New York Laws
Title 3 - Registration of Births
4131 - Births; Registration; Foundlings.

§ 4131. Births; registration; foundlings. 1. The report of the finding
of a child whose parents are unknown, filed by the commissioner of
social services or by the city social services officer in accordance
with the provisions of subdivision two of section three hundred
ninety-eight of the social services law, shall constitute the birth
record of such child.

2. The district wherein such child was found shall be considered as
the place of birth, and the date of birth shall be that determined by
the commissioner of social services or by the city social services
officer as the approximate date of birth.

3. If, however, such child be subsequently identified, and it should
appear that a certificate of birth for this child has either before or
following identification been filed, as otherwise provided in this
article, the report of the commissioner of social services or of the
city social services officer shall be placed under seal by the state
commissioner of health, such seal not to be broken except upon order of
a court of competent jurisdiction.