Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 13, September 23, 2024
Subpart
1.
Document requirements.
The documents submitted to support a birth registration or
amendment must:
A. be
legible;
B. be without any sign of
erasure, alteration, or change of the pertinent information;
C. indicate the date and by whom the original
document was made;
D. be the
original document or authenticated as a true document by the issuing
agent;
E. for a registrant age
seven years or over, have been established at least seven years before the date
of the request for a birth registration or amendment or within three years of
the date of birth; and
F. for a
registrant under seven years of age, have been established at least one year
before the date of the request for a birth registration or amendment or within
the first year of life.
Subp.
2.
Acceptable documents.
A registrar may accept a document listed in items A to J if
the registrar determines that the document is sufficient to support the
requested amendment and that the document meets the requirements of subpart
1:
A. a notarized statement of a
physician, certified nurse midwife, or traditional lay midwife who attended the
birth;
B. a school
record;
C. a social security number
history (Numident) printout from the Social Security Administration;
D. a United States military
discharge;
E. a valid United States
passport;
F. a hospital or clinic
record;
G. a United States census
record;
H. a marriage
certificate;
I. a naturalization
certificate, alien registration card, or other documentation issued by United
States Citizenship and Immigration Services; or
J. a tribal enrollment record.
Subp. 3.
Other
documents.
A registrar may accept a document not listed in subpart 2 if
the registrar determines that the document is sufficient to support the
requested amendment and that the document meets the requirements of subpart
1.
Statutory Authority: MS s
144.12;
144.213;
144.215
