Within 30 days after entry of a judgment of adoption, the clerk of the court shall transmit a certified statement of the entry to the state registrar of vital statistics on a form provided by the registrar. A new birth record containing the necessary information supplied by the certificate shall be issued by the registrar on application of the adopting parents or the adopted person.

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s. 15, ch. 73-159; s. 5, ch. 90-309; s. 29, ch. 2003-58.