Bill > HB1302

This bill amends North Dakota's law regarding delayed birth registration to clarify and slightly modify the process for registering births that were not initially recorded. The bill maintains the existing framework that allows individuals born in North Dakota to file a birth record after the original registration deadline, subject to evidentiary requirements set by the Department of Health and Human Services. Key changes include specifying that the state registrar must advise applicants with incomplete documentation about their right to seek a judicial determination of birth facts, and adding a provision that birth records issued through judicial determination will not indicate they were obtained through this legal process. The bill also preserves existing requirements that delayed birth records be marked as "delayed" and include a summary of supporting evidence, and maintains the rule that birth records cannot be registered for deceased individuals one year or more after their birth date. Additionally, the bill updates some minor language, such as changing "regulation" to "rule" in reference to departmental procedures, which does not substantially alter the legal meaning but improves technical precision.

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https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/bill-overview/bo1302.html