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KRS 213.056: Filing of delayed birth certificate.

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  1. KRS Chapter 213

(1) If a certificate of birth of a living person born in the Commonwealth has not been

filed within the time period as provided in KRS 213.046, a certificate of birth may

be filed in accordance with the administrative regulations of the cabinet. The

certificate shall be registered subject to such evidentiary requirements as the cabinet

shall by regulation prescribe to substantiate the alleged facts of birth.

(2) In accordance with the provisions of this section and the administrative regulations

established thereunder, the state registrar may issue a record of foreign birth for a

person born outside the United States registration area who is subsequently adopted

by a Kentucky resident and whose record of birth cannot be obtained from the

country of birth.

(3) Certificates of birth registered one (1) year or more after the date of birth shall be

made on forms prescribed and furnished by the state registrar marked "delayed" and

shall show on the face of the certificate the date of the delayed registration.

(4) A su mmary statement of the evidence submitted in support of the delayed

registration shall be endorsed on the certificate.

(5) The cabinet may refuse to accept any application for a delayed birth certificate or

record of foreign birth on which the applicant fa ils to provide such information as

the cabinet may require.

(6) Each birth certificate filed under this section shall include all Social Security

numbers that have been issued to the parents of the child.

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