The Comptroller General of the Republic of Costa Rica alerted to the registration of births, marriages and deaths, also called "vital statistics", and that "if they do not settle on time, the fundamental rights of citizens in Costa Rica could be injured."

It is the Civil Registration Department who takes the seat from the documents produced by the so-called Auxiliary Registrars. Each receives a batch of (coupons) pre-printed forms and completes it when there is a fact that to settle.

Who are the registers? Only "1% are officials of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE), while the remaining 99% performs tasks Pro Bono and have no direct connection with the Tribunal."

Consequently, the auxiliary "do their work without further controls by the TSE." In fact, analysis of the information shows that "between 2007 and 2014 there were 45,481 life events returned for irregularities, of which 7591 had no signatures or seals recorder, despite being a fundamental requirement".

The report notes the existence of "staff performing that function and does not appear as such" and cites the example of a hospital director who is deputy registrar but delegates noting the coupons to nurses.

On the list of auxiliary registers that owns the Registrar General's Office, the Comptroller said that "no provision distinction between active and inactive", because "dead or disabled workers were found". Of the 15,041 registrars, 1253 had either one of these conditions.

The last observation becomes more important if one considers that "in the case of cessation of activity, registration forms must be returned since they are vital."

Regarding the coupons, the Watchdog said that "the Registry does not perform proper custody of blank form nor have mechanisms for collection and transfer of registered vital events." In turn, they "lack of security features that ensure their authenticity and prevent being supplanted."