A certificate of birth for each live birth that occurs in this state shall be filed with the office of vital records, or as otherwise directed by the state registrar, within ten (10) days after the birth and shall be registered if it has been completed and filed in accordance with §§ 68-3-301 — 68-3-306. […]
When a birth occurs in an institution or en route to an institution, the person in charge of the institution, or that person’s designated representative, shall obtain the data required by the certificate, prepare the certificate, certify that the child was born alive at the place and time and on the date stated, either by […]
When a birth occurs outside an institution, the certificate shall be prepared and filed by one (1) of the following, in the indicated order of priority: The physician in attendance at or immediately after the birth, or in the absence of such person; Any other person in attendance at or immediately after the birth, or […]
When a birth occurs on a moving conveyance within the United States and the child is first removed from the conveyance in this state, the birth shall be registered in this state and the place where it is first removed shall be considered the place of birth. When a birth occurs on a moving conveyance […]
If the mother was married at the time of either conception or birth, or anytime between conception and birth, to the natural father of the child, the name of the natural father shall be entered on the certificate and the surname of the child shall be entered on the certificate as one of the following: […]
A child born to a married woman as a result of artificial insemination, with consent of the married woman’s husband, is deemed to be the legitimate child of the husband and wife.
Whoever assumes the custody of a live-born infant of unknown parentage shall report on a form and in a manner prescribed by the state registrar within ten (10) days to the office of vital records the following information: The date and place of finding; Sex, color or race, and approximate birth date of the child; […]
When the birth of a person born in this state has not been filed within the time period provided in §§ 68-3-301 and 68-3-302, a certificate of birth may be filed in accordance with regulations of the office of vital records. The certificate shall be registered subject to such evidentiary requirements as the office of […]
If a delayed certificate of birth is rejected under § 68-3-308, a petition signed and sworn to by the petitioner may be filed with a court of competent jurisdiction for an order establishing a record of the date and place of the birth and the parentage of the person whose birth is to be registered. […]
The state registrar shall prepare a new certificate of birth for a person born in Tennessee, upon receipt of required legal documents, as provided in the following cases: Adoption. A certified copy of adoption or certified copy of final decree of adoption and request for new certificate of birth by adoption; Legitimation by Court Order […]
New certificates of birth shall be prepared on adoptions, legitimations and orders of paternity only. All orders of adoption, legitimation and paternity shall be final, and all required legal papers placed on file in the office of vital records. The certificate of birth in the original name shall be removed from the volume and a […]
For each final decree of adoption by a court of competent jurisdiction in Tennessee, the court shall require the preparation of a report of adoption on a form prescribed and furnished by the state registrar. For each amendment or annulment of an order of adoption, the clerk of the court shall prepare a report thereon, […]
All legal documents pertaining to the adoption, legitimation or order of paternity, together with the certificate of birth in the original name, shall be placed in an envelope and sealed following the preparation of the new certificate. These sealed documents shall be preserved in a fireproof vault in the department and shall not be removed […]
When a birth occurs: In an institution or en route to an institution, the person in charge of the institution, or that person’s designated representative, shall provide the notice described in § 47-18-2111(m), to the mother, father, or legal guardian of the child; or On a moving conveyance as described in § 68-3-304, the office […]
