Native American Death Certificates
| Tracking # |
P010911-102320 |
| Submitted | Oct. 7, 2020 |
| Est. Completion | None |
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From: Sovereign Bodies Institute
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the California Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
Informational copies of all American Indian and Alaska Native death certificates held by the Tulare County Clerk's office.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 calendar days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Sovereign Bodies Institute
From: County Clerk
Good Afternoon,
We have received the attached Faxed PRA request regarding copies of the
American Indian and Alaska Native death certificates.
Unfortunately the Clerk-Recorder's office does not keep track of the
type of information you are requesting.
Please check with California Department of Public Health:
Calif Dept of Public Health
Office of Vital Records-MS 5103
P.O.Box 997410
Sacramento, Ca 95899-7410
916-445-2684
Best regards,
Julie
Julie Poochigian
Chief Deputy Clerk Recorder
Tulare County
221 S. Mooney Blvd. Room 103
Visalia Ca 93291
Phone: 559.636.5077
Fax: 559.740.4329
Jpoochig@co.tulare.ca.us
From: Sovereign Bodies Institute
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the California Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
Informational copies of all American Indian and Alaska Native death certificates in Tulare County.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 calendar days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Sovereign Bodies Institute
From: California Department of Public Health
Thank you for contacting the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) to obtain public records.
Your Public Records Act (PRA) request dated October 23, 2020, is being processed. Reference Number P010911-102320 has been assigned for tracking purposes. Please refer to this reference number for use when accessing the CDPH Public Records Center Portal to monitor the progress of your request.
CDPH strives to answer all requests for public records in as timely a manner as possible. Under California law, CDPH must respond to your inquiry no later than ten calendar days from receipt of the request to notify you whether records will be disclosed. Note that some records are exempted from disclosure. If the requested records are exempt, we will inform you in writing as to why.
The Public Records Act (see Govt. Code §6250 et. seq.) provides that CDPH may extend the response period for up to 14 calendar days should it be necessary to search for records located at off-site facilities or if the request involves a voluminous amount of records. We will notify you within 10 days of receipt of your request if a 14-day extension is necessary. If fees are involved, CDPH will need to collect the fees before releasing the records. However, there is typically no fee for records released electronically through the Public Records Center Portal.
The 10- and 14-day response periods are to allow CDPH time to determine how long it will take to disclose the requested records. Depending on the number of records requested or other factors, a response may take longer. CDPH will do its best to provide documents on a rolling basis as they become available and to keep you informed as to the timing and type of records to be released.
Please visit the CDPH Public Records Center Portal to monitor request progress, communicate with CDPH staff processing your request and to submit future requests.
California Department of Public Health
From: California Department of Public Health
Dear Constituent, The California Department of Public Health – Vital Records (CDPH-VR) received your inquiry regarding a vital record. In order to provide information responsive to your inquiry it is recommended that you submit a data request to the CDPH Vital Statistics Branch. You may contact them at (916) 552-8095 or HIRS@cdph.ca.gov (mailto:HIRS@cdph.ca.gov) for more information. To order individual copies of death certificates, CDPH-VR requires a combination of at least two of the following items to perform a search for a death record:
* First, middle and last name of decedent
* Date of birth
* Date of death
* City and/or county of death Social Security Number To request a copy of a death record, you must submit the following items for processing:
* VS 112 – Application for Certified Copy of Death Record
* Notarized and/or signed sworn statement (where applicable) $21.00 per copy (money order or check only, made payable to CDPH Vital Records) Please refer to the enclosed pamphlet with instructions on how to obtain a certified copy of a death certificate. For more information regarding California vital records, visit the following link: https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CHSI/Pages/Vital-Records.aspx Mail completed application with the fee(s) to: California Department of Public Health Vital Records – MS 5103 PO Box 997410 Sacramento, CA 95899-7410 If you have any questions regarding this letter, please contact CDPH-VR, Quality Assurance and Production Section at (916) 552-8116. Thank you, Juanita Joyce
From: Sovereign Bodies Institute
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the California Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
Informational copies of all American Indian and Alaska Native death certificates held by the Tulare County Clerk's office.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 calendar days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Sovereign Bodies Institute
From: California Department of Public Health
Hello,
We replied to your query on 10/12 asking the following:
We’d like to clarify: do you require actual physical copies of these certificates? Or just the information found on them?
Since you mentioned you’d prefer the information electronically, I wasn’t sure if that was the case.
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From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following California Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 7, 2020. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #P010911-102320.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: California Department of Public Health
Hello,
It appears you are requesting informational copies of records. If that is the case, you would need to speak with the certificate department through VRIPBMail@cdph.ca.gov<mailto:VRIPBMail@cdph.ca.gov> or (916) 445-2684.
The HIRS department here only processes strictly data requests. For certificates, please use the above contact information.
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~WRD0001