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2025 Delaware Code
Title 13 - Domestic Relations
Chapter 8. UNIFORM PARENTAGE ACT
Subchapter IV. Registry of Paternity
§ 8-422. Certificate of search registry.
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§ 8-422. Certificate of search registry.
(a) The Office of Vital Statistics shall furnish to the requester a certificate of search of the registry on request of an individual, court or agency identified in § 8-412 of this title.
(b) A certificate provided by the Office of Vital Statistics must be signed on behalf of the Office and State that:
(1) A search has been made of the registry; and
(2) A registration containing the information required to identify the registrant:
(i) Has been found and is attached to the certificate of search; or
(ii) Has not been found.
(c) A petitioner must file the certificate of search with the court before a proceeding for adoption of, or termination of parental rights regarding, a child may be concluded.
74 Del. Laws, c. 136, § 1;
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