New certificate of birth
Ind. Code § 31-19-13-1
in effectSec. 1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the Indiana department of health shall establish a new certificate of birth for an individual born in Indiana upon a receipt of an official report that the individual has been adopted.
(b) The Indiana department of health shall not establish a new certificate of birth following an adoption if:
(1) the court decreeing the adoption;
(2) the adoptive parents; or
(3) the adopted individual;
so requests.
(c) A new certificate of birth established under this section must show the actual place and date of birth.
[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-3-1-12(e).]
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.56-2023, SEC.287.
Source: Open US Law by Vaquill AI (CC BY 4.0)URL: https://iga.in.gov/laws/2026/ic/titles/31Fetched: 10/17/2026
