Statute 65-2416: Certificates as evidence; reproduction of records;
certification.
(a) Certificates filed within six months after the time prescribed
therefor shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated. Data
therein pertaining to the father of a child are prima facie evidence only if
the alleged father is the husband of the mother, or if the father has consented
in writing that the father's name be entered as the father on the
certificate as provided in
K.S.A. 65-2409, and amendments thereto; if not,
the data pertaining to the father of a child are not evidence in any proceeding
adverse to the interest of the alleged father, or of the alleged
father's heirs, next of kin, devisees, legatees or other successors in
interest, if the paternity is controverted.
(b) The state registrar of vital statistics is authorized to prepare
typewritten, photographic or other reproductions of original records and
files of vital statistics. Such reproductions when
certified by the state registrar shall be accepted as the original
record. For deaths occurring on and after the effective date of this act,
the state registrar shall not certify a death certificate in which the
manner of death is marked other than natural unless the death certificate is
signed by a district coroner.
History: L. 1951, ch. 355, § 16; L. 1963, ch. 319, § 5;
L. 1993, ch. 214, § 11; July 1.