KRS 213.061: Flagged birth certificate of child reported missing.

(1) Upon notification by the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet that a child born in the

Commonwealth is missing, the state registrar of vital statistics shall flag the birth

certificate record of the child in such a manner that whenever a copy of the birth

certificate or information regarding the birth record is requested, the state registrar

shall be alerted to the fact that the certificate is that of a missing child.

(2) Upon notification by the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet that a missing child has

been recovered, the state registrar shall remove the flag from the child's birth

certificate record.

(3) In response to any inquiry for a copy of a flagged birth certificate of a missing child,

the state registrar shall not provide a copy of the birth certificate except as approved

by the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet.

(4) When a copy of a flagged birth certificate is requested in person, the state registrar

or the designee accepting the request shall inform the person making the request

that a copy of a cer tificate will be mailed to the requester. The state registrar shall,

upon the departure of the requesting person, immediately notify the Justice and

Public Safety Cabinet as to the request and the information obtained pursuant to this

subsection.

(5) When a copy of a flagged birth certificate is requested in writing, the state registrar

shall immediately notify the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet as to the request and

shall provide a copy of the written request.