Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-313
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Delayed birth certificate
Official statutory text
A. When the birth of a person born in this state has not been
registered, a certificate may be filed in accordance with
regulations of the State Commissioner of Health. Such certificate
shall be registered subject to such evidentiary requirements as the
Commissioner shall by regulation prescribe, to substantiate the
alleged facts of birth.
B. Certificates of birth registered one year or more after the
date of occurrence shall be marked "delayed" and show on their face
the date of the delayed registration.
C. A summary statement of the evidence submitted in support of
the delayed registration shall be endorsed on the certificate.
D. When an applicant does not submit the minimum documentation
required in the regulations for delayed registration, or when the
State Commissioner of Health finds reason to question the validity
or adequacy of the documentary evidence, the Commissioner shall not
register the delayed certificate and shall advise the applicant of
the reasons for his or her action.
E. Beginning on the effective date of this act, the biological
sex designation on a certificate of birth issued under this section
shall be either male or female and shall not be nonbinary or any
symbol representing a nonbinary designation including but not
limited to the letter "X".
registered, a certificate may be filed in accordance with
regulations of the State Commissioner of Health. Such certificate
shall be registered subject to such evidentiary requirements as the
Commissioner shall by regulation prescribe, to substantiate the
alleged facts of birth.
B. Certificates of birth registered one year or more after the
date of occurrence shall be marked "delayed" and show on their face
the date of the delayed registration.
C. A summary statement of the evidence submitted in support of
the delayed registration shall be endorsed on the certificate.
D. When an applicant does not submit the minimum documentation
required in the regulations for delayed registration, or when the
State Commissioner of Health finds reason to question the validity
or adequacy of the documentary evidence, the Commissioner shall not
register the delayed certificate and shall advise the applicant of
the reasons for his or her action.
E. Beginning on the effective date of this act, the biological
sex designation on a certificate of birth issued under this section
shall be either male or female and shall not be nonbinary or any
symbol representing a nonbinary designation including but not
limited to the letter "X".
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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