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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 31. HEALTH · Chapter 10. VITAL RECORDS

31-10-10. Registration of live born infants of unknown parentage.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.

  1. (a)

    Whoever assumes the custody of a live born infant of unknown parentage shall report on a form and in a manner prescribed by the state registrar within ten days to the State Office of Vital Records the following information:#

    1. (1)

      The date and place of finding;#

    2. (2)

      Sex, color or race, and approximate birth date or age of child;#

    3. (3)

      Name and address of the person or institution with whom the child has been placed for care;#

    4. (4)

      Name given to the child by the custodian of the child; and#

    5. (5)

      Other data required by the state registrar.#

  2. (b)

    The place where the child was found shall be entered as the place of birth.#

  3. (c)

    A report registered under this Code section shall constitute the birth certificate for the child.#

  4. (d)

    If the child is subsequently identified and a birth certificate is found or obtained, the report registered under this Code section shall be placed in a special file and shall not be subject to inspection except upon order of a court of competent jurisdiction or as provided by regulation.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Ga. L. 1945, p. 236, § 13; Code 1933, § 88-1710, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Code 1981, § 31-10-35; Ga. L. 1982, p. 723, § 1; Code 1981, § 31-10-10, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 723, § 2; Ga. L. 2004, p. 477, § 11; Ga. L. 2025, p. 551, § 3/SB 100, effective July 1, 2025.

Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, substituted “birth certificate” for “certificate of birth” in subsections (c) and (d).

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 2025, p. 551, § 1/SB 100, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as ‘Andee’s Law.’”

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.

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