2018 Revised Code of Washington
Title 70 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
70.58 Vital statistics.
70.58.145 Order establishing record of birth when delayed registration not available—Procedure.
RCW 70.58.145 Order establishing record of birth when delayed registration not available—Procedure.
When a person alleged to be born in this state is unable to meet the requirements for a delayed registration of birth in accordance with RCW 70.58.120, he or she may petition the superior court of the county of residence or of the county of birth for an order establishing a record of the date and place of his or her birth, and his or her parentage. The court shall fix a time for hearing the petition, and the state registrar shall be given notice at least twenty days prior to the date set for hearing in order that he or she may present at the hearing any information he or she believes will be useful to the court. If the court from the evidence presented to it finds that the petitioner was born in this state, the court shall issue an order to establish a record of birth. This order shall include the birth data to be registered. If the court orders the birth of a person born in this state registered, it shall be registered in the records of the state registrar.
[ 2012 c 117 § 388; 1961 ex.s. c 5 § 20.]
