An Act Regarding Delayed Birth Registration
Maine Legislature, Session 126, LD 1284
Committee: Health and Human Services
Sponsors: CRAVEN, SIROCKI
Amends: 22 MRSA §2764

Legislative Document 
No. 1284 
S.P. 446 
In Senate, April 2, 2013 
An Act Regarding Delayed Birth Registration 
Submitted by the Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to Joint Rule 204. 
Reference to the Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed. 
DAREK M. GRANT 
Secretary of the Senate 
Presented by Senator CRAVEN of Androscoggin. 
Cosponsored by Representative SIROCKI of Scarborough. 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1.  22 MRSA §2764, sub-§3, as amended by PL 2011, c. 511, §8, is further 
amended to read: 
3.  Description of evidence completed and filed.  The state registrar shall complete 
the description of evidence required on the delayed registration of birth and accept and 
file the certificate, provided as long as the following documentary evidence is submitted 
in support of the facts of birth.: 
A.  If the birth occurred more than one year but less than 15 years prior to the date of 
filing, the facts of birth stated by the applicant place and date of birth must be 
supported by at least 2 documents, only one of which may be an affidavit of personal 
knowledge and the names of the parents must be supported by at least one document, 
which may be one of the documents submitted in evidence of the place and date of 
birth; or  
B.  If the birth occurred more than 15 or more years prior to the date of filing, the 
date and place of birth must be supported by at least 3 documents, only one of which 
may be an affidavit of personal knowledge, and the names of the parents must be 
supported by at least one document, which may be any one of the 3 submitted in 
evidence of the place and date of birth. 
C.  Any document accepted as evidence, other than the affidavit of personal 
knowledge, shall be at least 5 years old, or shall be a copy or abstract of a record 
made at least 5 years prior to the date of filing and certified as a true and correct copy 
by the custodian of the record.  
The department shall adopt rules that specify the documents that may be accepted as 
evidence to support the delayed registration of birth.  Rules adopted pursuant to this 
subsection are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. 
Sec. 2.  22 MRSA §2764, sub-§4 is amended to read: 
4.  Deficiencies.  When the applicant does not submit documentation as specified in 
subsections 2 and 3 in support of his the applicant's statements, or when the state registrar 
finds reason to question the adequacy of the documentation, the said state registrar shall 
may not sign or accept the delayed registration of birth, but shall advise the applicant of 
its deficiencies and request that further documentation be submitted.  
SUMMARY 
This bill removes an affidavit of personal knowledge as an accepted document as 
evidence of birth required for a delayed registration of birth.  The bill also changes from 
more than 15 years to 15 years or more the number of years after which supporting 
documentation is required as evidence.