1. In the case of the paternity or parentage of a child being established by the:
(a) Mother and father acknowledging paternity of a child by signing a declaration for the voluntary acknowledgment of paternity developed by the Board pursuant to NRS 440.283;
(b) Mother and another person acknowledging parentage of the child by signing a declaration for the voluntary acknowledgment of parentage developed by the Board pursuant to NRS 440.285; or
(c) Order of a district court,
the State Registrar, upon the receipt of the declaration or court order, shall prepare a new certificate of birth in the name of the child as shown in the declaration or order with no reference to the fact of legitimation.
2. The new certificate must be identical with the certificate registered for the birth of a child born in wedlock.
3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, the evidence upon which the new certificate was made and the original certificate must be sealed and filed and may be opened only upon the order of a court of competent jurisdiction.
4. The State Registrar shall, upon the request of the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services of the Department of Health and Human Services, open a file that has been sealed pursuant to subsection 3 to allow the Division to compare the information contained in the declaration or order upon which the new certificate was made with the information maintained pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 654a.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1045; A 1989, 1644; 1997, 2340; 2007, 1529; 2017, 252)
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