
1 
This Order may be cited as the Evidence
(United States of America) Order 1969.
2 
This Order extends to all parts  of
the United Kingdom.
3 
The registers specified in the second
column of the Schedule to this Order shall be deemed to be public registers
kept under the authority of the law of the respective States and District
mentioned in the first column of that Schedule and recognised by the courts
of the respective States and District as authentic records and to be documents
of such a public nature as to be admissible as evidence of the matters regularly
recorded therein.
4 
For the purposes of the preceding Article
all matters recorded in any such register as aforesaid shall be deemed, until
the contrary is proved, to be regularly recorded therein.
5 
Subject to any requirements of rules
of court, a document which purports to be issued in any of the said States
and District as an official copy of an entry in any such register as aforesaid
and which purports to be authenticated as such by the signature of any person
appearing to be the officer specified in the third column of the Schedule
or any other officer who may from time to time be authorised to perform the
certifying functions at present performed by the officer so specified shall,
without evidence as to the custody of the register or of inability to produce
it and without any further or other proof, be received as evidence that the
register contains such an entry.
6 
Nothing in this Order shall be taken
to prohibit or restrict the admission in evidence of any copy, extract, summary,
certificate or other document whatsoever which, apart from the provisions
of this Order, would be admissible as evidence of any particular matter, or
to affect any power which, otherwise than by virtue of this Order, is exercisable
by any court with respect to the admission of documents in evidence.
N. E. Leigh

SCHEDULE


State or District Register Certifying Officer

ALABAMA Births
and Deaths 
State Registrar or Local Health Officer.
 
Marriages 
State Registrar or County Probate Judge.
ALASKA Births, Deaths and Marriages State Registrar of Vital Statistics or
Local Registrars: Magistrates and District Judges.
ARIZONA Births and Deaths Director, Bureau of Vital
Statistics, or County Registrar for Pima or Maricopa Counties.
 Marriages Clerk of Superior Court.


ARKANSAS Births
and Deaths 
Director, Bureau of Vital Statistics.
 Marriages Director, Bureau of Vital Statistics, or County Clerk.
CALIFORNIA
 Births and
Deaths Chief,
Bureau of Vital Statistics, Local Registrar, County Recorder, City or County
Health Officer.
 Marriages Chief, Bureau of Vital
Statistics, or County Recorder.
COLORADO Births and Deaths Chief, Records and Statistics Section, or Local Registrar.
 Marriages Court Clerk of Records or Chief, Records and Statistics Section.


CONNECTICUT 
Births, Deaths and Marriages Chief, Public Health Statistics Section, or Local Registrar.
DELAWARE Births, Deaths and Marriages
 Chief, Bureau
of Vital Statistics, or Local Registrar.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Births and Deaths Supervisor, Vital Records
Unit.
 Marriages Deputy Clerk, Marriage Bureau
or Clerk, U.S. District Court.
FLORIDA Births and Deaths Director, Bureau of Vital Statistics, or Local Registrar.
 Marriages Director, Bureau of Vital Statistics, or County Judge.
GEORGIA Births and Deaths Director, Vital Records
Service, or County Ordinary.
 Marriages County Ordinary.
HAWAII Births, Deaths and Marriages
 Registrar
General.

IDAHO Births,
Deaths and Marriages Director, Bureau of Vital Statistics, or County Recorder.
ILLINOIS Births and Deaths Deputy State Registrar,
Local Registrar or County Clerk.
 Marriages County Clerk.
INDIANA Births and Deaths Director, Division of
Vital Records, or Local Registrar: Health Officer.
 Marriages Clerk of Circuit Court or Clerk of Superior Court.
IOWA Births, Deaths and Marriages
 Director,
Records and Statistics Section, or County Clerk.
KANSAS Births and Deaths Director, Division of
Vital Statistics and Records.
 Marriages Director, Division of
Vital Statistics and Records, or Probate Judge.
KENTUCKY Births and Deaths Director, Office of Vital
Statistics.
 Marriages Director, Office of Vital Statistics,
or County Court Clerk.
LOUISIANA Births and Deaths Director, Division of Public Health Statistics, or City Registrar
in New Orleans.
 Marriages Clerk of Court, or City
Registrar in New Orleans.
MAINE Births, Deaths and Marriages Director, Division of Research and Vital Records,
or Town and City Clerks.
MARYLAND Births and Deaths Chief, Division of Vital Records, or Director, Bureau of Vital
Records in Baltimore.
 Marriages Chief, Division of Vital
Records, County Clerk of Circuit Court or Clerk of Court of Common Pleas of
Baltimore.
MASSACHUSETTS Births, Deaths and Marriages Secretary of the Commonwealth, Town and City Clerks
or Local Registrars of Vital Statistics.
MICHIGAN Births and Deaths Chief, Vital Records Section, County Clerk or City
and Village Clerks.
 Marriages Chief, Vital Records Section,
or County Clerks.
MINNESOTA Births and Deaths Chief, Section of Vital Statistics, District Court Clerk or City
Health Officer.
 Marriages District Court Clerk.


MISSISSIPPI 
Births and Deaths 
Director, Division of Public Health Statistics.
 Marriages Director, Division of Public Health Statistics, or County Circuit
Clerk.

MISSOURI Births
and Deaths 
Supervisor, Vital Records, St. Louis City Health Officer, St. Louis County
Health Officer or Kansas City Health Officer.
 
Marriages 
Supervisor, Vital Records, or Recorder of Deeds.
MONTANA Births and Deaths State Registrar, County
Clerk and Recorder or Local Registrar.
 
Marriages 
Clerk of District Court.
NEBRASKA Births and Deaths Director, Bureau of Vital Statistics, or Omaha-Douglas Health Officer.

 Marriages Director, Bureau of Vital Statistics, or County Court.


NEVADA Births
and Deaths 
Chief, Section of Vital Statistics.
 
Marriages 
County Recorder or Chief, Section of Vital Statistics.
NEW HAMPSHIRE Births, Deaths and Marriages
 Director,
Bureau of Vital Statistics, Town or City Clerk.
NEW JERSEY Births, Deaths and Marriages Chief, Vital Statistics
and Registration, or Local Registrar.
NEW MEXICO Births and Deaths Chief, Division of Vital Statistics.

 Marriages County Clerk.
NEW YORK(a) other than New York City Births and Deaths Director, Bureau of Vital
Records, Local Health Officer, City, Town or Village Clerk, County Commissioner
of Health or Local Registrar of Vital Statistics.
 Marriages Director, Bureau of Vital Records, or County Clerk.
(b)
New York City 
Births and Deaths 
The Borough Registrar, Bureau of Records and Statistics in the Borough.
 Marriages City Clerk.
NORTH CAROLINA Births, Deaths and Marriages Chief, Public Health Statistics Section, or County
Register of Deeds.
NORTH DAKOTA Births and Deaths Director, Division of Vital Statistics.
 Marriages County Judge.
OHIO Births and Deaths Chief, Division of Vital Statistics, Local Registrar or Clerk of
the County Court.
 Marriages Probate Judge.
OKLAHOMA Births and Deaths Supervisor of Vital Records.

 Marriages Clerk of Court.
OREGON Births and Deaths State Registrar, Portland Health Officer or County
Registrar of Vital Statistics.
 Marriages State Registrar or County
Clerk.

PENNSYLVANIA 
Births State
Registrar of Vital Statistics.
 Deaths State Registrar of Vital Statistics,
or Local Registrar in Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Erie or Scranton.
 Marriages County Clerk.
RHODE ISLAND Births and Deaths Chief, Division of Vital Statistics, or Local Registrar.

 Marriages Chief, Division of Vital Statistics, Local Registrar,
Town or City Clerk.
SOUTH CAROLINA Births and Deaths State Registrar, County Health Officer or Clerk of Court.
 Marriages State Registrar or Probate Judge.
SOUTH DAKOTA Births, Deaths and Marriages Director, Division of
Public Health Statistics, or County Clerk of Court.
TENNESSEE Births and Deaths State Registrar.
 Marriages State Registrar or County Court Clerk.
TEXAS Births and Deaths State Registrar, County
Clerk or Local Registrar.
 Marriages County Clerk.
UTAH Births and Deaths Director, Division of
Vital Statistics, or Local Registrar in Ogden, Provo or Logan.
 Marriages County Clerk.
VERMONT Births, Deaths and Marriages Secretary of State, Town or City Clerk.
VIRGINIA Births and Deaths State Registrar, City
or County Health Officer.
 Marriages State Registrar or Clerk
of Court.
WASHINGTON Births and Deaths State Registrar, Local Registrar or County Auditor.
 Marriages State Registrar of Vital Statistics or County Auditor.
WEST VIRGINIA
 Births and
Deaths Director,
Division of Vital Statistics, or County Clerk.
 
Marriages 
County Clerk.
WISCONSIN Births, Deaths and Marriages Director, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Register of
Deeds or City Health Officer.
WYOMING Births and Deaths Director, Division of Vital Statistics.
 Marriages Director, Division of Vital Statistics, or County Clerk.