130A-109. Birth certificate as evidence.
Certified copies of birth certificates shall be accepted by public school authorities in this State as prima facie evidence of the age of children registering for school attendance, and no other proof shall be required. In addition, certified copies of birth certificates shall be required by all factory inspectors and employers of youthful labor, as prima facie proof of age, and no other proof shall be required. However, when it is not possible to secure a certified copy of a birth certificate, factory inspectors and employers may accept as secondary proof of age any competent evidence by which the age of persons is usually established. School authorities may accept only competent and verifiable evidence as secondary proof of age, specifically including but not limited to: (i) a certified copy of any medical record of the child's birth issued by the treating physician or the hospital in which the child was born, or (ii) a certified copy of a birth certificate issued by a church, mosque, temple, or other religious institution that maintains birth records of its members. (1913, c. 109, s. 17; C.S., s. 7107; 1957, c. 1357, s. 1; 1969, c. 1031, s. 1; 1983, c. 891, s. 2; 2011-388, s. 3.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
§ 130A-90 - Vital statistics program.
§ 130A-92 - Duties of the State Registrar.
§ 130A-93 - Access to vital records; copies.
§ 130A-93.1 - Fees for vital records copies or search; automation fund.
§ 130A-95 - Control of local registrar.
§ 130A-96 - Appointment of deputy and sub-registrars.
§ 130A-97 - Duties of local registrars.
§ 130A-98 - Pay of local registrars.
§ 130A-99 - Register of deeds to preserve copies of birth and death records.
§ 130A-100 - Register of deeds may perform notarial acts.
§ 130A-101 - Birth registration.
§ 130A-102 - Contents of birth certificate.
§ 130A-104 - Registration of birth one year or more after birth.
§ 130A-105 - Validation of irregular registration of birth certificates.
§ 130A-106 - Establishing fact of birth by persons without certificates.
§ 130A-108 - Certificate of identification for individual of foreign birth.
§ 130A-109 - Birth certificate as evidence.
§ 130A-110 - Registration of marriage certificates.
§ 130A-111 - Registration of divorces and annulments.
§ 130A-112 - Notification of death.
§ 130A-113 - Permits for burial-transit, authorization for cremation and disinterment-reinterment.
§ 130A-114 - Fetal death registration; certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth.
§ 130A-115 - Death registration.
§ 130A-116 - Contents of death certificate.
§ 130A-117 - Persons required to keep records and provide information.
§ 130A-118 - Amendment of birth and death certificates.
§ 130A-120 - Certification of birth dates furnished to veterans' organizations.