10- 146 C.M.R. ch. 9, § 3 - Conditions for Delayed Registration

Any person born in this state whose birth is not recorded in the files of either the Office of Vital Statistics or the clerk of the municipality where the birth occurred may request a delayed registration of birth.

If the person whose birth is to be registered is under the age of 15 or is mentally incompetent, the application for delayed registration of birth must be made by the person who attended the birth, the person in charge of the facility where birth occurred, the parent(s) or guardian.

An emancipated minor may apply directly for delayed registration of his or her birth.

A delayed registration of birth more than seven years after the birth occurred shall not be established for a person who has died except upon order by a court of competent jurisdiction.

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10- 146 C.M.R. ch. 9, § 3