Section 31-19-5-14 - Public notice of purpose and operation of registry(a) Each: (1) clerk of a circuit court;(2) branch office of the bureau of motor vehicles;(4) local health department; shall post in a conspicuous place a notice that informs the public about the purpose and operation of the registry.
(b) The notice under subsection (a) must include information regarding the following: (1) Where to obtain a registration form.(3) The circumstances under which a putative father is required to register.(4) When under section 12 of this chapter a putative father is required to register to entitle the putative father to notice of an adoption.(5) The consequences of not submitting a timely registration.(c) Failure to post a proper notice under this section does not relieve a putative father of the obligation to register with the state department in accordance with this chapter to entitle the putative father to notice of the adoption of a child who may have been conceived by the putative father.Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-3-1.5-13(b), (c).
Amended by P.L. 56-2023,SEC. 273, eff. 7/1/2023.As added by P.L. 1-1997, SEC.11.