Amended IN Assembly March 23, 2018 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2750Introduced by Assembly Member ObernolteFebruary 16, 2018 An act to amend Section 7195 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations. 103526 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to vital records.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2750, as amended, Obernolte. Home inspectors. Certified copies of death records.(1) Existing law authorizes the State Registrar, a local registrar, or a county recorder to furnish a certified copy of a death record to an authorized person and defines the term authorized person for these purposes. Existing law requires certain types of applicants for a certified record to execute a statement sworn under penalty of perjury that he or she is an authorized person who is allowed to receive the certified record.This bill would expand the definition of authorized person for the purposes of furnishing a certified copy of a death record, to include, among others, an appointed conservator of a person or estate. By expanding the definition of authorized person to include individuals who are required to execute a statement sworn under penalty of perjury in order to receive a certified record, the bill would expand the crime of perjury, thereby imposing a state-mandated local program.(2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.Existing law regulates persons who perform home inspections for a fee in connection with a property transfer, as defined. Existing law defines terms related to home inspections, establishes a standard of care for home inspectors, and declares that certain activities by a home inspector or a company that employs a home inspector constitute unfair business practices.This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to this definition provision.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NOYES Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 103526 of the Health and Safety Code, as amended by Section 128 of Chapter 561 of the Statutes of 2017, is amended to read:103526. (a) (1) If the State Registrar, local registrar, or county recorder receives a written, faxed, electronic, or digitized image of a request for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record pursuant to Section 103525 that is accompanied by a notarized statement sworn under penalty of perjury, an electronic verification of identity accompanied by an electronic statement sworn under penalty of perjury, or a faxed copy or digitized image of a notarized statement sworn under penalty of perjury, that the applicant is an authorized person, as defined in this section, that official may furnish a certified copy to the applicant pursuant to Section 103525.(2) A faxed or digitized image of the notary acknowledgment accompanying a faxed request received pursuant to this subdivision for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record shall be legible and, if the notarys seal is not photographically reproducible, show the name of the notary, the county of the notarys principal place of business, the notarys telephone number, the notarys registration number, and the notarys commission expiration date typed or printed in a manner that is photographically reproducible below, or immediately adjacent to, the notarys signature in the acknowledgment. If a request for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record is made in person, the official shall take a statement sworn under penalty of perjury that the applicant is signing his or her own legal name and is an authorized person, and that official may then furnish a certified copy to the applicant.(3) (A) If a request for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record is made electronically, the official may accept an electronic verification authenticating the identity of the applicant using a multilayered remote identity proofing process that complies with all of the following requirements:(i) Meets or exceeds the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) electronic authentication guideline for multilayered remote identity proofing.(ii) (I) Verifies all of the following information provided by the applicant:(ia) A valid government-issued identification number.(ib) A financial or utility account number.(II) The verification pursuant to this subparagraph shall occur through record checks with the state or local agency or a credit reporting agency or similar database and shall confirm that the name, date of birth, address, or other personal information in the record checks are consistent with the information provided by the applicant.(iii) Meets or exceeds the information security requirements of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (Title 2.5 (commencing with Section 1633.1) of Part 2 of Division 3 of the Civil Code) and the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-347) and all other applicable state and federal laws and regulations to protect the personal information of the applicant and guard against identity theft.(iv) Retains for each electronic verification, as required by the NIST electronic authentication guideline, a record of the applicant whose identity has been verified and the steps taken to verify the identity.(B) If an applicants identity cannot be established electronically pursuant to this paragraph, the applicant shall include with his or her request a statement of identity notarized pursuant to paragraph (1).(4) For purposes of this subdivision, digitized image means an image of an original paper request for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record.(b) (1) If the person requesting a certified copy of a birth, death, or nonconfidential marriage record is not an authorized person or is an authorized person who is otherwise unable to satisfy the requirements of subdivision (a), the certified copy provided to the applicant shall be an informational certified copy and shall display a legend that states INFORMATIONAL, NOT A VALID DOCUMENT TO ESTABLISH IDENTITY. The legend shall be placed on the certificate in a manner that will not conceal information.(2) If the person requesting a certified copy of a confidential marriage record is not an authorized person or is an authorized person who is otherwise unable to satisfy the requirements of subdivision (a), the official shall not release a certified copy of the confidential marriage record unless otherwise authorized by law.(c) For purposes of this section, an authorized person means:(1) For purposes of requests for certified copies of confidential marriage records, only a party to the confidential marriage.(2) For purposes of requests for certified copies of birth, death, or nonconfidential marriage records, a person who is any of the following:(A) The registrant or a parent or legal guardian of the registrant.(B) A party entitled to receive the record as a result of a court order, or an attorney or a licensed adoption agency seeking the birth record in order to comply with the requirements of Section 3140 or 7603 of the Family Code.(C) A member of a law enforcement agency or a representative of another governmental agency, as provided by law, who is conducting official business.(D) A child, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, spouse, or domestic partner of the registrant.(E) An attorney representing the registrant or the registrants estate, or any person or agency empowered by statute or appointed by a court to act on behalf of the registrant or the registrants estate.(F)An agent or employee of a funeral establishment who acts within the course and scope of his or her employment and who orders certified copies of a death certificate on behalf of an individual specified in paragraphs (1) to (5), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 7100.(3) For purposes of requests for certified copies of death records, an authorized person is also a person who is any of the following:(A) An individual described in paragraphs (1) to (8), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 7100.(B) An agent or employee of a funeral establishment who acts within the course and scope of his or her employment and who orders certified copies of a death certificate on behalf of an individual described in paragraphs (1) to (8), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 7100.(d) A person who asks the agent or employee of a funeral establishment to request a death certificate on his or her behalf warrants the truthfulness of his or her relationship to the decedent and is personally liable for all damages occasioned by, or resulting from, a breach of that warranty.(e) Notwithstanding any other law:(1) A member of a law enforcement agency or a representative of a state or local government agency, as provided by law, who orders a copy of a record to which subdivision (a) applies in conducting official business shall not be required to provide the notarized statement required by subdivision (a).(2) An agent or employee of a funeral establishment who acts within the course and scope of his or her employment and who orders death certificates on behalf of individuals specified in paragraphs (1) to (5), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 7100 shall not be required to provide the notarized statement required by subdivision (a).(f) Informational certified copies of birth and death certificates issued pursuant to subdivision (b) shall only be printed from the single statewide database prepared by the State Registrar and shall be electronically redacted to remove any signatures for purposes of compliance with this section. Local registrars and county recorders shall not issue informational certified copies of birth and death certificates from a source other than the statewide database prepared by the State Registrar. This subdivision shall become operative on July 1, 2007, but only after the statewide database becomes operational and the full calendar year of the birth and death indices and images is entered into the statewide database and is available for the respective year of the birth or death certificate for which an informational copy is requested. The State Registrar shall provide written notification to local registrars and county recorders as soon as a year becomes available for issuance from the statewide database.(g) Notwithstanding the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code), the department may implement and administer the changes made to this section by the act that added this subdivision through an all-county letter or similar instructions from the State Registrar without taking regulatory action.(h) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2021, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2021, deletes or extends that date.SEC. 2. Section 103526 of the Health and Safety Code, as amended by Section 129 of Chapter 561 of the Statutes of 2017, is amended to read:103526. (a) (1) If the State Registrar, local registrar, or county recorder receives a written, faxed, or digitized image of a request for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record pursuant to Section 103525 that is accompanied by a notarized statement sworn under penalty of perjury, or a faxed copy or digitized image of a notarized statement sworn under penalty of perjury, that the requester is an authorized person, as defined in this section, that official may furnish a certified copy to the applicant pursuant to Section 103525. A faxed or digitized image of the notary acknowledgment accompanying a faxed request received pursuant to this subdivision for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record shall be legible and, if the notarys seal is not photographically reproducible, show the name of the notary, the county of the notarys principal place of business, the notarys telephone number, the notarys registration number, and the notarys commission expiration date typed or printed in a manner that is photographically reproducible below, or immediately adjacent to, the notarys signature in the acknowledgment. If a request for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record is made in person, the official shall take a statement sworn under penalty of perjury that the requester is signing his or her own legal name and is an authorized person, and that official may then furnish a certified copy to the applicant.(2) For purposes of this subdivision, digitized image means an image of an original paper request for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record.(b) (1) If the person requesting a certified copy of a birth, death, or nonconfidential marriage record is not an authorized person or is an authorized person who is otherwise unable to satisfy the requirements of subdivision (a), the certified copy provided to the applicant shall be an informational certified copy and shall display a legend that states INFORMATIONAL, NOT A VALID DOCUMENT TO ESTABLISH IDENTITY. The legend shall be placed on the certificate in a manner that will not conceal information.(2) If the person requesting a certified copy of a confidential marriage record is not an authorized person or is an authorized person who is otherwise unable to satisfy the requirements of subdivision (a), the official shall not release a certified copy of the confidential marriage record unless otherwise authorized by law.(c) For purposes of this section, an authorized person means:(1) For purposes of requests for certified copies of confidential marriage records, only a party to the confidential marriage.(2) For purposes of requests for certified copies of birth, death, or nonconfidential marriage records, a person who is any of the following:(A) The registrant or a parent or legal guardian of the registrant.(B) A party entitled to receive the record as a result of a court order, or an attorney or a licensed adoption agency seeking the birth record in order to comply with the requirements of Section 3140 or 7603 of the Family Code.(C) A member of a law enforcement agency or a representative of another governmental agency, as provided by law, who is conducting official business.(D) A child, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, spouse, or domestic partner of the registrant.(E) An attorney representing the registrant or the registrants estate, or any person or agency empowered by statute or appointed by a court to act on behalf of the registrant or the registrants estate.(F)An agent or employee of a funeral establishment who acts within the course and scope of his or her employment and who orders certified copies of a death certificate on behalf of any individual specified in paragraphs (1) to (5), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 7100.(3) For purposes of requests for certified copies of death records, an authorized person is also a person who is any of the following:(A) An individual described in paragraphs (1) to (8), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 7100.(B) An agent or employee of a funeral establishment who acts within the course and scope of his or her employment and who orders certified copies of a death certificate on behalf of an individual described in paragraphs (1) to (8), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 7100.(d) A person who asks the agent or employee of a funeral establishment to request a death certificate on his or her behalf warrants the truthfulness of his or her relationship to the decedent and is personally liable for all damages occasioned by, or resulting from, a breach of that warranty.(e) Notwithstanding any other law:(1) A member of a law enforcement agency or a representative of a state or local government agency, as provided by law, who orders a copy of a record to which subdivision (a) applies in conducting official business shall not be required to provide the notarized statement required by subdivision (a).(2) An agent or employee of a funeral establishment who acts within the course and scope of his or her employment and who orders death certificates on behalf of individuals specified in paragraphs (1) to (5), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 7100 shall not be required to provide the notarized statement required by subdivision (a).(f) Informational certified copies of birth and death certificates issued pursuant to subdivision (b) shall only be printed from the single statewide database prepared by the State Registrar and shall be electronically redacted to remove any signatures for purposes of compliance with this section. Local registrars and county recorders shall not issue informational certified copies of birth and death certificates from a source other than the statewide database prepared by the State Registrar. This subdivision shall become operative on July 1, 2007, but only after the statewide database becomes operational and the full calendar year of the birth and death indices and images is entered into the statewide database and is available for the respective year of the birth or death certificate for which an informational copy is requested. The State Registrar shall provide written notification to local registrars and county recorders as soon as a year becomes available for issuance from the statewide database.(g) This section shall become operative January 1, 2021.SEC. 3. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.SECTION 1.Section 7195 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:7195.For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:(a)(1)Home inspection is a noninvasive, physical examination, performed for a fee in connection with a transfer, as defined in subdivision (e), of real property, of the mechanical, electrical, or plumbing systems or the structural and essential components of a residential dwelling of one to four units designed to identify material defects in those systems, structures, and components. Home inspection includes any consultation regarding the property that is represented to be a home inspection or any confusingly similar term.(2)In connection with the transfer, as defined in subdivision (e), of real property with a swimming pool or spa, an appropriate inspection shall include a noninvasive physical examination of the pool or spa and dwelling for the purpose of identifying which, if any, of the seven drowning prevention safety features listed in subdivision (a) of Section 115922 of the Health and Safety Code the pool or spa is equipped.(3)Home inspection, if requested by the client, may include an inspection of energy efficiency. Energy efficiency items to be inspected may include the following:(A)A noninvasive inspection of insulation R-values in attics, roofs, walls, floors, and ducts.(B)The number of window glass panes and frame types.(C)The heating and cooling equipment and water heating systems.(D)The age and fuel type of major appliances.(E)The exhaust and cooling fans.(F)The type of thermostat and other systems.(G)The general integrity and potential leakage areas of walls, window areas, doors, and duct systems.(H)The solar control efficiency of existing windows.(b)A material defect is a condition that significantly affects the value, desirability, habitability, or safety of the dwelling. Style or aesthetics shall not be considered in determining whether a system, structure, or component is defective.(c)A home inspection report is a written report prepared for a fee and issued after a home inspection. The report clearly describes and identifies the inspected systems, structures, or components of the dwelling, any material defects identified, and any recommendations regarding the conditions observed or recommendations for evaluation by appropriate persons. In a dwelling with a pool or spa, the report shall identify which, if any, of the seven drowning prevention safety features listed in subdivision (a) of Section 115922 of the Health and Safety Code the pool or spa is equipped with and shall specifically state if the pool or spa has fewer than two of the listed drowning prevention safety features.(d)A home inspector is any individual who performs a home inspection.(e)Transfer is a transfer by sale, exchange, installment land sales contract, as defined in Section 2985 of the Civil Code, lease with an option to purchase, any other option to purchase, or ground lease coupled with improvements, of real property or residential stock cooperative, improved with or consisting of not less than one nor more than four dwelling units.
Amended IN Assembly March 23, 2018 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2750Introduced by Assembly Member ObernolteFebruary 16, 2018 An act to amend Section 7195 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations. 103526 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to vital records.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2750, as amended, Obernolte. Home inspectors. Certified copies of death records.(1) Existing law authorizes the State Registrar, a local registrar, or a county recorder to furnish a certified copy of a death record to an authorized person and defines the term authorized person for these purposes. Existing law requires certain types of applicants for a certified record to execute a statement sworn under penalty of perjury that he or she is an authorized person who is allowed to receive the certified record.This bill would expand the definition of authorized person for the purposes of furnishing a certified copy of a death record, to include, among others, an appointed conservator of a person or estate. By expanding the definition of authorized person to include individuals who are required to execute a statement sworn under penalty of perjury in order to receive a certified record, the bill would expand the crime of perjury, thereby imposing a state-mandated local program.(2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.Existing law regulates persons who perform home inspections for a fee in connection with a property transfer, as defined. Existing law defines terms related to home inspections, establishes a standard of care for home inspectors, and declares that certain activities by a home inspector or a company that employs a home inspector constitute unfair business practices.This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to this definition provision.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NOYES
Amended IN Assembly March 23, 2018
Amended IN Assembly March 23, 2018
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill No. 2750
Introduced by Assembly Member ObernolteFebruary 16, 2018
Introduced by Assembly Member Obernolte
February 16, 2018
An act to amend Section 7195 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations. 103526 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to vital records.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2750, as amended, Obernolte. Home inspectors. Certified copies of death records.
(1) Existing law authorizes the State Registrar, a local registrar, or a county recorder to furnish a certified copy of a death record to an authorized person and defines the term authorized person for these purposes. Existing law requires certain types of applicants for a certified record to execute a statement sworn under penalty of perjury that he or she is an authorized person who is allowed to receive the certified record.This bill would expand the definition of authorized person for the purposes of furnishing a certified copy of a death record, to include, among others, an appointed conservator of a person or estate. By expanding the definition of authorized person to include individuals who are required to execute a statement sworn under penalty of perjury in order to receive a certified record, the bill would expand the crime of perjury, thereby imposing a state-mandated local program.(2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.Existing law regulates persons who perform home inspections for a fee in connection with a property transfer, as defined. Existing law defines terms related to home inspections, establishes a standard of care for home inspectors, and declares that certain activities by a home inspector or a company that employs a home inspector constitute unfair business practices.This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to this definition provision.
(1) Existing law authorizes the State Registrar, a local registrar, or a county recorder to furnish a certified copy of a death record to an authorized person and defines the term authorized person for these purposes. Existing law requires certain types of applicants for a certified record to execute a statement sworn under penalty of perjury that he or she is an authorized person who is allowed to receive the certified record.
This bill would expand the definition of authorized person for the purposes of furnishing a certified copy of a death record, to include, among others, an appointed conservator of a person or estate. By expanding the definition of authorized person to include individuals who are required to execute a statement sworn under penalty of perjury in order to receive a certified record, the bill would expand the crime of perjury, thereby imposing a state-mandated local program.
(2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Existing law regulates persons who perform home inspections for a fee in connection with a property transfer, as defined. Existing law defines terms related to home inspections, establishes a standard of care for home inspectors, and declares that certain activities by a home inspector or a company that employs a home inspector constitute unfair business practices.
This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to this definition provision.
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## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 103526 of the Health and Safety Code, as amended by Section 128 of Chapter 561 of the Statutes of 2017, is amended to read:103526. (a) (1) If the State Registrar, local registrar, or county recorder receives a written, faxed, electronic, or digitized image of a request for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record pursuant to Section 103525 that is accompanied by a notarized statement sworn under penalty of perjury, an electronic verification of identity accompanied by an electronic statement sworn under penalty of perjury, or a faxed copy or digitized image of a notarized statement sworn under penalty of perjury, that the applicant is an authorized person, as defined in this section, that official may furnish a certified copy to the applicant pursuant to Section 103525.(2) A faxed or digitized image of the notary acknowledgment accompanying a faxed request received pursuant to this subdivision for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record shall be legible and, if the notarys seal is not photographically reproducible, show the name of the notary, the county of the notarys principal place of business, the notarys telephone number, the notarys registration number, and the notarys commission expiration date typed or printed in a manner that is photographically reproducible below, or immediately adjacent to, the notarys signature in the acknowledgment. If a request for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record is made in person, the official shall take a statement sworn under penalty of perjury that the applicant is signing his or her own legal name and is an authorized person, and that official may then furnish a certified copy to the applicant.(3) (A) If a request for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record is made electronically, the official may accept an electronic verification authenticating the identity of the applicant using a multilayered remote identity proofing process that complies with all of the following requirements:(i) Meets or exceeds the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) electronic authentication guideline for multilayered remote identity proofing.(ii) (I) Verifies all of the following information provided by the applicant:(ia) A valid government-issued identification number.(ib) A financial or utility account number.(II) The verification pursuant to this subparagraph shall occur through record checks with the state or local agency or a credit reporting agency or similar database and shall confirm that the name, date of birth, address, or other personal information in the record checks are consistent with the information provided by the applicant.(iii) Meets or exceeds the information security requirements of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (Title 2.5 (commencing with Section 1633.1) of Part 2 of Division 3 of the Civil Code) and the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-347) and all other applicable state and federal laws and regulations to protect the personal information of the applicant and guard against identity theft.(iv) Retains for each electronic verification, as required by the NIST electronic authentication guideline, a record of the applicant whose identity has been verified and the steps taken to verify the identity.(B) If an applicants identity cannot be established electronically pursuant to this paragraph, the applicant shall include with his or her request a statement of identity notarized pursuant to paragraph (1).(4) For purposes of this subdivision, digitized image means an image of an original paper request for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record.(b) (1) If the person requesting a certified copy of a birth, death, or nonconfidential marriage record is not an authorized person or is an authorized person who is otherwise unable to satisfy the requirements of subdivision (a), the certified copy provided to the applicant shall be an informational certified copy and shall display a legend that states INFORMATIONAL, NOT A VALID DOCUMENT TO ESTABLISH IDENTITY. The legend shall be placed on the certificate in a manner that will not conceal information.(2) If the person requesting a certified copy of a confidential marriage record is not an authorized person or is an authorized person who is otherwise unable to satisfy the requirements of subdivision (a), the official shall not release a certified copy of the confidential marriage record unless otherwise authorized by law.(c) For purposes of this section, an authorized person means:(1) For purposes of requests for certified copies of confidential marriage records, only a party to the confidential marriage.(2) For purposes of requests for certified copies of birth, death, or nonconfidential marriage records, a person who is any of the following:(A) The registrant or a parent or legal guardian of the registrant.(B) A party entitled to receive the record as a result of a court order, or an attorney or a licensed adoption agency seeking the birth record in order to comply with the requirements of Section 3140 or 7603 of the Family Code.(C) A member of a law enforcement agency or a representative of another governmental agency, as provided by law, who is conducting official business.(D) A child, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, spouse, or domestic partner of the registrant.(E) An attorney representing the registrant or the registrants estate, or any person or agency empowered by statute or appointed by a court to act on behalf of the registrant or the registrants estate.(F)An agent or employee of a funeral establishment who acts within the course and scope of his or her employment and who orders certified copies of a death certificate on behalf of an individual specified in paragraphs (1) to (5), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 7100.(3) For purposes of requests for certified copies of death records, an authorized person is also a person who is any of the following:(A) An individual described in paragraphs (1) to (8), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 7100.(B) An agent or employee of a funeral establishment who acts within the course and scope of his or her employment and who orders certified copies of a death certificate on behalf of an individual described in paragraphs (1) to (8), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 7100.(d) A person who asks the agent or employee of a funeral establishment to request a death certificate on his or her behalf warrants the truthfulness of his or her relationship to the decedent and is personally liable for all damages occasioned by, or resulting from, a breach of that warranty.(e) Notwithstanding any other law:(1) A member of a law enforcement agency or a representative of a state or local government agency, as provided by law, who orders a copy of a record to which subdivision (a) applies in conducting official business shall not be required to provide the notarized statement required by subdivision (a).(2) An agent or employee of a funeral establishment who acts within the course and scope of his or her employment and who orders death certificates on behalf of individuals specified in paragraphs (1) to (5), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 7100 shall not be required to provide the notarized statement required by subdivision (a).(f) Informational certified copies of birth and death certificates issued pursuant to subdivision (b) shall only be printed from the single statewide database prepared by the State Registrar and shall be electronically redacted to remove any signatures for purposes of compliance with this section. Local registrars and county recorders shall not issue informational certified copies of birth and death certificates from a source other than the statewide database prepared by the State Registrar. This subdivision shall become operative on July 1, 2007, but only after the statewide database becomes operational and the full calendar year of the birth and death indices and images is entered into the statewide database and is available for the respective year of the birth or death certificate for which an informational copy is requested. The State Registrar shall provide written notification to local registrars and county recorders as soon as a year becomes available for issuance from the statewide database.(g) Notwithstanding the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code), the department may implement and administer the changes made to this section by the act that added this subdivision through an all-county letter or similar instructions from the State Registrar without taking regulatory action.(h) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2021, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2021, deletes or extends that date.SEC. 2. Section 103526 of the Health and Safety Code, as amended by Section 129 of Chapter 561 of the Statutes of 2017, is amended to read:103526. (a) (1) If the State Registrar, local registrar, or county recorder receives a written, faxed, or digitized image of a request for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record pursuant to Section 103525 that is accompanied by a notarized statement sworn under penalty of perjury, or a faxed copy or digitized image of a notarized statement sworn under penalty of perjury, that the requester is an authorized person, as defined in this section, that official may furnish a certified copy to the applicant pursuant to Section 103525. A faxed or digitized image of the notary acknowledgment accompanying a faxed request received pursuant to this subdivision for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record shall be legible and, if the notarys seal is not photographically reproducible, show the name of the notary, the county of the notarys principal place of business, the notarys telephone number, the notarys registration number, and the notarys commission expiration date typed or printed in a manner that is photographically reproducible below, or immediately adjacent to, the notarys signature in the acknowledgment. If a request for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record is made in person, the official shall take a statement sworn under penalty of perjury that the requester is signing his or her own legal name and is an authorized person, and that official may then furnish a certified copy to the applicant.(2) For purposes of this subdivision, digitized image means an image of an original paper request for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record.(b) (1) If the person requesting a certified copy of a birth, death, or nonconfidential marriage record is not an authorized person or is an authorized person who is otherwise unable to satisfy the requirements of subdivision (a), the certified copy provided to the applicant shall be an informational certified copy and shall display a legend that states INFORMATIONAL, NOT A VALID DOCUMENT TO ESTABLISH IDENTITY. The legend shall be placed on the certificate in a manner that will not conceal information.(2) If the person requesting a certified copy of a confidential marriage record is not an authorized person or is an authorized person who is otherwise unable to satisfy the requirements of subdivision (a), the official shall not release a certified copy of the confidential marriage record unless otherwise authorized by law.(c) For purposes of this section, an authorized person means:(1) For purposes of requests for certified copies of confidential marriage records, only a party to the confidential marriage.(2) For purposes of requests for certified copies of birth, death, or nonconfidential marriage records, a person who is any of the following:(A) The registrant or a parent or legal guardian of the registrant.(B) A party entitled to receive the record as a result of a court order, or an attorney or a licensed adoption agency seeking the birth record in order to comply with the requirements of Section 3140 or 7603 of the Family Code.(C) A member of a law enforcement agency or a representative of another governmental agency, as provided by law, who is conducting official business.(D) A child, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, spouse, or domestic partner of the registrant.(E) An attorney representing the registrant or the registrants estate, or any person or agency empowered by statute or appointed by a court to act on behalf of the registrant or the registrants estate.(F)An agent or employee of a funeral establishment who acts within the course and scope of his or her employment and who orders certified copies of a death certificate on behalf of any individual specified in paragraphs (1) to (5), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 7100.(3) For purposes of requests for certified copies of death records, an authorized person is also a person who is any of the following:(A) An individual described in paragraphs (1) to (8), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 7100.(B) An agent or employee of a funeral establishment who acts within the course and scope of his or her employment and who orders certified copies of a death certificate on behalf of an individual described in paragraphs (1) to (8), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 7100.(d) A person who asks the agent or employee of a funeral establishment to request a death certificate on his or her behalf warrants the truthfulness of his or her relationship to the decedent and is personally liable for all damages occasioned by, or resulting from, a breach of that warranty.(e) Notwithstanding any other law:(1) A member of a law enforcement agency or a representative of a state or local government agency, as provided by law, who orders a copy of a record to which subdivision (a) applies in conducting official business shall not be required to provide the notarized statement required by subdivision (a).(2) An agent or employee of a funeral establishment who acts within the course and scope of his or her employment and who orders death certificates on behalf of individuals specified in paragraphs (1) to (5), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 7100 shall not be required to provide the notarized statement required by subdivision (a).(f) Informational certified copies of birth and death certificates issued pursuant to subdivision (b) shall only be printed from the single statewide database prepared by the State Registrar and shall be electronically redacted to remove any signatures for purposes of compliance with this section. Local registrars and county recorders shall not issue informational certified copies of birth and death certificates from a source other than the statewide database prepared by the State Registrar. This subdivision shall become operative on July 1, 2007, but only after the statewide database becomes operational and the full calendar year of the birth and death indices and images is entered into the statewide database and is available for the respective year of the birth or death certificate for which an informational copy is requested. The State Registrar shall provide written notification to local registrars and county recorders as soon as a year becomes available for issuance from the statewide database.(g) This section shall become operative January 1, 2021.SEC. 3. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.SECTION 1.Section 7195 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:7195.For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:(a)(1)Home inspection is a noninvasive, physical examination, performed for a fee in connection with a transfer, as defined in subdivision (e), of real property, of the mechanical, electrical, or plumbing systems or the structural and essential components of a residential dwelling of one to four units designed to identify material defects in those systems, structures, and components. Home inspection includes any consultation regarding the property that is represented to be a home inspection or any confusingly similar term.(2)In connection with the transfer, as defined in subdivision (e), of real property with a swimming pool or spa, an appropriate inspection shall include a noninvasive physical examination of the pool or spa and dwelling for the purpose of identifying which, if any, of the seven drowning prevention safety features listed in subdivision (a) of Section 115922 of the Health and Safety Code the pool or spa is equipped.(3)Home inspection, if requested by the client, may include an inspection of energy efficiency. Energy efficiency items to be inspected may include the following:(A)A noninvasive inspection of insulation R-values in attics, roofs, walls, floors, and ducts.(B)The number of window glass panes and frame types.(C)The heating and cooling equipment and water heating systems.(D)The age and fuel type of major appliances.(E)The exhaust and cooling fans.(F)The type of thermostat and other systems.(G)The general integrity and potential leakage areas of walls, window areas, doors, and duct systems.(H)The solar control efficiency of existing windows.(b)A material defect is a condition that significantly affects the value, desirability, habitability, or safety of the dwelling. Style or aesthetics shall not be considered in determining whether a system, structure, or component is defective.(c)A home inspection report is a written report prepared for a fee and issued after a home inspection. The report clearly describes and identifies the inspected systems, structures, or components of the dwelling, any material defects identified, and any recommendations regarding the conditions observed or recommendations for evaluation by appropriate persons. In a dwelling with a pool or spa, the report shall identify which, if any, of the seven drowning prevention safety features listed in subdivision (a) of Section 115922 of the Health and Safety Code the pool or spa is equipped with and shall specifically state if the pool or spa has fewer than two of the listed drowning prevention safety features.(d)A home inspector is any individual who performs a home inspection.(e)Transfer is a transfer by sale, exchange, installment land sales contract, as defined in Section 2985 of the Civil Code, lease with an option to purchase, any other option to purchase, or ground lease coupled with improvements, of real property or residential stock cooperative, improved with or consisting of not less than one nor more than four dwelling units.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
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SECTION 1. Section 103526 of the Health and Safety Code, as amended by Section 128 of Chapter 561 of the Statutes of 2017, is amended to read:103526. (a) (1) If the State Registrar, local registrar, or county recorder receives a written, faxed, electronic, or digitized image of a request for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record pursuant to Section 103525 that is accompanied by a notarized statement sworn under penalty of perjury, an electronic verification of identity accompanied by an electronic statement sworn under penalty of perjury, or a faxed copy or digitized image of a notarized statement sworn under penalty of perjury, that the applicant is an authorized person, as defined in this section, that official may furnish a certified copy to the applicant pursuant to Section 103525.(2) A faxed or digitized image of the notary acknowledgment accompanying a faxed request received pursuant to this subdivision for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record shall be legible and, if the notarys seal is not photographically reproducible, show the name of the notary, the county of the notarys principal place of business, the notarys telephone number, the notarys registration number, and the notarys commission expiration date typed or printed in a manner that is photographically reproducible below, or immediately adjacent to, the notarys signature in the acknowledgment. If a request for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record is made in person, the official shall take a statement sworn under penalty of perjury that the applicant is signing his or her own legal name and is an authorized person, and that official may then furnish a certified copy to the applicant.(3) (A) If a request for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record is made electronically, the official may accept an electronic verification authenticating the identity of the applicant using a multilayered remote identity proofing process that complies with all of the following requirements:(i) Meets or exceeds the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) electronic authentication guideline for multilayered remote identity proofing.(ii) (I) Verifies all of the following information provided by the applicant:(ia) A valid government-issued identification number.(ib) A financial or utility account number.(II) The verification pursuant to this subparagraph shall occur through record checks with the state or local agency or a credit reporting agency or similar database and shall confirm that the name, date of birth, address, or other personal information in the record checks are consistent with the information provided by the applicant.(iii) Meets or exceeds the information security requirements of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (Title 2.5 (commencing with Section 1633.1) of Part 2 of Division 3 of the Civil Code) and the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-347) and all other applicable state and federal laws and regulations to protect the personal information of the applicant and guard against identity theft.(iv) Retains for each electronic verification, as required by the NIST electronic authentication guideline, a record of the applicant whose identity has been verified and the steps taken to verify the identity.(B) If an applicants identity cannot be established electronically pursuant to this paragraph, the applicant shall include with his or her request a statement of identity notarized pursuant to paragraph (1).(4) For purposes of this subdivision, digitized image means an image of an original paper request for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record.(b) (1) If the person requesting a certified copy of a birth, death, or nonconfidential marriage record is not an authorized person or is an authorized person who is otherwise unable to satisfy the requirements of subdivision (a), the certified copy provided to the applicant shall be an informational certified copy and shall display a legend that states INFORMATIONAL, NOT A VALID DOCUMENT TO ESTABLISH IDENTITY. The legend shall be placed on the certificate in a manner that will not conceal information.(2) If the person requesting a certified copy of a confidential marriage record is not an authorized person or is an authorized person who is otherwise unable to satisfy the requirements of subdivision (a), the official shall not release a certified copy of the confidential marriage record unless otherwise authorized by law.(c) For purposes of this section, an authorized person means:(1) For purposes of requests for certified copies of confidential marriage records, only a party to the confidential marriage.(2) For purposes of requests for certified copies of birth, death, or nonconfidential marriage records, a person who is any of the following:(A) The registrant or a parent or legal guardian of the registrant.(B) A party entitled to receive the record as a result of a court order, or an attorney or a licensed adoption agency seeking the birth record in order to comply with the requirements of Section 3140 or 7603 of the Family Code.(C) A member of a law enforcement agency or a representative of another governmental agency, as provided by law, who is conducting official business.(D) A child, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, spouse, or domestic partner of the registrant.(E) An attorney representing the registrant or the registrants estate, or any person or agency empowered by statute or appointed by a court to act on behalf of the registrant or the registrants estate.(F)An agent or employee of a funeral establishment who acts within the course and scope of his or her employment and who orders certified copies of a death certificate on behalf of an individual specified in paragraphs (1) to (5), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 7100.(3) For purposes of requests for certified copies of death records, an authorized person is also a person who is any of the following:(A) An individual described in paragraphs (1) to (8), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 7100.(B) An agent or employee of a funeral establishment who acts within the course and scope of his or her employment and who orders certified copies of a death certificate on behalf of an individual described in paragraphs (1) to (8), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 7100.(d) A person who asks the agent or employee of a funeral establishment to request a death certificate on his or her behalf warrants the truthfulness of his or her relationship to the decedent and is personally liable for all damages occasioned by, or resulting from, a breach of that warranty.(e) Notwithstanding any other law:(1) A member of a law enforcement agency or a representative of a state or local government agency, as provided by law, who orders a copy of a record to which subdivision (a) applies in conducting official business shall not be required to provide the notarized statement required by subdivision (a).(2) An agent or employee of a funeral establishment who acts within the course and scope of his or her employment and who orders death certificates on behalf of individuals specified in paragraphs (1) to (5), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 7100 shall not be required to provide the notarized statement required by subdivision (a).(f) Informational certified copies of birth and death certificates issued pursuant to subdivision (b) shall only be printed from the single statewide database prepared by the State Registrar and shall be electronically redacted to remove any signatures for purposes of compliance with this section. Local registrars and county recorders shall not issue informational certified copies of birth and death certificates from a source other than the statewide database prepared by the State Registrar. This subdivision shall become operative on July 1, 2007, but only after the statewide database becomes operational and the full calendar year of the birth and death indices and images is entered into the statewide database and is available for the respective year of the birth or death certificate for which an informational copy is requested. The State Registrar shall provide written notification to local registrars and county recorders as soon as a year becomes available for issuance from the statewide database.(g) Notwithstanding the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code), the department may implement and administer the changes made to this section by the act that added this subdivision through an all-county letter or similar instructions from the State Registrar without taking regulatory action.(h) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2021, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2021, deletes or extends that date.
SECTION 1. Section 103526 of the Health and Safety Code, as amended by Section 128 of Chapter 561 of the Statutes of 2017, is amended to read:
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103526. (a) (1) If the State Registrar, local registrar, or county recorder receives a written, faxed, electronic, or digitized image of a request for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record pursuant to Section 103525 that is accompanied by a notarized statement sworn under penalty of perjury, an electronic verification of identity accompanied by an electronic statement sworn under penalty of perjury, or a faxed copy or digitized image of a notarized statement sworn under penalty of perjury, that the applicant is an authorized person, as defined in this section, that official may furnish a certified copy to the applicant pursuant to Section 103525.(2) A faxed or digitized image of the notary acknowledgment accompanying a faxed request received pursuant to this subdivision for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record shall be legible and, if the notarys seal is not photographically reproducible, show the name of the notary, the county of the notarys principal place of business, the notarys telephone number, the notarys registration number, and the notarys commission expiration date typed or printed in a manner that is photographically reproducible below, or immediately adjacent to, the notarys signature in the acknowledgment. If a request for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record is made in person, the official shall take a statement sworn under penalty of perjury that the applicant is signing his or her own legal name and is an authorized person, and that official may then furnish a certified copy to the applicant.(3) (A) If a request for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record is made electronically, the official may accept an electronic verification authenticating the identity of the applicant using a multilayered remote identity proofing process that complies with all of the following requirements:(i) Meets or exceeds the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) electronic authentication guideline for multilayered remote identity proofing.(ii) (I) Verifies all of the following information provided by the applicant:(ia) A valid government-issued identification number.(ib) A financial or utility account number.(II) The verification pursuant to this subparagraph shall occur through record checks with the state or local agency or a credit reporting agency or similar database and shall confirm that the name, date of birth, address, or other personal information in the record checks are consistent with the information provided by the applicant.(iii) Meets or exceeds the information security requirements of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (Title 2.5 (commencing with Section 1633.1) of Part 2 of Division 3 of the Civil Code) and the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-347) and all other applicable state and federal laws and regulations to protect the personal information of the applicant and guard against identity theft.(iv) Retains for each electronic verification, as required by the NIST electronic authentication guideline, a record of the applicant whose identity has been verified and the steps taken to verify the identity.(B) If an applicants identity cannot be established electronically pursuant to this paragraph, the applicant shall include with his or her request a statement of identity notarized pursuant to paragraph (1).(4) For purposes of this subdivision, digitized image means an image of an original paper request for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record.(b) (1) If the person requesting a certified copy of a birth, death, or nonconfidential marriage record is not an authorized person or is an authorized person who is otherwise unable to satisfy the requirements of subdivision (a), the certified copy provided to the applicant shall be an informational certified copy and shall display a legend that states INFORMATIONAL, NOT A VALID DOCUMENT TO ESTABLISH IDENTITY. The legend shall be placed on the certificate in a manner that will not conceal information.(2) If the person requesting a certified copy of a confidential marriage record is not an authorized person or is an authorized person who is otherwise unable to satisfy the requirements of subdivision (a), the official shall not release a certified copy of the confidential marriage record unless otherwise authorized by law.(c) For purposes of this section, an authorized person means:(1) For purposes of requests for certified copies of confidential marriage records, only a party to the confidential marriage.(2) For purposes of requests for certified copies of birth, death, or nonconfidential marriage records, a person who is any of the following:(A) The registrant or a parent or legal guardian of the registrant.(B) A party entitled to receive the record as a result of a court order, or an attorney or a licensed adoption agency seeking the birth record in order to comply with the requirements of Section 3140 or 7603 of the Family Code.(C) A member of a law enforcement agency or a representative of another governmental agency, as provided by law, who is conducting official business.(D) A child, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, spouse, or domestic partner of the registrant.(E) An attorney representing the registrant or the registrants estate, or any person or agency empowered by statute or appointed by a court to act on behalf of the registrant or the registrants estate.(F)An agent or employee of a funeral establishment who acts within the course and scope of his or her employment and who orders certified copies of a death certificate on behalf of an individual specified in paragraphs (1) to (5), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 7100.(3) For purposes of requests for certified copies of death records, an authorized person is also a person who is any of the following:(A) An individual described in paragraphs (1) to (8), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 7100.(B) An agent or employee of a funeral establishment who acts within the course and scope of his or her employment and who orders certified copies of a death certificate on behalf of an individual described in paragraphs (1) to (8), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 7100.(d) A person who asks the agent or employee of a funeral establishment to request a death certificate on his or her behalf warrants the truthfulness of his or her relationship to the decedent and is personally liable for all damages occasioned by, or resulting from, a breach of that warranty.(e) Notwithstanding any other law:(1) A member of a law enforcement agency or a representative of a state or local government agency, as provided by law, who orders a copy of a record to which subdivision (a) applies in conducting official business shall not be required to provide the notarized statement required by subdivision (a).(2) An agent or employee of a funeral establishment who acts within the course and scope of his or her employment and who orders death certificates on behalf of individuals specified in paragraphs (1) to (5), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 7100 shall not be required to provide the notarized statement required by subdivision (a).(f) Informational certified copies of birth and death certificates issued pursuant to subdivision (b) shall only be printed from the single statewide database prepared by the State Registrar and shall be electronically redacted to remove any signatures for purposes of compliance with this section. Local registrars and county recorders shall not issue informational certified copies of birth and death certificates from a source other than the statewide database prepared by the State Registrar. This subdivision shall become operative on July 1, 2007, but only after the statewide database becomes operational and the full calendar year of the birth and death indices and images is entered into the statewide database and is available for the respective year of the birth or death certificate for which an informational copy is requested. The State Registrar shall provide written notification to local registrars and county recorders as soon as a year becomes available for issuance from the statewide database.(g) Notwithstanding the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code), the department may implement and administer the changes made to this section by the act that added this subdivision through an all-county letter or similar instructions from the State Registrar without taking regulatory action.(h) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2021, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2021, deletes or extends that date.
103526. (a) (1) If the State Registrar, local registrar, or county recorder receives a written, faxed, electronic, or digitized image of a request for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record pursuant to Section 103525 that is accompanied by a notarized statement sworn under penalty of perjury, an electronic verification of identity accompanied by an electronic statement sworn under penalty of perjury, or a faxed copy or digitized image of a notarized statement sworn under penalty of perjury, that the applicant is an authorized person, as defined in this section, that official may furnish a certified copy to the applicant pursuant to Section 103525.(2) A faxed or digitized image of the notary acknowledgment accompanying a faxed request received pursuant to this subdivision for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record shall be legible and, if the notarys seal is not photographically reproducible, show the name of the notary, the county of the notarys principal place of business, the notarys telephone number, the notarys registration number, and the notarys commission expiration date typed or printed in a manner that is photographically reproducible below, or immediately adjacent to, the notarys signature in the acknowledgment. If a request for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record is made in person, the official shall take a statement sworn under penalty of perjury that the applicant is signing his or her own legal name and is an authorized person, and that official may then furnish a certified copy to the applicant.(3) (A) If a request for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record is made electronically, the official may accept an electronic verification authenticating the identity of the applicant using a multilayered remote identity proofing process that complies with all of the following requirements:(i) Meets or exceeds the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) electronic authentication guideline for multilayered remote identity proofing.(ii) (I) Verifies all of the following information provided by the applicant:(ia) A valid government-issued identification number.(ib) A financial or utility account number.(II) The verification pursuant to this subparagraph shall occur through record checks with the state or local agency or a credit reporting agency or similar database and shall confirm that the name, date of birth, address, or other personal information in the record checks are consistent with the information provided by the applicant.(iii) Meets or exceeds the information security requirements of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (Title 2.5 (commencing with Section 1633.1) of Part 2 of Division 3 of the Civil Code) and the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-347) and all other applicable state and federal laws and regulations to protect the personal information of the applicant and guard against identity theft.(iv) Retains for each electronic verification, as required by the NIST electronic authentication guideline, a record of the applicant whose identity has been verified and the steps taken to verify the identity.(B) If an applicants identity cannot be established electronically pursuant to this paragraph, the applicant shall include with his or her request a statement of identity notarized pursuant to paragraph (1).(4) For purposes of this subdivision, digitized image means an image of an original paper request for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record.(b) (1) If the person requesting a certified copy of a birth, death, or nonconfidential marriage record is not an authorized person or is an authorized person who is otherwise unable to satisfy the requirements of subdivision (a), the certified copy provided to the applicant shall be an informational certified copy and shall display a legend that states INFORMATIONAL, NOT A VALID DOCUMENT TO ESTABLISH IDENTITY. The legend shall be placed on the certificate in a manner that will not conceal information.(2) If the person requesting a certified copy of a confidential marriage record is not an authorized person or is an authorized person who is otherwise unable to satisfy the requirements of subdivision (a), the official shall not release a certified copy of the confidential marriage record unless otherwise authorized by law.(c) For purposes of this section, an authorized person means:(1) For purposes of requests for certified copies of confidential marriage records, only a party to the confidential marriage.(2) For purposes of requests for certified copies of birth, death, or nonconfidential marriage records, a person who is any of the following:(A) The registrant or a parent or legal guardian of the registrant.(B) A party entitled to receive the record as a result of a court order, or an attorney or a licensed adoption agency seeking the birth record in order to comply with the requirements of Section 3140 or 7603 of the Family Code.(C) A member of a law enforcement agency or a representative of another governmental agency, as provided by law, who is conducting official business.(D) A child, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, spouse, or domestic partner of the registrant.(E) An attorney representing the registrant or the registrants estate, or any person or agency empowered by statute or appointed by a court to act on behalf of the registrant or the registrants estate.(F)An agent or employee of a funeral establishment who acts within the course and scope of his or her employment and who orders certified copies of a death certificate on behalf of an individual specified in paragraphs (1) to (5), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 7100.(3) For purposes of requests for certified copies of death records, an authorized person is also a person who is any of the following:(A) An individual described in paragraphs (1) to (8), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 7100.(B) An agent or employee of a funeral establishment who acts within the course and scope of his or her employment and who orders certified copies of a death certificate on behalf of an individual described in paragraphs (1) to (8), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 7100.(d) A person who asks the agent or employee of a funeral establishment to request a death certificate on his or her behalf warrants the truthfulness of his or her relationship to the decedent and is personally liable for all damages occasioned by, or resulting from, a breach of that warranty.(e) Notwithstanding any other law:(1) A member of a law enforcement agency or a representative of a state or local government agency, as provided by law, who orders a copy of a record to which subdivision (a) applies in conducting official business shall not be required to provide the notarized statement required by subdivision (a).(2) An agent or employee of a funeral establishment who acts within the course and scope of his or her employment and who orders death certificates on behalf of individuals specified in paragraphs (1) to (5), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 7100 shall not be required to provide the notarized statement required by subdivision (a).(f) Informational certified copies of birth and death certificates issued pursuant to subdivision (b) shall only be printed from the single statewide database prepared by the State Registrar and shall be electronically redacted to remove any signatures for purposes of compliance with this section. Local registrars and county recorders shall not issue informational certified copies of birth and death certificates from a source other than the statewide database prepared by the State Registrar. This subdivision shall become operative on July 1, 2007, but only after the statewide database becomes operational and the full calendar year of the birth and death indices and images is entered into the statewide database and is available for the respective year of the birth or death certificate for which an informational copy is requested. The State Registrar shall provide written notification to local registrars and county recorders as soon as a year becomes available for issuance from the statewide database.(g) Notwithstanding the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code), the department may implement and administer the changes made to this section by the act that added this subdivision through an all-county letter or similar instructions from the State Registrar without taking regulatory action.(h) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2021, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2021, deletes or extends that date.
103526. (a) (1) If the State Registrar, local registrar, or county recorder receives a written, faxed, electronic, or digitized image of a request for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record pursuant to Section 103525 that is accompanied by a notarized statement sworn under penalty of perjury, an electronic verification of identity accompanied by an electronic statement sworn under penalty of perjury, or a faxed copy or digitized image of a notarized statement sworn under penalty of perjury, that the applicant is an authorized person, as defined in this section, that official may furnish a certified copy to the applicant pursuant to Section 103525.(2) A faxed or digitized image of the notary acknowledgment accompanying a faxed request received pursuant to this subdivision for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record shall be legible and, if the notarys seal is not photographically reproducible, show the name of the notary, the county of the notarys principal place of business, the notarys telephone number, the notarys registration number, and the notarys commission expiration date typed or printed in a manner that is photographically reproducible below, or immediately adjacent to, the notarys signature in the acknowledgment. If a request for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record is made in person, the official shall take a statement sworn under penalty of perjury that the applicant is signing his or her own legal name and is an authorized person, and that official may then furnish a certified copy to the applicant.(3) (A) If a request for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record is made electronically, the official may accept an electronic verification authenticating the identity of the applicant using a multilayered remote identity proofing process that complies with all of the following requirements:(i) Meets or exceeds the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) electronic authentication guideline for multilayered remote identity proofing.(ii) (I) Verifies all of the following information provided by the applicant:(ia) A valid government-issued identification number.(ib) A financial or utility account number.(II) The verification pursuant to this subparagraph shall occur through record checks with the state or local agency or a credit reporting agency or similar database and shall confirm that the name, date of birth, address, or other personal information in the record checks are consistent with the information provided by the applicant.(iii) Meets or exceeds the information security requirements of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (Title 2.5 (commencing with Section 1633.1) of Part 2 of Division 3 of the Civil Code) and the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-347) and all other applicable state and federal laws and regulations to protect the personal information of the applicant and guard against identity theft.(iv) Retains for each electronic verification, as required by the NIST electronic authentication guideline, a record of the applicant whose identity has been verified and the steps taken to verify the identity.(B) If an applicants identity cannot be established electronically pursuant to this paragraph, the applicant shall include with his or her request a statement of identity notarized pursuant to paragraph (1).(4) For purposes of this subdivision, digitized image means an image of an original paper request for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record.(b) (1) If the person requesting a certified copy of a birth, death, or nonconfidential marriage record is not an authorized person or is an authorized person who is otherwise unable to satisfy the requirements of subdivision (a), the certified copy provided to the applicant shall be an informational certified copy and shall display a legend that states INFORMATIONAL, NOT A VALID DOCUMENT TO ESTABLISH IDENTITY. The legend shall be placed on the certificate in a manner that will not conceal information.(2) If the person requesting a certified copy of a confidential marriage record is not an authorized person or is an authorized person who is otherwise unable to satisfy the requirements of subdivision (a), the official shall not release a certified copy of the confidential marriage record unless otherwise authorized by law.(c) For purposes of this section, an authorized person means:(1) For purposes of requests for certified copies of confidential marriage records, only a party to the confidential marriage.(2) For purposes of requests for certified copies of birth, death, or nonconfidential marriage records, a person who is any of the following:(A) The registrant or a parent or legal guardian of the registrant.(B) A party entitled to receive the record as a result of a court order, or an attorney or a licensed adoption agency seeking the birth record in order to comply with the requirements of Section 3140 or 7603 of the Family Code.(C) A member of a law enforcement agency or a representative of another governmental agency, as provided by law, who is conducting official business.(D) A child, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, spouse, or domestic partner of the registrant.(E) An attorney representing the registrant or the registrants estate, or any person or agency empowered by statute or appointed by a court to act on behalf of the registrant or the registrants estate.(F)An agent or employee of a funeral establishment who acts within the course and scope of his or her employment and who orders certified copies of a death certificate on behalf of an individual specified in paragraphs (1) to (5), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 7100.(3) For purposes of requests for certified copies of death records, an authorized person is also a person who is any of the following:(A) An individual described in paragraphs (1) to (8), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 7100.(B) An agent or employee of a funeral establishment who acts within the course and scope of his or her employment and who orders certified copies of a death certificate on behalf of an individual described in paragraphs (1) to (8), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 7100.(d) A person who asks the agent or employee of a funeral establishment to request a death certificate on his or her behalf warrants the truthfulness of his or her relationship to the decedent and is personally liable for all damages occasioned by, or resulting from, a breach of that warranty.(e) Notwithstanding any other law:(1) A member of a law enforcement agency or a representative of a state or local government agency, as provided by law, who orders a copy of a record to which subdivision (a) applies in conducting official business shall not be required to provide the notarized statement required by subdivision (a).(2) An agent or employee of a funeral establishment who acts within the course and scope of his or her employment and who orders death certificates on behalf of individuals specified in paragraphs (1) to (5), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 7100 shall not be required to provide the notarized statement required by subdivision (a).(f) Informational certified copies of birth and death certificates issued pursuant to subdivision (b) shall only be printed from the single statewide database prepared by the State Registrar and shall be electronically redacted to remove any signatures for purposes of compliance with this section. Local registrars and county recorders shall not issue informational certified copies of birth and death certificates from a source other than the statewide database prepared by the State Registrar. This subdivision shall become operative on July 1, 2007, but only after the statewide database becomes operational and the full calendar year of the birth and death indices and images is entered into the statewide database and is available for the respective year of the birth or death certificate for which an informational copy is requested. The State Registrar shall provide written notification to local registrars and county recorders as soon as a year becomes available for issuance from the statewide database.(g) Notwithstanding the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code), the department may implement and administer the changes made to this section by the act that added this subdivision through an all-county letter or similar instructions from the State Registrar without taking regulatory action.(h) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2021, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2021, deletes or extends that date.
103526. (a) (1) If the State Registrar, local registrar, or county recorder receives a written, faxed, electronic, or digitized image of a request for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record pursuant to Section 103525 that is accompanied by a notarized statement sworn under penalty of perjury, an electronic verification of identity accompanied by an electronic statement sworn under penalty of perjury, or a faxed copy or digitized image of a notarized statement sworn under penalty of perjury, that the applicant is an authorized person, as defined in this section, that official may furnish a certified copy to the applicant pursuant to Section 103525.
(2) A faxed or digitized image of the notary acknowledgment accompanying a faxed request received pursuant to this subdivision for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record shall be legible and, if the notarys seal is not photographically reproducible, show the name of the notary, the county of the notarys principal place of business, the notarys telephone number, the notarys registration number, and the notarys commission expiration date typed or printed in a manner that is photographically reproducible below, or immediately adjacent to, the notarys signature in the acknowledgment. If a request for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record is made in person, the official shall take a statement sworn under penalty of perjury that the applicant is signing his or her own legal name and is an authorized person, and that official may then furnish a certified copy to the applicant.
(3) (A) If a request for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record is made electronically, the official may accept an electronic verification authenticating the identity of the applicant using a multilayered remote identity proofing process that complies with all of the following requirements:
(i) Meets or exceeds the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) electronic authentication guideline for multilayered remote identity proofing.
(ii) (I) Verifies all of the following information provided by the applicant:
(ia) A valid government-issued identification number.
(ib) A financial or utility account number.
(II) The verification pursuant to this subparagraph shall occur through record checks with the state or local agency or a credit reporting agency or similar database and shall confirm that the name, date of birth, address, or other personal information in the record checks are consistent with the information provided by the applicant.
(iii) Meets or exceeds the information security requirements of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (Title 2.5 (commencing with Section 1633.1) of Part 2 of Division 3 of the Civil Code) and the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-347) and all other applicable state and federal laws and regulations to protect the personal information of the applicant and guard against identity theft.
(iv) Retains for each electronic verification, as required by the NIST electronic authentication guideline, a record of the applicant whose identity has been verified and the steps taken to verify the identity.
(B) If an applicants identity cannot be established electronically pursuant to this paragraph, the applicant shall include with his or her request a statement of identity notarized pursuant to paragraph (1).
(4) For purposes of this subdivision, digitized image means an image of an original paper request for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record.
(b) (1) If the person requesting a certified copy of a birth, death, or nonconfidential marriage record is not an authorized person or is an authorized person who is otherwise unable to satisfy the requirements of subdivision (a), the certified copy provided to the applicant shall be an informational certified copy and shall display a legend that states INFORMATIONAL, NOT A VALID DOCUMENT TO ESTABLISH IDENTITY. The legend shall be placed on the certificate in a manner that will not conceal information.
(2) If the person requesting a certified copy of a confidential marriage record is not an authorized person or is an authorized person who is otherwise unable to satisfy the requirements of subdivision (a), the official shall not release a certified copy of the confidential marriage record unless otherwise authorized by law.
(c) For purposes of this section, an authorized person means:
(1) For purposes of requests for certified copies of confidential marriage records, only a party to the confidential marriage.
(2) For purposes of requests for certified copies of birth, death, or nonconfidential marriage records, a person who is any of the following:
(A) The registrant or a parent or legal guardian of the registrant.
(B) A party entitled to receive the record as a result of a court order, or an attorney or a licensed adoption agency seeking the birth record in order to comply with the requirements of Section 3140 or 7603 of the Family Code.
(C) A member of a law enforcement agency or a representative of another governmental agency, as provided by law, who is conducting official business.
(D) A child, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, spouse, or domestic partner of the registrant.
(E) An attorney representing the registrant or the registrants estate, or any person or agency empowered by statute or appointed by a court to act on behalf of the registrant or the registrants estate.
(F)An agent or employee of a funeral establishment who acts within the course and scope of his or her employment and who orders certified copies of a death certificate on behalf of an individual specified in paragraphs (1) to (5), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 7100.
(3) For purposes of requests for certified copies of death records, an authorized person is also a person who is any of the following:
(A) An individual described in paragraphs (1) to (8), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 7100.
(B) An agent or employee of a funeral establishment who acts within the course and scope of his or her employment and who orders certified copies of a death certificate on behalf of an individual described in paragraphs (1) to (8), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 7100.
(d) A person who asks the agent or employee of a funeral establishment to request a death certificate on his or her behalf warrants the truthfulness of his or her relationship to the decedent and is personally liable for all damages occasioned by, or resulting from, a breach of that warranty.
(e) Notwithstanding any other law:
(1) A member of a law enforcement agency or a representative of a state or local government agency, as provided by law, who orders a copy of a record to which subdivision (a) applies in conducting official business shall not be required to provide the notarized statement required by subdivision (a).
(2) An agent or employee of a funeral establishment who acts within the course and scope of his or her employment and who orders death certificates on behalf of individuals specified in paragraphs (1) to (5), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 7100 shall not be required to provide the notarized statement required by subdivision (a).
(f) Informational certified copies of birth and death certificates issued pursuant to subdivision (b) shall only be printed from the single statewide database prepared by the State Registrar and shall be electronically redacted to remove any signatures for purposes of compliance with this section. Local registrars and county recorders shall not issue informational certified copies of birth and death certificates from a source other than the statewide database prepared by the State Registrar. This subdivision shall become operative on July 1, 2007, but only after the statewide database becomes operational and the full calendar year of the birth and death indices and images is entered into the statewide database and is available for the respective year of the birth or death certificate for which an informational copy is requested. The State Registrar shall provide written notification to local registrars and county recorders as soon as a year becomes available for issuance from the statewide database.
(g) Notwithstanding the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code), the department may implement and administer the changes made to this section by the act that added this subdivision through an all-county letter or similar instructions from the State Registrar without taking regulatory action.
(h) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2021, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2021, deletes or extends that date.
SEC. 2. Section 103526 of the Health and Safety Code, as amended by Section 129 of Chapter 561 of the Statutes of 2017, is amended to read:103526. (a) (1) If the State Registrar, local registrar, or county recorder receives a written, faxed, or digitized image of a request for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record pursuant to Section 103525 that is accompanied by a notarized statement sworn under penalty of perjury, or a faxed copy or digitized image of a notarized statement sworn under penalty of perjury, that the requester is an authorized person, as defined in this section, that official may furnish a certified copy to the applicant pursuant to Section 103525. A faxed or digitized image of the notary acknowledgment accompanying a faxed request received pursuant to this subdivision for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record shall be legible and, if the notarys seal is not photographically reproducible, show the name of the notary, the county of the notarys principal place of business, the notarys telephone number, the notarys registration number, and the notarys commission expiration date typed or printed in a manner that is photographically reproducible below, or immediately adjacent to, the notarys signature in the acknowledgment. If a request for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record is made in person, the official shall take a statement sworn under penalty of perjury that the requester is signing his or her own legal name and is an authorized person, and that official may then furnish a certified copy to the applicant.(2) For purposes of this subdivision, digitized image means an image of an original paper request for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record.(b) (1) If the person requesting a certified copy of a birth, death, or nonconfidential marriage record is not an authorized person or is an authorized person who is otherwise unable to satisfy the requirements of subdivision (a), the certified copy provided to the applicant shall be an informational certified copy and shall display a legend that states INFORMATIONAL, NOT A VALID DOCUMENT TO ESTABLISH IDENTITY. The legend shall be placed on the certificate in a manner that will not conceal information.(2) If the person requesting a certified copy of a confidential marriage record is not an authorized person or is an authorized person who is otherwise unable to satisfy the requirements of subdivision (a), the official shall not release a certified copy of the confidential marriage record unless otherwise authorized by law.(c) For purposes of this section, an authorized person means:(1) For purposes of requests for certified copies of confidential marriage records, only a party to the confidential marriage.(2) For purposes of requests for certified copies of birth, death, or nonconfidential marriage records, a person who is any of the following:(A) The registrant or a parent or legal guardian of the registrant.(B) A party entitled to receive the record as a result of a court order, or an attorney or a licensed adoption agency seeking the birth record in order to comply with the requirements of Section 3140 or 7603 of the Family Code.(C) A member of a law enforcement agency or a representative of another governmental agency, as provided by law, who is conducting official business.(D) A child, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, spouse, or domestic partner of the registrant.(E) An attorney representing the registrant or the registrants estate, or any person or agency empowered by statute or appointed by a court to act on behalf of the registrant or the registrants estate.(F)An agent or employee of a funeral establishment who acts within the course and scope of his or her employment and who orders certified copies of a death certificate on behalf of any individual specified in paragraphs (1) to (5), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 7100.(3) For purposes of requests for certified copies of death records, an authorized person is also a person who is any of the following:(A) An individual described in paragraphs (1) to (8), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 7100.(B) An agent or employee of a funeral establishment who acts within the course and scope of his or her employment and who orders certified copies of a death certificate on behalf of an individual described in paragraphs (1) to (8), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 7100.(d) A person who asks the agent or employee of a funeral establishment to request a death certificate on his or her behalf warrants the truthfulness of his or her relationship to the decedent and is personally liable for all damages occasioned by, or resulting from, a breach of that warranty.(e) Notwithstanding any other law:(1) A member of a law enforcement agency or a representative of a state or local government agency, as provided by law, who orders a copy of a record to which subdivision (a) applies in conducting official business shall not be required to provide the notarized statement required by subdivision (a).(2) An agent or employee of a funeral establishment who acts within the course and scope of his or her employment and who orders death certificates on behalf of individuals specified in paragraphs (1) to (5), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 7100 shall not be required to provide the notarized statement required by subdivision (a).(f) Informational certified copies of birth and death certificates issued pursuant to subdivision (b) shall only be printed from the single statewide database prepared by the State Registrar and shall be electronically redacted to remove any signatures for purposes of compliance with this section. Local registrars and county recorders shall not issue informational certified copies of birth and death certificates from a source other than the statewide database prepared by the State Registrar. This subdivision shall become operative on July 1, 2007, but only after the statewide database becomes operational and the full calendar year of the birth and death indices and images is entered into the statewide database and is available for the respective year of the birth or death certificate for which an informational copy is requested. The State Registrar shall provide written notification to local registrars and county recorders as soon as a year becomes available for issuance from the statewide database.(g) This section shall become operative January 1, 2021.
SEC. 2. Section 103526 of the Health and Safety Code, as amended by Section 129 of Chapter 561 of the Statutes of 2017, is amended to read:
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103526. (a) (1) If the State Registrar, local registrar, or county recorder receives a written, faxed, or digitized image of a request for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record pursuant to Section 103525 that is accompanied by a notarized statement sworn under penalty of perjury, or a faxed copy or digitized image of a notarized statement sworn under penalty of perjury, that the requester is an authorized person, as defined in this section, that official may furnish a certified copy to the applicant pursuant to Section 103525. A faxed or digitized image of the notary acknowledgment accompanying a faxed request received pursuant to this subdivision for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record shall be legible and, if the notarys seal is not photographically reproducible, show the name of the notary, the county of the notarys principal place of business, the notarys telephone number, the notarys registration number, and the notarys commission expiration date typed or printed in a manner that is photographically reproducible below, or immediately adjacent to, the notarys signature in the acknowledgment. If a request for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record is made in person, the official shall take a statement sworn under penalty of perjury that the requester is signing his or her own legal name and is an authorized person, and that official may then furnish a certified copy to the applicant.(2) For purposes of this subdivision, digitized image means an image of an original paper request for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record.(b) (1) If the person requesting a certified copy of a birth, death, or nonconfidential marriage record is not an authorized person or is an authorized person who is otherwise unable to satisfy the requirements of subdivision (a), the certified copy provided to the applicant shall be an informational certified copy and shall display a legend that states INFORMATIONAL, NOT A VALID DOCUMENT TO ESTABLISH IDENTITY. The legend shall be placed on the certificate in a manner that will not conceal information.(2) If the person requesting a certified copy of a confidential marriage record is not an authorized person or is an authorized person who is otherwise unable to satisfy the requirements of subdivision (a), the official shall not release a certified copy of the confidential marriage record unless otherwise authorized by law.(c) For purposes of this section, an authorized person means:(1) For purposes of requests for certified copies of confidential marriage records, only a party to the confidential marriage.(2) For purposes of requests for certified copies of birth, death, or nonconfidential marriage records, a person who is any of the following:(A) The registrant or a parent or legal guardian of the registrant.(B) A party entitled to receive the record as a result of a court order, or an attorney or a licensed adoption agency seeking the birth record in order to comply with the requirements of Section 3140 or 7603 of the Family Code.(C) A member of a law enforcement agency or a representative of another governmental agency, as provided by law, who is conducting official business.(D) A child, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, spouse, or domestic partner of the registrant.(E) An attorney representing the registrant or the registrants estate, or any person or agency empowered by statute or appointed by a court to act on behalf of the registrant or the registrants estate.(F)An agent or employee of a funeral establishment who acts within the course and scope of his or her employment and who orders certified copies of a death certificate on behalf of any individual specified in paragraphs (1) to (5), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 7100.(3) For purposes of requests for certified copies of death records, an authorized person is also a person who is any of the following:(A) An individual described in paragraphs (1) to (8), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 7100.(B) An agent or employee of a funeral establishment who acts within the course and scope of his or her employment and who orders certified copies of a death certificate on behalf of an individual described in paragraphs (1) to (8), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 7100.(d) A person who asks the agent or employee of a funeral establishment to request a death certificate on his or her behalf warrants the truthfulness of his or her relationship to the decedent and is personally liable for all damages occasioned by, or resulting from, a breach of that warranty.(e) Notwithstanding any other law:(1) A member of a law enforcement agency or a representative of a state or local government agency, as provided by law, who orders a copy of a record to which subdivision (a) applies in conducting official business shall not be required to provide the notarized statement required by subdivision (a).(2) An agent or employee of a funeral establishment who acts within the course and scope of his or her employment and who orders death certificates on behalf of individuals specified in paragraphs (1) to (5), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 7100 shall not be required to provide the notarized statement required by subdivision (a).(f) Informational certified copies of birth and death certificates issued pursuant to subdivision (b) shall only be printed from the single statewide database prepared by the State Registrar and shall be electronically redacted to remove any signatures for purposes of compliance with this section. Local registrars and county recorders shall not issue informational certified copies of birth and death certificates from a source other than the statewide database prepared by the State Registrar. This subdivision shall become operative on July 1, 2007, but only after the statewide database becomes operational and the full calendar year of the birth and death indices and images is entered into the statewide database and is available for the respective year of the birth or death certificate for which an informational copy is requested. The State Registrar shall provide written notification to local registrars and county recorders as soon as a year becomes available for issuance from the statewide database.(g) This section shall become operative January 1, 2021.
103526. (a) (1) If the State Registrar, local registrar, or county recorder receives a written, faxed, or digitized image of a request for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record pursuant to Section 103525 that is accompanied by a notarized statement sworn under penalty of perjury, or a faxed copy or digitized image of a notarized statement sworn under penalty of perjury, that the requester is an authorized person, as defined in this section, that official may furnish a certified copy to the applicant pursuant to Section 103525. A faxed or digitized image of the notary acknowledgment accompanying a faxed request received pursuant to this subdivision for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record shall be legible and, if the notarys seal is not photographically reproducible, show the name of the notary, the county of the notarys principal place of business, the notarys telephone number, the notarys registration number, and the notarys commission expiration date typed or printed in a manner that is photographically reproducible below, or immediately adjacent to, the notarys signature in the acknowledgment. If a request for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record is made in person, the official shall take a statement sworn under penalty of perjury that the requester is signing his or her own legal name and is an authorized person, and that official may then furnish a certified copy to the applicant.(2) For purposes of this subdivision, digitized image means an image of an original paper request for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record.(b) (1) If the person requesting a certified copy of a birth, death, or nonconfidential marriage record is not an authorized person or is an authorized person who is otherwise unable to satisfy the requirements of subdivision (a), the certified copy provided to the applicant shall be an informational certified copy and shall display a legend that states INFORMATIONAL, NOT A VALID DOCUMENT TO ESTABLISH IDENTITY. The legend shall be placed on the certificate in a manner that will not conceal information.(2) If the person requesting a certified copy of a confidential marriage record is not an authorized person or is an authorized person who is otherwise unable to satisfy the requirements of subdivision (a), the official shall not release a certified copy of the confidential marriage record unless otherwise authorized by law.(c) For purposes of this section, an authorized person means:(1) For purposes of requests for certified copies of confidential marriage records, only a party to the confidential marriage.(2) For purposes of requests for certified copies of birth, death, or nonconfidential marriage records, a person who is any of the following:(A) The registrant or a parent or legal guardian of the registrant.(B) A party entitled to receive the record as a result of a court order, or an attorney or a licensed adoption agency seeking the birth record in order to comply with the requirements of Section 3140 or 7603 of the Family Code.(C) A member of a law enforcement agency or a representative of another governmental agency, as provided by law, who is conducting official business.(D) A child, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, spouse, or domestic partner of the registrant.(E) An attorney representing the registrant or the registrants estate, or any person or agency empowered by statute or appointed by a court to act on behalf of the registrant or the registrants estate.(F)An agent or employee of a funeral establishment who acts within the course and scope of his or her employment and who orders certified copies of a death certificate on behalf of any individual specified in paragraphs (1) to (5), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 7100.(3) For purposes of requests for certified copies of death records, an authorized person is also a person who is any of the following:(A) An individual described in paragraphs (1) to (8), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 7100.(B) An agent or employee of a funeral establishment who acts within the course and scope of his or her employment and who orders certified copies of a death certificate on behalf of an individual described in paragraphs (1) to (8), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 7100.(d) A person who asks the agent or employee of a funeral establishment to request a death certificate on his or her behalf warrants the truthfulness of his or her relationship to the decedent and is personally liable for all damages occasioned by, or resulting from, a breach of that warranty.(e) Notwithstanding any other law:(1) A member of a law enforcement agency or a representative of a state or local government agency, as provided by law, who orders a copy of a record to which subdivision (a) applies in conducting official business shall not be required to provide the notarized statement required by subdivision (a).(2) An agent or employee of a funeral establishment who acts within the course and scope of his or her employment and who orders death certificates on behalf of individuals specified in paragraphs (1) to (5), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 7100 shall not be required to provide the notarized statement required by subdivision (a).(f) Informational certified copies of birth and death certificates issued pursuant to subdivision (b) shall only be printed from the single statewide database prepared by the State Registrar and shall be electronically redacted to remove any signatures for purposes of compliance with this section. Local registrars and county recorders shall not issue informational certified copies of birth and death certificates from a source other than the statewide database prepared by the State Registrar. This subdivision shall become operative on July 1, 2007, but only after the statewide database becomes operational and the full calendar year of the birth and death indices and images is entered into the statewide database and is available for the respective year of the birth or death certificate for which an informational copy is requested. The State Registrar shall provide written notification to local registrars and county recorders as soon as a year becomes available for issuance from the statewide database.(g) This section shall become operative January 1, 2021.
103526. (a) (1) If the State Registrar, local registrar, or county recorder receives a written, faxed, or digitized image of a request for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record pursuant to Section 103525 that is accompanied by a notarized statement sworn under penalty of perjury, or a faxed copy or digitized image of a notarized statement sworn under penalty of perjury, that the requester is an authorized person, as defined in this section, that official may furnish a certified copy to the applicant pursuant to Section 103525. A faxed or digitized image of the notary acknowledgment accompanying a faxed request received pursuant to this subdivision for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record shall be legible and, if the notarys seal is not photographically reproducible, show the name of the notary, the county of the notarys principal place of business, the notarys telephone number, the notarys registration number, and the notarys commission expiration date typed or printed in a manner that is photographically reproducible below, or immediately adjacent to, the notarys signature in the acknowledgment. If a request for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record is made in person, the official shall take a statement sworn under penalty of perjury that the requester is signing his or her own legal name and is an authorized person, and that official may then furnish a certified copy to the applicant.(2) For purposes of this subdivision, digitized image means an image of an original paper request for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record.(b) (1) If the person requesting a certified copy of a birth, death, or nonconfidential marriage record is not an authorized person or is an authorized person who is otherwise unable to satisfy the requirements of subdivision (a), the certified copy provided to the applicant shall be an informational certified copy and shall display a legend that states INFORMATIONAL, NOT A VALID DOCUMENT TO ESTABLISH IDENTITY. The legend shall be placed on the certificate in a manner that will not conceal information.(2) If the person requesting a certified copy of a confidential marriage record is not an authorized person or is an authorized person who is otherwise unable to satisfy the requirements of subdivision (a), the official shall not release a certified copy of the confidential marriage record unless otherwise authorized by law.(c) For purposes of this section, an authorized person means:(1) For purposes of requests for certified copies of confidential marriage records, only a party to the confidential marriage.(2) For purposes of requests for certified copies of birth, death, or nonconfidential marriage records, a person who is any of the following:(A) The registrant or a parent or legal guardian of the registrant.(B) A party entitled to receive the record as a result of a court order, or an attorney or a licensed adoption agency seeking the birth record in order to comply with the requirements of Section 3140 or 7603 of the Family Code.(C) A member of a law enforcement agency or a representative of another governmental agency, as provided by law, who is conducting official business.(D) A child, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, spouse, or domestic partner of the registrant.(E) An attorney representing the registrant or the registrants estate, or any person or agency empowered by statute or appointed by a court to act on behalf of the registrant or the registrants estate.(F)An agent or employee of a funeral establishment who acts within the course and scope of his or her employment and who orders certified copies of a death certificate on behalf of any individual specified in paragraphs (1) to (5), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 7100.(3) For purposes of requests for certified copies of death records, an authorized person is also a person who is any of the following:(A) An individual described in paragraphs (1) to (8), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 7100.(B) An agent or employee of a funeral establishment who acts within the course and scope of his or her employment and who orders certified copies of a death certificate on behalf of an individual described in paragraphs (1) to (8), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 7100.(d) A person who asks the agent or employee of a funeral establishment to request a death certificate on his or her behalf warrants the truthfulness of his or her relationship to the decedent and is personally liable for all damages occasioned by, or resulting from, a breach of that warranty.(e) Notwithstanding any other law:(1) A member of a law enforcement agency or a representative of a state or local government agency, as provided by law, who orders a copy of a record to which subdivision (a) applies in conducting official business shall not be required to provide the notarized statement required by subdivision (a).(2) An agent or employee of a funeral establishment who acts within the course and scope of his or her employment and who orders death certificates on behalf of individuals specified in paragraphs (1) to (5), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 7100 shall not be required to provide the notarized statement required by subdivision (a).(f) Informational certified copies of birth and death certificates issued pursuant to subdivision (b) shall only be printed from the single statewide database prepared by the State Registrar and shall be electronically redacted to remove any signatures for purposes of compliance with this section. Local registrars and county recorders shall not issue informational certified copies of birth and death certificates from a source other than the statewide database prepared by the State Registrar. This subdivision shall become operative on July 1, 2007, but only after the statewide database becomes operational and the full calendar year of the birth and death indices and images is entered into the statewide database and is available for the respective year of the birth or death certificate for which an informational copy is requested. The State Registrar shall provide written notification to local registrars and county recorders as soon as a year becomes available for issuance from the statewide database.(g) This section shall become operative January 1, 2021.
103526. (a) (1) If the State Registrar, local registrar, or county recorder receives a written, faxed, or digitized image of a request for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record pursuant to Section 103525 that is accompanied by a notarized statement sworn under penalty of perjury, or a faxed copy or digitized image of a notarized statement sworn under penalty of perjury, that the requester is an authorized person, as defined in this section, that official may furnish a certified copy to the applicant pursuant to Section 103525. A faxed or digitized image of the notary acknowledgment accompanying a faxed request received pursuant to this subdivision for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record shall be legible and, if the notarys seal is not photographically reproducible, show the name of the notary, the county of the notarys principal place of business, the notarys telephone number, the notarys registration number, and the notarys commission expiration date typed or printed in a manner that is photographically reproducible below, or immediately adjacent to, the notarys signature in the acknowledgment. If a request for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record is made in person, the official shall take a statement sworn under penalty of perjury that the requester is signing his or her own legal name and is an authorized person, and that official may then furnish a certified copy to the applicant.
(2) For purposes of this subdivision, digitized image means an image of an original paper request for a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record.
(b) (1) If the person requesting a certified copy of a birth, death, or nonconfidential marriage record is not an authorized person or is an authorized person who is otherwise unable to satisfy the requirements of subdivision (a), the certified copy provided to the applicant shall be an informational certified copy and shall display a legend that states INFORMATIONAL, NOT A VALID DOCUMENT TO ESTABLISH IDENTITY. The legend shall be placed on the certificate in a manner that will not conceal information.
(2) If the person requesting a certified copy of a confidential marriage record is not an authorized person or is an authorized person who is otherwise unable to satisfy the requirements of subdivision (a), the official shall not release a certified copy of the confidential marriage record unless otherwise authorized by law.
(c) For purposes of this section, an authorized person means:
(1) For purposes of requests for certified copies of confidential marriage records, only a party to the confidential marriage.
(2) For purposes of requests for certified copies of birth, death, or nonconfidential marriage records, a person who is any of the following:
(A) The registrant or a parent or legal guardian of the registrant.
(B) A party entitled to receive the record as a result of a court order, or an attorney or a licensed adoption agency seeking the birth record in order to comply with the requirements of Section 3140 or 7603 of the Family Code.
(C) A member of a law enforcement agency or a representative of another governmental agency, as provided by law, who is conducting official business.
(D) A child, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, spouse, or domestic partner of the registrant.
(E) An attorney representing the registrant or the registrants estate, or any person or agency empowered by statute or appointed by a court to act on behalf of the registrant or the registrants estate.
(F)An agent or employee of a funeral establishment who acts within the course and scope of his or her employment and who orders certified copies of a death certificate on behalf of any individual specified in paragraphs (1) to (5), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 7100.
(3) For purposes of requests for certified copies of death records, an authorized person is also a person who is any of the following:
(A) An individual described in paragraphs (1) to (8), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 7100.
(B) An agent or employee of a funeral establishment who acts within the course and scope of his or her employment and who orders certified copies of a death certificate on behalf of an individual described in paragraphs (1) to (8), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 7100.
(d) A person who asks the agent or employee of a funeral establishment to request a death certificate on his or her behalf warrants the truthfulness of his or her relationship to the decedent and is personally liable for all damages occasioned by, or resulting from, a breach of that warranty.
(e) Notwithstanding any other law:
(1) A member of a law enforcement agency or a representative of a state or local government agency, as provided by law, who orders a copy of a record to which subdivision (a) applies in conducting official business shall not be required to provide the notarized statement required by subdivision (a).
(2) An agent or employee of a funeral establishment who acts within the course and scope of his or her employment and who orders death certificates on behalf of individuals specified in paragraphs (1) to (5), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 7100 shall not be required to provide the notarized statement required by subdivision (a).
(f) Informational certified copies of birth and death certificates issued pursuant to subdivision (b) shall only be printed from the single statewide database prepared by the State Registrar and shall be electronically redacted to remove any signatures for purposes of compliance with this section. Local registrars and county recorders shall not issue informational certified copies of birth and death certificates from a source other than the statewide database prepared by the State Registrar. This subdivision shall become operative on July 1, 2007, but only after the statewide database becomes operational and the full calendar year of the birth and death indices and images is entered into the statewide database and is available for the respective year of the birth or death certificate for which an informational copy is requested. The State Registrar shall provide written notification to local registrars and county recorders as soon as a year becomes available for issuance from the statewide database.
(g) This section shall become operative January 1, 2021.
SEC. 3. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.
SEC. 3. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.
SEC. 3. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.
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For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:
(a)(1)Home inspection is a noninvasive, physical examination, performed for a fee in connection with a transfer, as defined in subdivision (e), of real property, of the mechanical, electrical, or plumbing systems or the structural and essential components of a residential dwelling of one to four units designed to identify material defects in those systems, structures, and components. Home inspection includes any consultation regarding the property that is represented to be a home inspection or any confusingly similar term.
(2)In connection with the transfer, as defined in subdivision (e), of real property with a swimming pool or spa, an appropriate inspection shall include a noninvasive physical examination of the pool or spa and dwelling for the purpose of identifying which, if any, of the seven drowning prevention safety features listed in subdivision (a) of Section 115922 of the Health and Safety Code the pool or spa is equipped.
(3)Home inspection, if requested by the client, may include an inspection of energy efficiency. Energy efficiency items to be inspected may include the following:
(A)A noninvasive inspection of insulation R-values in attics, roofs, walls, floors, and ducts.
(B)The number of window glass panes and frame types.
(C)The heating and cooling equipment and water heating systems.
(D)The age and fuel type of major appliances.
(E)The exhaust and cooling fans.
(F)The type of thermostat and other systems.
(G)The general integrity and potential leakage areas of walls, window areas, doors, and duct systems.
(H)The solar control efficiency of existing windows.
(b)A material defect is a condition that significantly affects the value, desirability, habitability, or safety of the dwelling. Style or aesthetics shall not be considered in determining whether a system, structure, or component is defective.
(c)A home inspection report is a written report prepared for a fee and issued after a home inspection. The report clearly describes and identifies the inspected systems, structures, or components of the dwelling, any material defects identified, and any recommendations regarding the conditions observed or recommendations for evaluation by appropriate persons. In a dwelling with a pool or spa, the report shall identify which, if any, of the seven drowning prevention safety features listed in subdivision (a) of Section 115922 of the Health and Safety Code the pool or spa is equipped with and shall specifically state if the pool or spa has fewer than two of the listed drowning prevention safety features.
(d)A home inspector is any individual who performs a home inspection.
(e)Transfer is a transfer by sale, exchange, installment land sales contract, as defined in Section 2985 of the Civil Code, lease with an option to purchase, any other option to purchase, or ground lease coupled with improvements, of real property or residential stock cooperative, improved with or consisting of not less than one nor more than four dwelling units.