N.Y. Public Health Law § 4103: Vital statistics; evidence

§ 4103. Vital statistics; evidence. 1. Certified copies of birth

certificates, certification of birth, certified or verified transcripts

of birth certificates, certificates of birth data or certificates of

registration of birth shall be accepted by public school authorities in

this state as prima facie evidence of age of children registering for

school attendance, and by the legally constituted authorities as prima

facie proof of age for the issuance of employment certificates, provided

that when it is not possible to secure such certified copy of the birth

certificate, certification of birth, certified or verified transcript of

the birth certificate, certificate of birth data or certificate of

registration of birth for any child, the school authorities may accept

as secondary proof of age any of the kinds of evidence specified in the

labor law.

2. Any copy of the record of a birth or of a death or any certificate

of registration of birth or any certification of birth, when properly

certified by the local registrar, shall be prima facie evidence of the

facts therein stated in all courts and places and in all actions,

proceedings, or applications, judicial, administrative or otherwise, and

any such certificate of registration of birth or any such certification

of birth shall be accepted with the same force and effect with respect

to the facts therein stated as the original certificate of birth or a

certified copy thereof.

3. A certified copy of the record of a birth or death, a certification

of birth or death, a transcript of a birth or death certificate, a

certificate of birth data or a certificate of registration of birth,

when properly certified by the commissioner or persons authorized to act

for him, shall be prima facie evidence in all courts and places of the

facts therein stated.