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Abstract The civil status records represent all the legal operations for the registration, in the registers of civil status, of the acts and facts of civil status, as well as other mentions provided by law, operations performed by the authorities of local public administration in accordance with the provisions of the law. The civil status records are of two kinds, namely, recordings through the drawing up of acts of civil status and recordings of marginal mentions by means of a book entry, in the registers of civil status.
Key words:
Registers of civil status, acts of civil status, local public administration
JEL Codes:
K3
1. Introduction
According to Art. 1 of the Law 119/1990: "The acts of civil status are authentic documents whereby a person's birth, marriage or death is established. These are drawn up to the benefit of the state and the person and they serve for knowing the number and structure of the population, the demographic situation, the defense of the basic rights and fundamental liberties of citizens". These birth, marriage and death certificates are drawn up in registers of civil status by the authorities of local public administration, under the conditions of the law (Art. 2 and 3 of the Law 119/1996).
The conclusion that can be derived from these legal texts is that civil status records mean all the legal operations for the registration, in the registers of civil status, of the acts and facts of civil status, as well as other mentions provided by law, operations performed by civil status authorities in accordance with the provisions of the law.
2. The Types of Civil Status Records
The Art. 5, Para. (1) of the Law No. 119/1996 stipulates that: "The recording of the acts and facts of civil status and the registration of the mentions are done upon request, on the basis of the statement of the person who must do it or ex officio, according to the present law".
Legally speaking, the recording has two forms (Ungureanu, 2012):
1. Recordings by drawing up civil status documents, used in three situations: for recording birth; for recording marriage; for recording death, and the birth, marriage and death certificates shall be drawn up accordingly; and
2. Recording by writing down marginal...