Assembly Bill No. 12–Assemblyman Hettrick
Prefiled January 11, 2001
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Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
SUMMARY—Revises provisions governing issuance of
supplementary certificates of birth by state registrar of vital statistics. (BDR 40‑458)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
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EXPLANATION
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AN ACT relating to vital statistics; revising provisions governing the issuance of
supplementary certificates of birth by the state registrar of vital statistics;
and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1-1 Section
1. NRS 440.310 is hereby
amended to read as follows:
1-2 440.310 1. Whenever
the state registrar receives a certified report of
1-3 adoption
[, amendment or annulment] or amendment of adoption filed in
1-4 accordance with the provisions of NRS 127.157 or the
laws of another state
1-5 or foreign country, or a certified copy of the
adoption decree [he] ,
1-6 concerning a
person born in Nevada, the state registrar shall prepare and
1-7 file a supplementary certificate
of birth in the new name of the adopted
1-8 person which shows the adoptive parents as the
parents [, and , except as
1-9 provided in
subsection 2,] and seal and file the report or decree and the
1-10 original certificate of birth.
1-11 2. Whenever the state registrar receives a
certified report of adoption,
1-12 amendment or annulment of an order or decree of
adoption from a court
1-13 concerning a person born [outside this state,]
in another state, the District
1-14 of Columbia, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, a territory or
1-15 possession of the
United States, or Canada, the report must be forwarded
1-16 to the office responsible for vital statistics in
the person’s [state] place of
1-17 birth. [If the
birth occurred in a foreign country, the report must be returned
1-18 to the attorney or
agency handling the adoption for submission to the
1-19 appropriate
federal agency unless a birth certificate has been prepared
1-20 pursuant to NRS
440.303, in which case]
2-1 3. Whenever
the state registrar receives a certified report of adoption
2-2 or amendment of
adoption filed in accordance with the provisions of
2-3 NRS 127.157
concerning a person born in a foreign country other than
2-4 Canada, the state registrar shall,
if he receives evidence that:
2-5 (a) The
person being adopted is a citizen of the United States; and
2-6 (b) The
adoptive parents are residents of Nevada,
2-7 prepare and
file a supplementary certificate of birth as described in
2-8 subsection 1 [.
2-9 3.] and seal and file the report.
2-10 4. Sealed
documents may be opened only upon an order of the court
2-11 issuing the adoption decree, expressly so
permitting, pursuant to a petition
2-12 setting forth the reasons therefor.
2-13 [4. Upon]
2-14 5. Except
as otherwise provided in subsection 2, upon the receipt of a
2-15 certified copy of a court order of annulment of
adoption, the state registrar
2-16 shall seal
and file the order and supplementary certificate of birth and, if
2-17 the person was
born in Nevada, restore the original certificate to its
2-18 original place in the files.
2-19 Sec. 2. This
act becomes effective upon passage and approval.
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