department, for the purpose of protecting these vital records from mutilation, alteration or theft. The chapter is promulgated under the authority of ss. 69.02 (2) and 69.20 (4) , Stats.

                    
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