Capítulo II. De las funciones del Registro nacional de las personas

RENAP is responsible for planning, coordinating, directing, centralizing and controlling the activities of registration of civil status, civil capacity and identification of the natural persons referred to in this Law and its regulations.

a)To centralize, plan, organize, direct, regulate and rationalize the registrations within its jurisdiction;

b)To register births, marriages, divorces, deaths and other events and acts that modify the civil status and civil capacity of natural persons, as well as the judicial and extrajudicial decisions relating to them that are subject to registration, and the other acts designated by law;

c)To maintain, on a permanent and updated basis, the register of identification of natural persons;

d)To issue the Personal Identification Document to Guatemalans and domiciled foreign nationals, as well as the replacements and renewals that certify the identification of natural persons;

e)To issue certifications of the respective registrations;

f)To send to the Supreme Electoral Tribunal the information on registered citizens within eight (8) days following the delivery of the Personal Identification Document -DPI- to its holder; and the information that the Supreme Electoral Tribunal requests for the performance of its functions shall be delivered within a time limit of no more than eight (8) days;

g)To promote the training and development of the qualified personnel that the Institution requires;

h)To provide to the Public Prosecutor's Office, police and judicial authorities and other State entities authorized by the National Registry of Persons -RENAP-, the information that they request in relation to the civil status, civil capacity and identification of natural persons;

i)To ensure strict respect for the right to identification of natural persons and the other rights inherent to them, derived from their registration in the RENAP;

j)To provide information about persons, under the principle that the information held by the RENAP is public, except when it may be used to affect the honor or privacy of the citizen. Only the following is established as public information without restriction: the person's first name and surnames, identification number, dates of birth or death, sex, vecindad (municipal residency status), occupation, profession or trade, nationality and civil status, but not the address of his or her residence;

k)To implement, organize, maintain and supervise the operation of the fingerprint register, the facial register and others that may be necessary for the performance of its functions;

l)To file a complaint or to become an adhesive private prosecutor (querellante adhesivo) in those cases in which acts that could constitute criminal offenses regarding the identification of natural persons are detected; and,

m)To perform the other functions entrusted to it by law.

n)To correct the inconsistencies, errors or duplications notified by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, and to replace the Personal Identification Document of its holder, in accordance with the provisions of this Law.

The Supreme Electoral Tribunal shall reject information that contains inconsistencies, errors or duplications in personal data or in the Unique Identification Code -CUI-, for the purpose of preserving the electoral roll.

In the exercise of its functions, RENAP must maintain close and permanent coordination with the following entities:

a)Supreme Electoral Tribunal;

b)Ministry of the Interior;

c)Ministry of Foreign Affairs;

d)Public and private hospitals and health centers involved in the process of registration of births and deaths;

e)Judicial Branch;

f)Public Prosecutor's Office;

g)The municipalities of the country; and,

h)Any other public-law or private institution, when pertinent.