NAC440.330. Documentary evidence: Order of preference.

The types of evidence which the State Registrar of Vital Statistics may accept to establish the facts necessary for the filing of a delayed certificate of birth follow in the order of preference:

     1. A hospital record of birth.

     2. A physician’s record of birth.

     3. A certificate of baptism or confirmation, a cradle roll or other church record.

     4. An affidavit. If the affidavit is to prove the date of the applicant’s birth, the affiant must state why he or she knows and remembers the date. The relationship of the affiant to the applicant must be stated in the affidavit.

     5. An entrance record from a school.

     6. An insurance policy or a copy of a signed application for an insurance policy.

     7. A certificate of discharge from the Armed Forces.

     8. A record in a family bible if the information was recorded before the applicant’s fourth birthday.

     9. A driver’s license.

     10. A marriage record.

     11. A record of a voter’s registration.

     12. An employment record.

     13. A birth certificate of the applicant’s child.

     14. A record from an organization of which the applicant is or was a member.

     15. Any other relevant document.

     [Bd. of Health, Delayed Birth Certificates Art. 3, eff. 4-11-80]