22-9A-9
may be filed for living persons and shall be made on a delayed certificate of birth form prescribed
by the State Registrar and shall show on their face the date of the delayed registration.
A summary statement of the evidence submitted in support of the delayed registration shall
be endorsed on the certificate. a. Any living person born in this state whose birth is not
recorded in this state, or his or her parent, guardian, next of kin, or older person acting
for the registrant and having personal knowledge of the facts of birth may request
the registration of a delayed certificate of birth, subject to this section and instructions
issued by the State Registrar. b. Each delayed certificate of birth shall be signed and sworn
to before an official authorized to administer oaths by the person whose birth is to be registered,
if the person is 18 years of age or over and is competent to sign and swear to the accuracy
of the facts stated in the certificate; otherwise, the certificate shall...
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22-9A-15
Section 22-9A-15 Delayed registration of death. (a) When a death occurring in this state has
not been registered within the time period prescribed by subsection (a) of Section 22-9A-14,
a certificate of death may be registered on a regular certificate of death as follows: (1)
If the attending physician, county medical examiner, state medical examiner, or coroner at
the time of death and the attending funeral director or person who acted as the funeral director
are available to complete and sign the certificate of death, it may be completed without additional
evidence and filed with the State Registrar. For those certificates filed one year or more
after the date of death, the physician, county medical examiner, state medical examiner, coroner,
or the funeral director shall state in accompanying affidavits that the information on the
certificate is based on records kept in their files. (2) In the absence of the attending physician,
county medical examiner, state medical examiner,...
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22-9A-22
Section 22-9A-22 Copies or data from the system of vital statistics. (a) In accordance with
Section 22-9A-21 and any rules adopted pursuant to that section: (1) The State Registrar and
other custodians of vital records authorized by the State Registrar to issue certified copies
shall upon receipt of an application issue a certified copy of vital records in his or her
custody or a part of the record. The vital records may be in the form of originals, photographic,
microfilm, digital, electronic, or other reproductions, or data filed by digital or electronic
means. Each copy issued shall show the date of registration and copies issued from records
marked "DELAYED REGISTRATION" or "AMENDED" shall be similarly marked and
show the effective date. All forms and procedures used in the issuance of certified copies
of vital records in this state shall be provided or approved by the State Registrar. (2) A
certified copy of a vital record or any part of the record, issued in accordance with this...

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22-9A-12
father and decrees the name the child is to bear together with the information necessary to
identify the original certificate of birth. (b) The new certificate of birth prepared as a
result of subsection (a) shall be on the form in use at the time of its preparation and shall
include all of the following items and other information necessary to complete the certificate:
(1) The name of the child. (2) The actual place and date of birth as shown on the original
certificate. (3) The names and personal particulars of the adoptive parents or of the
natural parents, whichever is appropriate. (4) The name of the attendant. (5) The birth number
assigned to the original birth certificate. (6) The original filing date. (c) The new certificate
shall be substituted for the original certificate of birth in the files, and the original
certificate of birth and the evidence of adoption, legitimation, or paternity determination
shall not be subject to inspection except upon order of a court of...
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22-9A-10
Section 22-9A-10 Judicial procedure to establish facts of birth. (a) If a delayed certificate
of birth is rejected under Section 22-9A-9, a petition signed and sworn to by the petitioner
may be filed with a circuit court of any county in this state in which he or she resides or
was born, for an order establishing a birth record. (b) The petition shall allege each of
the following: (1) The person for whom a delayed certificate of birth is sought was born in
this state. (2) No certificate of birth can be found in the Office of Vital Statistics. (3)
Diligent efforts by the petitioner have failed to obtain the evidence required in accordance
with Section 22-9A-9. (4) The State Registrar has refused to register a delayed certificate
of birth. (5) Other allegations as may be required. (c) The petition shall be accompanied
by a statement of the State Registrar made in accordance with Section 22-9A-9 and all documentary
evidence which was submitted to the State Registrar in support of the...
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22-9A-14
the county of death. When a death occurs on a moving conveyance while in international waters
or air space or in a foreign country and the body is first removed from the conveyance in
this state, the death shall be registered in this state but the certificate shall show the
actual place of death if it can be determined. (b) The funeral director or person acting as
the funeral director who first assumes custody of the dead body shall file the certificate
of death. He or she shall obtain the personal and statistical data from the next of
kin or the best qualified person or source available and shall forward the certificate to
the person responsible for completion of the medical certification. (c) The physician in charge
of the care of the patient for the illness or condition that resulted in death shall complete
and sign the medical certification and transmit the certificate to the Office of Vital Statistics
in the manner directed by the State Registrar, within 48 hours after receipt of...
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22-9A-7
of births. (a) A certificate of birth for each live birth that occurs in this state shall be
filed with the Office of Vital Statistics, or as otherwise directed by the State Registrar,
within five days after the birth and shall be registered if it has been completed and filed
in accordance with this section. (b)(1) When a birth occurs in an institution or en route
to the institution, the person in charge of the institution or his or her designated representative
shall obtain the personal data, prepare the certificate, secure the signatures required,
and file the certificate as directed in subsection (a) or as directed by the State Registrar
within the required five days. The physician or other person in attendance shall provide the
medical information required by the certificate and certify to the facts of birth within 72
hours after the birth. If the physician, or other person in attendance, does not certify to
the facts of birth within the 72-hour period, the person in...
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22-9A-11
Section 22-9A-11 Court reports of adoption. (a) For each adoption decreed by a court of competent
jurisdiction in this state, the court shall require the preparation of a report of adoption
on a form prescribed and furnished by the State Registrar. The report shall indicate those
facts necessary to locate and identify the certificate of birth of the person adopted or in
the case of a person who was born in a foreign country, evidence from sources determined to
be reliable by the court as to the date and place of birth of the person. The report shall
provide information necessary to establish a new certificate of birth of the person adopted,
identify the order of adoption, and be certified by the clerk of the court. (b) Information
necessary to prepare the report of adoption shall be furnished by each petitioner for adoption
or his or her attorney. The child-placing agency or any person having knowledge of the facts
shall supply the court with additional information as may be necessary...
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22-9A-8
Section 22-9A-8 Registration of infants of unknown parentage. (a) Whoever assumes the custody
of a live-born infant of unknown parentage shall report on a form and in a manner prescribed
by the State Registrar within five days to the Office of Vital Statistics all of the following
information: (1) The date and place of finding. (2) Sex, race, and approximate birth date
of the child. (3) Name and address of the person or institution with whom the child has been
placed for care. (4) Name given to the child by the custodian of the child. (5) Other data
required by rules of the board. (b) The place where the child was found shall be entered as
the place of birth. (c) A report registered under this section shall constitute the certificate
of birth for the child. (d) If the child is identified and a certificate of birth is found
or obtained, the report registered under this section shall be placed in a special file and
shall not be subject to inspection except upon an order of a court of...
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22-9A-23
Section 22-9A-23 Fees. (a) Fees to be paid to the Office of Vital Statistics are as follows:
(1) The fee for making any search of the records and reporting the findings or for making
one certified copy of the record if found shall be fifteen dollars ($15). If the search is
made in a local registration district, the local office shall be entitled to retain the portion
of this fee as prescribed by the board. (2) The fee for each additional copy of the same record
ordered at the same time shall be six dollars ($6). If these copies are made in a local registration
district, the local office shall retain the portion of these fees as prescribed by the board.
(3) The fee for issuing an authenticated or exemplified copy shall be twenty-five dollars
($25), and shall include the certification fee of the Secretary of State. (4) The fee for
the preparation of an amendment to an original vital record and issuing a certified copy at
the time it is amended shall be twenty dollars ($20). (5) The fee...
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