1.  Whoever assumes the custody of a living child of unknown parentage shall immediately report, on a form to be approved by the Board, to the local registrar of the registration district in which such custody is assumed, the following:

Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 440.330

  • Board: means the State Board of Health. See Nevada Revised Statutes 440.010
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • person: means a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.039

(a) Date of finding or assumption of custody.

(b) Place of finding or assumption of custody.

(c) Sex.

(d) Color or race.

(e) Approximate age.

(f) Name and address of the person or institution with whom the child has been placed for care, if any.

(g) Name given to the child by the finder or custodian.

2.  The place where the child was found or where custody has been assumed shall be known as the place of birth, and the date of birth shall be determined by approximation.

3.  The foundling report shall constitute the certificate of birth for such foundling child, and the provisions of this chapter relating to certificates of birth shall apply in the same manner and with the same effect to such report.

4.  If a foundling child shall later be identified and a regular certificate of birth be found or obtained, the report constituting the certificate of birth shall be sealed and filed and may be opened only upon the order of a court of competent jurisdiction.

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