Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-316
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New certificate of birth
Official statutory text
A. The State Commissioner of Health shall establish a new
certificate of birth for a person born in this state, when the
Commissioner receives the following:
1. An adoption certificate as provided in the Oklahoma Adoption
Code, or a certified copy of the decree of adoption together with
the information necessary to identify the original certificate of
birth and to establish a new certificate of birth; except that a new
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certificate of birth shall not be established if so requested by the
court decreeing the adoption, the adoptive parents or the adopted
person; and
2. A request that a new certificate be established and such
evidence as required by regulation proving that such person has been
legitimated, or that a court of competent jurisdiction has
determined the paternity of such a person.
B. When a new certificate of birth is established, the actual
place and date of birth shall be shown. It shall be substituted for
the original certificate of birth:
1. Thereafter, the original certificate and the evidence of
adoption, paternity or legitimation shall not be amended, nor shall
it be subject to inspection except upon order of a court of
competent jurisdiction or as otherwise specifically provided by law;
and
2. Upon receipt of notice of annulment of adoption, the
original certificate of birth shall be restored to its place in the
files and the new certificate and evidence shall not be subject to
inspection except upon order of a court of competent jurisdiction.
The original certificate shall be restored and may be amended in
accordance with Section 1-321 of this title.
C. Beginning on the effective date of this act, the biological
sex designation on a new 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".
certificate of birth for a person born in this state, when the
Commissioner receives the following:
1. An adoption certificate as provided in the Oklahoma Adoption
Code, or a certified copy of the decree of adoption together with
the information necessary to identify the original certificate of
birth and to establish a new certificate of birth; except that a new
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certificate of birth shall not be established if so requested by the
court decreeing the adoption, the adoptive parents or the adopted
person; and
2. A request that a new certificate be established and such
evidence as required by regulation proving that such person has been
legitimated, or that a court of competent jurisdiction has
determined the paternity of such a person.
B. When a new certificate of birth is established, the actual
place and date of birth shall be shown. It shall be substituted for
the original certificate of birth:
1. Thereafter, the original certificate and the evidence of
adoption, paternity or legitimation shall not be amended, nor shall
it be subject to inspection except upon order of a court of
competent jurisdiction or as otherwise specifically provided by law;
and
2. Upon receipt of notice of annulment of adoption, the
original certificate of birth shall be restored to its place in the
files and the new certificate and evidence shall not be subject to
inspection except upon order of a court of competent jurisdiction.
The original certificate shall be restored and may be amended in
accordance with Section 1-321 of this title.
C. Beginning on the effective date of this act, the biological
sex designation on a new 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".
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