(1) If a certificate of birth of a living person born in the Commonwealth has not been filed within the time period as provided in KRS § 213.046, a certificate of birth may be filed in accordance with the administrative regulations of the cabinet. The certificate shall be registered subject to such evidentiary requirements as the cabinet shall by regulation prescribe to substantiate the alleged facts of birth.
(2) In accordance with the provisions of this section and the administrative regulations established thereunder, the state registrar may issue a record of foreign birth for a person born outside the United States registration area who is subsequently adopted by a Kentucky resident and whose record of birth cannot be obtained from the country of birth.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 213.056

  • Cabinet: means the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. See Kentucky Statutes 213.011
  • Certificate: means the certificate of birth, death, stillbirth, marriage, dissolution of marriage, or annulment as required by this chapter. See Kentucky Statutes 213.011
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Foreign: when applied to a corporation, partnership, limited partnership, business trust, statutory trust, or limited liability company, includes all those incorporated or formed by authority of any other state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Registration: means the acceptance by the Vital Statistics Branch and the incorporation of vital records provided for in this chapter into its official records. See Kentucky Statutes 213.011
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Year: means calendar year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

(3) Certificates of birth registered one (1) year or more after the date of birth shall be made on forms prescribed and furnished by the state registrar marked “delayed” and shall show on the face of the certificate the date of the delayed registration.
(4) A summary statement of the evidence submitted in support of the delayed registration shall be endorsed on the certificate.
(5) The cabinet may refuse to accept any application for a delayed birth certificate or record of foreign birth on which the applicant fails to provide such information as the cabinet may require.
(6) Each birth certificate filed under this section shall include all Social Security numbers that have been issued to the parents of the child.
Effective: July 14, 2018
History: Amended 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 159, sec. 11, effective July 14, 2018. — Amended
1992 Ky. Acts ch. 166, sec. 3, effective July 14, 1992. –Created 1990 Ky. Acts ch.
369, sec. 10, effective July 13, 1990.