Proposed Legislation Would Make it Easier to Obtain Vital Records
Tuesday, December 29th, 2015 -- 8:15 AM
(AP) -Proposed legislation would make it easier for Wisconsin residents to obtain birth, marriage, death and other vital records if those events occurred in the Badger State.Currently, people have to travel to the county in which the event happened, or send a request by regular mail. A bill circulating in the state Legislature would allow residents to pick up those records at any register of deeds office in Wisconsin.
Racine County Register of Deeds Tyson Fettes says software upgrades to the state vital records system in recent years have made it possible for local offices to issue records no matter where the documents originated in Wisconsin. Fettes tells The Journal Times it may take a few years for all records to be available at the county level because the state would have to scan and enter them into the database.
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