{"code":"HSC","codeName":"Health and Safety Code","section":"103785","citation":"Health & Saf. Code, § 103785","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 102. VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS [102100. - 103925.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-102"},{"name":"PART 1. VITAL RECORDS [102100. - 103800.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-102/part-1"},{"name":"CHAPTER 17. Penalties [103775. - 103800.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-102/part-1/chapter-17"},{"name":"ARTICLE 1. Misdemeanors [103775. - 103795.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-102/part-1/chapter-17/article-1"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 816, Sec. 52.   Effective January 1, 2007.   Operative January 1, 2008, by Sec. 56 of Ch. 816.","effective":"2007-01-01","html":"<p>Every person who is required to fill out a certificate of birth, fetal death, or death, or marriage license and register it with the local registrar, or deliver it, upon request, to any person charged with the duty of registering it, and who fails, neglects, or refuses to perform that duty in the manner required by this part is guilty of a misdemeanor.</p>","text":"Every person who is required to fill out a certificate of birth, fetal death, or death, or marriage license and register it with the local registrar, or deliver it, upon request, to any person charged with the duty of registering it, and who fails, neglects, or refuses to perform that duty in the manner required by this part is guilty of a misdemeanor.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/misdemeanors-103785","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}