50-15-304. Substitute birth certificate for person adopted. (1) The procedure for issuing a substitute birth certificate for a person born in Montana and adopted is as follows:
     (a) Before the 16th day of the month following the order of adoption, the clerk of the district court shall forward a certified copy of the final order of adoption to the department or the department may accept a certified copy of a final order of adoption from a court of competent jurisdiction of another state of the United States or a tribal court of competent jurisdiction.
     (b) The department shall prepare a substitute certificate containing:
     (i) the new name of the adopted person;
     (ii) the true date and place of birth and the sex of the adopted person;
     (iii) statistical facts concerning the adoptive parents in place of the natural parents;
     (iv) the words "department of public health and human services" substituted for the words "attendant's own signature"; and
     (v) dates of recording as shown on the original birth certificate.
     (2) The procedure for recording a substitute birth certificate for a person born in Montana and adopted is as follows:
     (a) The department shall send copies of the substitute birth certificate to the local registrar and to the county clerk and recorder.
     (b) The local registrar and county clerk and recorder shall immediately enter the substitute birth certificate in their files and forward copies of the original birth record to the department.
     (c) The department shall seal original birth records and open them only on order of a court.
     (3) On receipt of a certified copy of a court order annulling an adoption, the department shall restore the original birth certificate to its place in its files and notify the local registrar and county clerk and recorder.

     History: (1)En. Sec. 60, Ch. 197, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 52, Ch. 349, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 162, L. 1977; Sec. 69-4420, R.C.M. 1947; (2), (3)En. Sec. 61, Ch. 197, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 53, Ch. 349, L. 1974; Sec. 69-4421, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 69-4420, 69-4421; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 228, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 105, Ch. 418, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 282, Ch. 546, L. 1995.