Current through 2024 Legislative Session Act Chapter 494
Section 922 - Birth certificate(a) If a child born in this State is adopted in this State or in another state, the State Registrar shall file a new certificate of birth upon receipt of a certified copy of the decree of adoption from the proper authorities of the state in which the adoption took place.(b) If the adopted child was born outside this State, and a certificate of birth cannot be secured from the place of birth, the State Registrar may file and issue a special birth certificate as herein provided, upon receipt from the agency responsible for the adoption of evidence of the birth, considered satisfactory by the Registrar.Code 1935, § 3551M; 48 Del. Laws, c. 134, § 3; 13 Del. C. 1953, § 922; 68 Del. Laws, c. 259, §1.;