§ 102280 Local Registrar Appointment

Health and Safety Code·California

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The state official picks a local person to record births and deaths for each area, and that person serves for four years but can be fired right away if they don’t do the job.

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•The State Registrar chooses a local registrar for each district.
•Each local registrar serves a four‑year term.
•The State Registrar can fire the local registrar right away if they fail or neglect their duties.

Example

A town’s birth recorder forgets to file a newborn’s birth certificate for several months.

Because the recorder isn’t doing their duty, the state official can immediately remove them from the job, even though they were only supposed to serve a four‑year term.

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§ 102280 Local Registrar Appointment

In other areas, the State Registrar shall appoint a local registrar of births and deaths for each registration district, whose term of office shall be four years. The State Registrar may remove such appointee forthwith for failure or neglect to perform his or her duty. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)

Last verified: January 11, 2026

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State Registrar local registrar registration district term of office remove failure or neglect to perform his or her duty

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Health and Safety Code. Section 102280.

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