(a) The commissioner must inform a person applying for an original birth record under section 144.2252 of the existence of an unrevoked consent to disclosure or an affidavit of nondisclosure on file with the department, including the name of the birth parent who filed the consent or affidavit. If a birth parent authorized the release of the birth parent’s address on an unrevoked consent to disclosure, the commissioner shall provide the address to the person who requests the original birth record.

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Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 144.2254

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44

(b) A birth parent’s consent to disclosure or affidavit of nondisclosure filed with the commissioner of health expires and has no force or effect beginning on June 30, 2024.