Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-315
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Judicial proceeding for record of birth
Official statutory text
(a) Any citizen of the United States who has resided in this
state for not less than ten (10) years, the last three (3) of which
must have been continuous within this state and the last one (1) of
which must have been continuous within the county of his
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 63. Public Health and Safety Page 182
application, the birth of whom has not been recorded by the State
Commissioner of Health, or his predecessor, may petition the
district court of the county in which he resides or was born for an
order establishing a public record of the time and place of his
birth and his parentage. He may have the record of such information
entered in the following manner: Such applicant may appear before a
judge of the district court in the county of which he is a resident
and file his verified petition in writing, which petition shall
state the time and place of his birth and his parentage and such
other facts as he deems pertinent; the petition shall be filed in
the office of the court clerk and given a number in the probate
files thereof; thereupon the applicant shall produce all the
evidence he has in his possession, which may consist of personal
testimony, affidavits or records, and shall include a statement from
the State Commissioner of Health, or similar official in the state
of applicant's birth, to the effect that a birth certificate is not
recorded in his office; and if the judge of the district court shall
be satisfied with the proof offered, he shall make and enter an
order establishing the time and place of birth, the age and the
parentage of the applicant, which order shall be final and
conclusive of all the facts therein adjudged.
(b) A certified copy of the order shall be filed in the office
of the State Commissioner of Health, and a certified copy thereof
shall be issued by the Commissioner in the same manner as
certificates of birth.
state for not less than ten (10) years, the last three (3) of which
must have been continuous within this state and the last one (1) of
which must have been continuous within the county of his
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 63. Public Health and Safety Page 182
application, the birth of whom has not been recorded by the State
Commissioner of Health, or his predecessor, may petition the
district court of the county in which he resides or was born for an
order establishing a public record of the time and place of his
birth and his parentage. He may have the record of such information
entered in the following manner: Such applicant may appear before a
judge of the district court in the county of which he is a resident
and file his verified petition in writing, which petition shall
state the time and place of his birth and his parentage and such
other facts as he deems pertinent; the petition shall be filed in
the office of the court clerk and given a number in the probate
files thereof; thereupon the applicant shall produce all the
evidence he has in his possession, which may consist of personal
testimony, affidavits or records, and shall include a statement from
the State Commissioner of Health, or similar official in the state
of applicant's birth, to the effect that a birth certificate is not
recorded in his office; and if the judge of the district court shall
be satisfied with the proof offered, he shall make and enter an
order establishing the time and place of birth, the age and the
parentage of the applicant, which order shall be final and
conclusive of all the facts therein adjudged.
(b) A certified copy of the order shall be filed in the office
of the State Commissioner of Health, and a certified copy thereof
shall be issued by the Commissioner in the same manner as
certificates of birth.
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