Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 144 - Health Department
Chapter 4601 - VITAL RECORDS
BIRTH RECORDS
Part 4601.1100 - REQUIREMENTS FOR DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED

Universal Citation: MN Rules 4601.1100

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 39, March 25, 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

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