O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 31-10-10 (2019)

Registration of live born infants of unknown parentage

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
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(a) 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 days to the State Office of Vital Records the following information:

(1) The date and place of finding;

(2) Sex, color or race, and approximate birth date or age of child;

(3) Name and address of the person or institution with whom the child has been placed for care;

(4) Name given to the child by the custodian of the child; and

(5) Other data required by the state registrar.

(b) The place where the child was found shall be entered as the place of birth.

(c) A report registered under this Code section shall constitute the certificate of birth for the child.

(d) If the child is subsequently identified and a certificate of birth is found or obtained, the report registered under this Code section shall be placed in a special file and shall not be subject to inspection except upon order of a court of competent jurisdiction or as provided by regulation.

History

Ga. L. 1945, p. 236, § 13; Code 1933, § 88-1710, enacted by Ga. L.

1964, p. 499, § 1; Code 1981, § 31-10-35; Ga. L. 1982, p. 723, § 1; Code 1981,

§ 31-10-10, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 723, § 2; Ga. L. 2004, p. 477, § 11.