(a) The Secretary may adopt rules and regulations to govern the filing of a record of birth if a certificate of birth is not filed within the time required by § 4-208 or § 4-209 of this subtitle.
(b) (1) If the Secretary rejects a delayed certificate of birth under this section, a person may petition a court of competent jurisdiction to order the establishment of a record of birth.
(2) If the court finds, from the evidence, that the individual for whom a delayed certificate of birth is sought was born in this State, the court shall make findings as to parentage and place and date of birth and any other findings that the case requires and shall order the Secretary to establish a record of birth. The order shall include the findings to be entered in the record of birth and the date of the court action.
(3) On or before the tenth day of each month, each clerk of court shall send to the Secretary each court order for a delayed certificate of birth that was entered during the preceding month.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Title 4 - Statistics and Records
Subtitle 2 - Vital Statistics and Records
Section 4-202 - Registrars of Vital Records
Section 4-203 - General Responsibility
Section 4-204 - Birth, Death, and Fetal Death Certificates; Copies
Section 4-205 - County Birth, Death, and Fetal Death Records
Section 4-206 - Marriage, Divorce, and Annulment Records
Section 4-207 - Preparation of Birth, Death, and Fetal Death Certificates
Section 4-208 - Birth Registration
Section 4-209 - Foundling Registration
Section 4-210 - Delayed Birth Registration
Section 4-211 - New Certificates of Birth
Section 4-212 - Certificates of Death; Notice to Medical Examiner
Section 4-213 - Fetal Death Certificates
Section 4-213.1 - Stillbirth Certificates
Section 4-214 - Amendments to Vital Records
Section 4-215 - Burial Permits, Final Disposition, Transportation, and Disinterment
Section 4-216 - Duties of Institutions
Section 4-218 - Population Estimates
Section 4-220 - Copies of Vital Records -- Statistical Purposes
Section 4-221 - Copies of Vital Records -- Special Projects
Section 4-223 - Use of Copies of Vital Records as Evidence
Section 4-224 - Disclosure of Records
Section 4-225 - Enforcement of Subtitle