Registrar Generals Department, Jamaica

The Registrar Generals Department (RGD) is an Executive Agency and Jamaicas sole repository of birth, death, marriage and fetal death records. The RGD is the only organisation in Jamaica which is responsible for registering vital events- births, fetal deaths, marriages and deaths and for carrying out the following activities: -Keeping safe important historical and public documents such as wills, naturalisation certificates of citizenship and Laws of Jamaica -Classifying diseases indicated on the Medical Certificates of the cause of death (MCCD) -Monitoring the activities of all Marriage Officers, Civil Registrars and Local District Registrars (LDR)- persons who register births and deaths. -Producing certified copies of birth, death, and marriage records on request. -Producing No-impediment certificates -Correcting errors of fact on vital records -Adding a fathers particulars to his childs birth record -Authorizing and effecting re-registrations and late-registrations -Reg...