California Health and Safety Code 102600 – (a) Upon receipt by the State Registrar of an application for …
(a) Upon receipt by the State Registrar of an application for delayed registration of birth and payment of the required fee, he or she shall review the application together with the affidavits and documentary evidence accompanying it and shall accept the application if the application and evidence submitted comply with this chapter. After acceptance by the State Registrar the application shall constitute a delayed certificate of birth, and the State Registrar shall permanently preserve the certificates in a systematic manner and shall prepare and maintain a comprehensive and continuous index of all the certificates.
(b) In processing applications for the delayed registration of birth pursuant to this section, the State Registrar shall give priority to an application for a child who has been adjudged a dependent child of, and who is subject to the jurisdiction of, the juvenile court, pursuant to § 300 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 102600
- Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 315, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2004.)