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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 21

(A)  NEW CERTIFICATE AUTHORIZED -- BIRTH IN THIS STATE.

EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (C) OF THIS SECTION,
THE SECRETARY SHALL MAKE A NEW CERTIFICATE OF BIRTH FOR AN
INDIVIDUAL IF THE DEPARTMENT RECEIVES SATISFACTORY PROOF
THAT:

(1)  THE INDIVIDUAL WAS BORN IN THIS STATE; AND

(2)  REGARDLESS OF THE LOCATION, ONE OF THE
FOLLOWING HAS OCCURRED:

(I)  THE PREVIOUSLY UNWED PARENTS OF THE
INDIVIDUAL HAVE MARRIED EACH OTHER AFTER THE BIRTH OF THE
INDIVIDUAL;

(II)  A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION HAS
ENTERED AN ORDER AS TO THE PARENTAGE, LEGITIMATION, OR
ADOPTION OF THE INDIVIDUAL; OR

(III)  IF A FATHER IS NOT NAMED ON AN
EARLIER CERTIFICATE OF BIRTH:

1.  THE FATHER OF THE INDIVIDUAL HAS
ACKNOWLEDGED HIMSELF BY AFFIDAVIT TO BE THE FATHER; AND

2.  THE MOTHER OF THE INDIVIDUAL HAS
CONSENTED BY AFFIDAVIT TO THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

(B)  SAME — BIRTH OUTSIDE UNITED STATES.

EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (C) OF THIS SECTION,
THE SECRETARY MAY MAKE A NEW CERTIFICATE OF BIRTH FOR AN
INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS BORN OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IF ONE OF
THE FOLLOWING OCCURRED IN THIS STATE:

(1)  THE PREVIOUSLY UNWED PARENTS OF THE
INDIVIDUAL HAVE MARRIED EACH OTHER AFTER THE BIRTH OF THE
INDIVIDUAL;

(2)  A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION IN THIS
STATE HAS ENTERED AN ORDER AS TO PARENTAGE, LEGITIMATION, OR
ADOPTION; OR

(3)  THE FATHER OF THE INDIVIDUAL ACKNOWLEDGED
HIMSELF BY AFFIDAVIT TO BE THE FATHER AND THE MOTHER OF THE
INDIVIDUAL HAS CONSENTED BY AFFIDAVIT TO THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

(C)  NEW CERTIFICATE PROHIBITED.

THE SECRETARY MAY NOT MAKE A NEW CERTIFICATE OF BIRTH
IF ONE OF THE FOLLOWING SO DIRECTS THE SECRETARY:

(1) THE COURT THAT DECREES THE ADOPTION.