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RSA 5-C:34 · Application for Certificate of Foreign Birth

5-C:34 Application for Certificate of Foreign Birth. –

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I.

The registrar shall establish a New Hampshire certificate of foreign birth for a person born in a foreign country and for whom a final decree of adoption has been issued by a court of competent jurisdiction in New Hampshire. This certificate of foreign birth shall be established and registered and a certified copy of such certificate issued when the registrar receives a request and a fee of $25 from the adoptive parents or adopted person over 18 years of age for such a certificate and a report of the adoption as provided in RSA 170-B:22. Funds paid to the registrar shall be forwarded to the state treasurer for deposit into the vital records improvement fund established under RSA 5-C:15.

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II.

A completed application for certificate of foreign birth shall include:

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(a)

The county of the probate court involved.

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(b)

The name of the child prior to adoption.

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(c)

The names of the adoptive parents.

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(d)

The date the adoption was approved by the probate court.

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(e)

The full name of the child after adoption.

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(f)

The sex of the child.

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(g)

The child's date of birth.

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(h)

The city or town, the state or local equivalent and the country of the child's place of birth.

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(i)

The child's alien registration card number.

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(j)

Information from both adoptive parents, if a couple is adopting, or one parent in the case where one parent is adopting, including each parent's full name, including the full maiden name of the adoptive mother, if applicable; each parent's date and place of birth; each parent's residence address; each parent's signature or the signature of the child's legal guardian or legal representative if a minor; and the date signed.

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(k)

The signature of a justice of the peace, or the signature and seal of a notary public.

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III.

The applicant shall attach the following documents to the completed application for a certificate of foreign birth:

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(a)

A report of adoption as required by RSA 170-B:22.

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(b)

A certified copy of the original adoption decree.

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(c)

The child's alien registration card.

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(d)

The documents used to establish the date and place of birth, such as an English translation of the original birth certificate, a copy of an adoption report from the adoption agency, or any report issued by the government of the country of birth describing facts known regarding the origin of the child.

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(e)

Cash or a check made payable to "The State of New Hampshire," in the amount specified in paragraph I. Source. 2005, 268:1. 2006, 141:7, 8, eff. July 21, 2006.

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Source note

Source. 2005, 268:1. 2006, 141:7, 8, eff. July 21, 2006.

Source history

  • 2005, 268:1
  • 2006, 141:7, 8, eff. July 21, 2006

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