Assembly Bill No. 12–Assemblyman Hettrick

 

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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:

 

   Section 1. NRS 440.310 is hereby amended to read as follows:

   440.310  1.  Whenever the state registrar receives a certified report of

 adoption[, amendment or annulment] or amendment of adoption filed in

 accordance with the provisions of NRS 127.157 or the laws of another

 state or foreign country, or a certified copy of the adoption decree [he] ,

 concerning a person born in Nevada, the state registrar shall prepare and

 file a supplementary certificate of birth in the new name of the adopted

 person which shows the adoptive parents as the parents[, and , except as

 provided in subsection 2,] and seal and file the report or decree and the

 original certificate of birth.

   2.  Whenever the state registrar receives a certified report of adoption,

 amendment or annulment of an order or decree of adoption from a court

 concerning a person born [outside this state,] in another state, the District

 of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, a territory or

 possession of the United States, or Canada, the report must be forwarded

 to the office responsible for vital statistics in the person’s [state] place of

 birth. [If the birth occurred in a foreign country, the report must be

 returned to the attorney or agency handling the adoption for submission to

 the appropriate federal agency unless a birth certificate has been prepared

 pursuant to NRS 440.303, in which case]

   3.  Whenever the state registrar receives a certified report of adoption

 or amendment of adoption filed in accordance with the provisions of

 NRS 127.157 concerning a person born in a foreign country other than

 Canada, the state registrar shall, if he receives evidence that:

   (a) The person being adopted is a citizen of the United States; and

   (b) The adoptive parents are residents of Nevada,

prepare and file a supplementary certificate of birth as described in

 subsection 1[.

   3.] and seal and file the report.

   4. Sealed documents may be opened only upon an order of the court

 issuing the adoption decree, expressly so permitting, pursuant to a petition

 setting forth the reasons therefor.

   [4.  Upon]

   5.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, upon the receipt of a

 certified copy of a court order of annulment of adoption, the state registrar

 shall seal and file the order and supplementary certificate of birth and, if

 the person was born in Nevada, restore the original certificate to its

 original place in the files.

   Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.

 

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