§ 102685 Updating Local Birth Records

• •The state registrar must tell local and county registrars when a new birth certificate is created.
• •Local and county registrars must send copies of the old certificate to the state if they can.
• •If they can’t send the copy, they must seal it safely and send a verified statement about what they did.
• •The record’s information can only be accessed as the law allows.

A baby is born and a new birth certificate is created. The state office contacts the town’s registrar and the county recorder, asking them to send any copies of the old certificate to the state office.

If the town registrar can mail the copy, they do so. If they can’t, they cover the copy so it isn’t damaged, write a statement saying they sealed it, and send that statement to the state office. After that, the information can only be used the way the law says.