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NH Rev Stat § 5-C:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 5-C - Vital Records Administration|Section 5-C:21 - Distribution of the Birth Record.

    5-C:21 Distribution of the Birth Record. –||I. The hospital or institution birth registrar shall forward a completed birth record to the division and clerk of the town or city no later than 6 days from the date of birth, and provide to the parents upon discharge from the hospital or institution an exact copy of the information that will appear on the official birth record of the newborn child. If the mother has signed release papers for adoption, the hospital or institution birth registrar shall make the notation "Adoption Pending" on the face of the parent's notice, and forward the parent notice to the division instead of giving it to the mother.||II. Hospital and institution birth registrars shall not issue any document resembling a birth certificate or which appears to be an official birth record.||III. The clerk of the town or city where the birth occurred shall review the information on the parent notice presented by the parent, and, if the information is confirmed by the parent, the clerk shall issue a certified copy of the birth certificate to the parent after receipt of payment pursuant to RSA 5-C:10. If the parent states that the information is incorrect, the clerk shall follow the correction procedures in RSA 5-C:85. In the case of a home birth, the clerk shall forward a copy of the completed birth record with the birth worksheet to the division within 2 business days of its completion; mail the parent notice to the parent or personally present it to the parent; and exchange the parent notice for a certified copy after payment of the fee required by RSA 5-C:10.||IV. The division shall provide the following to the city or town of residence of the mother:||(a) The child's name.||(b) The child's date of birth.||(c) The child's place of birth.||(d) The father's name.||(e) The mother's name.||(f) The state file number, which is a unique, sequential identifying number assigned by the division.||V. If corrections of misspellings or typographical errors are required, the clerk of the city or town where the birth occurred shall forward a notice of changes to the division and issue a certified copy of the birth record, as amended, to the parents.|||Source. 2005, 268:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 5-C:22 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 5-C - Vital Records Administration|Section 5-C:22 - Legitimation of Child Form.

    5-C:22 Legitimation of Child Form. –||I. Unless the legitimation is by court order, each parent shall complete a legitimation of child form with the following:||(a) Information regarding the child, mother, and natural father, including: the name of the child as originally recorded; date and place of birth; maiden name of the natural mother; mother's social security number; mother's city or town of residence; full name of the child, full name of the natural father; date of birth of the natural father; state or foreign country of birth of the natural father; natural father's social security number; and current mailing address of the parents.||(b) The signature of the natural father and the mother.||(c) The city or town and county where the affidavit was signed.||(d) The signature of the notary public or justice of the peace with the expiration date of commission, the date signed, and sealed if applicable.||(e) Indication as to whether the certificate of marriage was presented to the clerk of the town or city.||(f) The date received by the clerk of the town or city.||(g) The date the new record was made.||(h) The signature and city or town of the clerk.||II. When the mother or natural father or both are under the age of 18, each signature shall be accompanied by the notarized signature of a parent or guardian unless the legitimation is by court order.|||Source. 2005, 268:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 5-C:23 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 5-C - Vital Records Administration|Section 5-C:23 - Birth Record Following Legitimation.

    5-C:23 Birth Record Following Legitimation. –||I. An application for filing an amended birth record in the case of a legitimation shall be made by a parent on a legitimation of child form pursuant to RSA 5-C:22 and submitted to the clerk of the city or town where the birth occurred.||II. Upon receipt of a legitimation of child form and a certified copy of the parent's marriage record, or in accordance with procedures outlined in RSA 457:42 and RSA 460:29, the clerk of the city or town where the birth occurred shall prepare an amended birth record.||III. The following procedures shall be followed if a legitimation case is settled by the court pursuant to RSA 460:29:||(a) A certified copy of the court order shall be presented by the parents to the clerk of the city or town where the birth occurred.||(b) The legitimation form shall be prepared pursuant to RSA 5-C:22 and filed by the clerk of the city or town with a notation on the form indicating that the court order has been the basis of the action under RSA 460:29.||(c) The birth record shall then be processed as specified in RSA 5-C:87, and amended by adding information to the record concerning the father.||IV. The clerk of the city or town shall prepare the amended birth record in accordance with RSA 5-C:89, adding the information concerning the father.||V. The court order and the legitimation of child form shall be retained permanently by the clerk of the city or town on the form appropriate for the year of birth pursuant to RSA 5-C:86.|||Source. 2005, 268:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 5-C:25 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 5-C - Vital Records Administration|Section 5-C:25 - Informational Requirements for an Affidavit of Paternity.

    5-C:25 Informational Requirements for an Affidavit of Paternity. –||I. Parents shall include the following information when completing an affidavit of paternity:||(a) Information about the child including: the child's first, middle, and last names; the child's city or town and state of birth; the child's date of birth; the child's name as it appears on the birth record; the child's social security number, if known; whether the child is living; and, the child's date and place of death, if applicable.||(b) Information about, and signature of, the child's natural father, including: the natural father's full name and date of birth; the natural father's state of birth; the natural father's social security number; the natural father's address; and, the natural father's signature and date signed, unless the natural father is a minor in which case his parent or guardian's signature shall be obtained and the date signed.||(c) Information about, and signature of, the child's mother, including: the mother's maiden name; the mother's social security number; the mother's address; if the mother is a minor, her parent or guardian's signature; and, the mother's signature and date signed, unless the mother is a minor, in which case her parent or guardian's signature shall be obtained and the date signed.||(d) When the mother's husband agrees that he is not the child's natural father, the following information, and signature of, the mother's husband, including: the husband's name; the husband's social security number; the husband's address; and the husband's signature and date signed, unless the husband is a minor in which case his parent or guardian's signature shall be obtained and the date signed.||(e) The signatures of the child's natural father, mother, and, if he is not the child's father, her husband, shall be notarized and shall include the date signed and the date the notary's commission expires.||(f) Certification of hospital or birthing center, including the name and signature of the preparer and date signed, and the name and the address of the hospital or birthing facility.||II. In the case of a home birth, the midwife or attendant shall refer the mother to the clerk of the town or city to complete the affidavit of paternity.|||Source. 2005, 268:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 5-C:26 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 5-C - Vital Records Administration|Section 5-C:26 - Preparation of New Birth Record Following Paternity Determination.

    5-C:26 Preparation of New Birth Record Following Paternity Determination. –||I. Upon receipt of a certified copy of a court order regarding the paternity of a child born in New Hampshire, the clerk of the city or town where the birth occurred shall prepare a new birth record.||II. Acceptable documentation for preparing a new birth record shall include a certified court order that clearly states that the birth record shall be changed to reflect paternity or a photocopy of that court order and a letter from the division of child support services indicating that a paternity hearing has been initiated by that division.||III. The clerk of the town or city shall prepare the new birth record, retain its originally assigned file number, send the copy marked "state" to the division; and retain the copy marked "clerk."||IV. Upon receipt of the completed affidavit of paternity by the clerk of the city or town, the information concerning the father shall be added to the birth record, or in the case of an affidavit of paternity submitted after the filing of the birth record, a new record shall be completed by the clerk of the town or city and forwarded to the division in accordance with this section and RSA 5-C:21.||V. The surname of the child shall be recorded as shown on the affidavit of paternity and in accordance with RSA 5-C:24. If the mother is unwed, the surname given to the child shall be any name chosen by the mother and father. If the mother is married and a 3-party affidavit of paternity is being utilized, the surname of the child shall be any name chosen by the mother.|||Source. 2005, 268:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 5-C:27 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 5-C - Vital Records Administration|Section 5-C:27 - Rescission of Paternity Form.

    5-C:27 Rescission of Paternity Form. –||I. A parent or legal guardian who is a signatory to the affidavit of paternity shall provide information to complete a rescission of paternity form as follows:||(a) Information about the child, including the child's first, middle, and last names as they appear on the birth record, the child's date of birth, the city or town of birth, the child's social security number, if known, and the child's sex.||(b) Information about the child's father and mother, and the mother's husband if a 3-party affidavit of paternity was completed, including the father's full name, the father's date of birth, the father's mailing address, the mother's full name, the mother's mailing address, whether a completed 3-party affidavit of paternity was submitted and, if a 3-party affidavit was filed, the husband's full name and mailing address.||(c) The rescinder's signature and date.||II. The form shall be attested to by a notary public or justice of the peace. The city or town clerk shall sign and date the form.|||Source. 2005, 268:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 5-C:28 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 5-C - Vital Records Administration|Section 5-C:28 - Rescission of Paternity Procedures.

    5-C:28 Rescission of Paternity Procedures. –||I. A parent or legal guardian may request to rescind an affidavit of paternity from the clerk of the city or town where the birth occurred within 60 days of the filing of an affidavit of paternity unless an administrative or judicial proceeding related to the child results in an earlier date.||II. Once the completed rescission of paternity form is filed, the clerk of the town or city shall remove the name of the father from the birth record and insert "not stated" in the space provided for the father's name or, if the original birth record was filed prior to the completion of an affidavit of paternity, change the child's name on the birth record back to the name stated on the original record before the affidavit of paternity was filed.||III. After the 60-day rescission period has passed, any challenge to the affidavit shall be decided only by a court of competent jurisdiction.||IV. The fee for changing the birth record due to a rescission of paternity shall be in accordance with RSA 5-C:10.||V. The clerk of the city or town where the birth occurred shall distribute the rescission of paternity to the birth mother; the father named on the affidavit of paternity; the parent or legal guardian of minor signatory as stated on the affidavit of paternity; the division; the department of health and human services; the husband, if a 3-party affidavit of paternity was completed; and, the hospital that was the originator of the affidavit of paternity, if applicable.|||Source. 2005, 268:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 5-C:29 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 5-C - Vital Records Administration|Section 5-C:29 - Surrogate Mother.

    5-C:29 Surrogate Mother. –||When it is known that a child has been born to a surrogate mother and it is intended that the child be adopted after birth by the natural father's wife, the preparation of the initial birth record shall be governed by the following:||I. If the surrogate mother is a married woman, a 3-party affidavit of paternity shall be prepared with the natural father shown as the child's father.||II. If the surrogate mother is not married, an affidavit of paternity shall be prepared with the natural father shown as the child's father; and only after an affidavit of paternity has been executed shall the name of the natural father appear on the birth record.|||Source. 2005, 268:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 5-C:30 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 5-C - Vital Records Administration|Section 5-C:30 - Birth Resulting From Artificial Insemination.

    5-C:30 Birth Resulting From Artificial Insemination. –||I. When it is known that the birth of a child is the result of artificial insemination of sperm from a person who is not the mother's husband, the male parentage shall be indicated on the birth record as follows:||(a) If the mother is married, the husband's name shall be listed as the father of the child.||(b) If the mother is unwed, an affidavit of paternity shall be executed when the donor of the sperm can be identified and is willing to be identified on the birth record or, otherwise, the phrase "not stated" shall be entered for the father's name.||II. In the case where the birth of a child is the result of artificial insemination of a surrogate mother, the preparation of the birth record shall be governed by the procedures in RSA 5-C:29.|||Source. 2005, 268:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 5-C:31 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 5-C - Vital Records Administration|Section 5-C:31 - Notice of Adoption.

    5-C:31 Notice of Adoption. –||All information on an adoption shall be completed on a form prescribed by the division, in accordance with RSA 170-B:22. A parent or the court shall provide the following information in order to complete the form:||I. The child's information taken from a certified copy of the adoptee's original birth record, including the name of the child; the child's date and place of birth; the child's sex; the child's race; and the child's ancestry.||II. Facts about the child's birth, including:||(a) Whether there are siblings in substitute care, indicated as yes or no.||(b) Whether there are members of the sibling group adopted together, indicated as yes or no.||(c) Whether the child had a previous adoptive placement, indicated as yes or no.||(d) Whether the child is considered by the court to have special needs, such as a developmental or intellectual disability, learning disabilities, or a medical condition, indicated as yes or no.||(e) The date of adoptive placement.||(f) Sponsorship of adoption indicated as public, private or tribal, agency, independent person or other.||(g) Location of any sponsor of the adoption.||III. The natural father's information, including his full name if stated on the original birth record; his date of birth; his race and ancestry; his marital status; and whether his parental rights were terminated.||IV. The birth mother's information, including her full maiden name; her date of birth; her race and ancestry; her marital status at birth of child; and whether her parental rights were terminated.||V. Information from both adoptive parents, if a couple is adopting, or one parent in the case where one parent is adopting, including his or her full name; date and state of birth; race and ancestry; marital status; residence at the time of the child's birth; and any prior relationship with the child.||VI. The names as they shall appear on the new birth record, including the adoptive parents' names, and the adoptee's name.||VII. The current mailing address and signature of the adoptive parent or parents.||VIII. The probate court information, including the date of the adoption decree; the name, county and state of the court and the name of the judge or justice presiding; the volume, page, and record number of the probate court filing; the signature and seal of the court and date signed; and the name of the city or town of birth and the date the report was sent by the probate court to the clerk of the town or city of birth occurrence, the department of health and human services, and the division.||IX. The city or town clerk information, including the date received by the clerk of the town or city of birth occurrence; the date the new birth record was made; the signature of the clerk of the town or city; and the city or town of the clerk.|||Source. 2005, 268:1. 2006, 141:3. 2008, 52:1, eff. July 11, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 5-C:32 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 5-C - Vital Records Administration|Section 5-C:32 - Adoption Recording Procedures.

    5-C:32 Adoption Recording Procedures. –||I. Adoptions shall be recorded pursuant to this section and RSA 170-B:22.||II. In accordance with the reporting requirements cited in RSA 170-B:22, the clerk of the county probate court shall send a completed adoption form, as referenced in RSA 5-C:31, for each child adopted in the state of New Hampshire to the division within 7 days after the final decree is filed.||III. Upon receipt of a notice of adoption from the probate court, the clerk of the town or city of birth occurrence shall immediately process a new birth record and, within 2 weeks, forward a copy to the division.||IV. Upon receipt by the division of a notice of adoption in New Hampshire for a child born out-of-state the division shall send notice of the adoption to the vital records agency of the state of birth so that the birth record in that state can be amended and, if the adoption notice received by the division contains inaccurate or missing information, the state registrar shall return the notice to the court issuing the adoption decree via the applicable state's vital records agency asking for necessary corrections.||V. Upon the receipt of a notice of an out-of-state adoption of a child born in the state of New Hampshire, the division shall send notice of the adoption to the clerk of the town or city of birth occurrence. When the clerk receives the above notice, he or she shall follow the procedure outlined in RSA 5-C:33 for amending the birth record. When out-of-state adoptions are being processed, if the information provided to the clerk of birth occurrence does not contain sufficient information needed to complete the amended birth record pursuant to RSA 5-C:33, the clerk shall request the information from the adoptive parents. If a response has not been received within 30 days from the date of the request, the amended record shall be prepared and "not available" shall be entered for information that has not been provided. When a clerk of a town or city receives an adoption notice from a New Hampshire court that contains inaccurate or missing information, the adoption notice shall be returned to the New Hampshire court with a letter asking the court to resolve the question involved.||VI. In the case of a private adoption, when requested by a court of competent jurisdiction, the division shall issue a copy of the original birth certificate.|||Source. 2005, 268:1. 2006, 141:4. 2011, 88:20, eff. July 1, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 5-C:34 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 5-C - Vital Records Administration|Section 5-C:34 - Application for Certificate of Foreign Birth.

    5-C:34 Application for Certificate of Foreign Birth. –||I. The registrar shall establish a New Hampshire certificate of foreign birth for a person born in a foreign country and for whom a final decree of adoption has been issued by a court of competent jurisdiction in New Hampshire. This certificate of foreign birth shall be established and registered and a certified copy of such certificate issued when the registrar receives a request and a fee of $25 from the adoptive parents or adopted person over 18 years of age for such a certificate and a report of the adoption as provided in RSA 170-B:22. Funds paid to the registrar shall be forwarded to the state treasurer for deposit into the vital records improvement fund established under RSA 5-C:15.||II. A completed application for certificate of foreign birth shall include:||(a) The county of the probate court involved.||(b) The name of the child prior to adoption.||(c) The names of the adoptive parents.||(d) The date the adoption was approved by the probate court.||(e) The full name of the child after adoption.||(f) The sex of the child.||(g) The child's date of birth.||(h) The city or town, the state or local equivalent and the country of the child's place of birth.||(i) The child's alien registration card number.||(j) Information from both adoptive parents, if a couple is adopting, or one parent in the case where one parent is adopting, including each parent's full name, including the full maiden name of the adoptive mother, if applicable; each parent's date and place of birth; each parent's residence address; each parent's signature or the signature of the child's legal guardian or legal representative if a minor; and the date signed.||(k) The signature of a justice of the peace, or the signature and seal of a notary public.||III. The applicant shall attach the following documents to the completed application for a certificate of foreign birth:||(a) A report of adoption as required by RSA 170-B:22.||(b) A certified copy of the original adoption decree.||(c) The child's alien registration card.||(d) The documents used to establish the date and place of birth, such as an English translation of the original birth certificate, a copy of an adoption report from the adoption agency, or any report issued by the government of the country of birth describing facts known regarding the origin of the child.||(e) Cash or a check made payable to "The State of New Hampshire," in the amount specified in paragraph I.|||Source. 2005, 268:1. 2006, 141:7, 8, eff. July 21, 2006.|