§ 5071. Birth certificates; who to make; return (a) On or before the fifth business day of each live birth that occurs in this State, the attending physician or designee or midwife or, if no attending physician or midwife is present, a parent of the child or a legal guardian of a mother under 18 […]
§ 5072. Notice to parent for correction or completion Within three months after each birth that occurs in the State, except for the birth of a child known to have died or to have been surrendered for adoption, the State Registrar shall send a notice of birth registration to the parents of the child. The […]
§ 5073. Birth certificate corrections, completions (a)(1) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection, within six months after the date of birth, the State Registrar may correct or complete a birth certificate in the Statewide Registration System upon application of a parent, the hospital in which the birth occurred, or the certifying […]
§ 5074. Penalty A person who fails to comply with a provision of sections 5071-5073 of this title shall be fined $5.00.
§ 5075. Issuance of amended or delayed birth certificate (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision 5073(a)(2) of this title, after six months from the date of birth, any alteration of the birth certificate of a person born in this State shall be deemed an amendment. Upon application by the registrant, his or her parent […]
§ 5077a. New birth certificate due to parentage nomenclature on former report of birth form (a) If a parent of a person born in this State was unable to be listed as a parent on the person’s birth certificate due to the lack of gender-neutral nomenclature on former report of birth forms provided by the […]
§ 5078. Adoption; new and amended birth certificate (a) When the State Registrar receives a report of adoption, a report of an amended adoption, or a report that an adoption has been set aside as provided in 15A V.S.A. § 3-801, or a record of adoption prepared and filed in accordance with the laws of […]
§ 5078a. Certificate of live birth for a foreign born child adopted in Vermont (a) The State Registrar shall establish in the Statewide Registration System a “certificate of live birth for a foreign born child” when he or she receives: (1) a written request that the certificate be established: (A) from the adopted person if […]
§ 5080. Effect of new certificate A new birth certificate issued under 15A V.S.A. § 3-802 and sections 5077a and 5112 of this title shall have the same force and effect as though registered in accordance with the provisions of section 5071 of this title. (Amended 2017, No. 46, § 32, eff. July 1, 2019.)
§ 5083. Participants in address confidentiality program (a) If a participant in the program described in 15 V.S.A. chapter 21, subchapter 3 who is the parent of a child born during the period of program participation notifies the physician or midwife who delivers the child, or the hospital at which the child is delivered, not […]
