§ 201.11 Delayed Registration of Births.
RCNY § 201.11
(a)When a birth in the City is not recorded in the Department within one year following the birth, it may be recorded with the approval of the Commissioner or the Commissioner's designee. Application for such delayed registration shall be made on a form furnished by the Department by the parents or surviving parent, or by the guardian of the person whose birth is to be recorded, if such person is a minor, or by the person himself or herself if he or she is 18 years of age or over and his or her parents are dead. The application shall be accompanied by the following: (1) A certified statement issued by the Department that a search was made for the record of birth in question and that such record was not found; and (2) Such documentary and other evidence as will establish to the satisfaction of the Commissioner or the Commissioner's designee the facts and date of birth as alleged in the application. The burden of submitting convincing proof rests with the applicant.
(b)When an application for delayed registration has been granted and a certificate of birth on a delayed registration form is filed pursuant to this section, the Department shall issue to the applicant without further charge, in exchange for the certified statement submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of this section, a certified copy of the certificate of birth.
(c)No application for delayed registration shall be granted, and no delayed certificate of birth shall be registered or issued for a deceased person.
