§ 34-223. Restrictions on issuance of copies of records; issuance without charge.

(a)

Restrictions on issuance. Copies of all records shall be issued subject to the following restrictions:

(1)

Legitimate birth record. A complete certified copy of a legitimate birth record will be issued only at the request of the individual whose birth is recorded, the parent or parents, or legal guardian of the registrant or his duly authorized agent, or governmental, health or social agencies requiring the record for conducting official investigations, or by order of a court for use as evidence in a matter pending before it.

(2)

Illegitimate birth record. A complete certified copy of a record of an illegitimate birth may be issued to the registrant when he is 18 years of age or over, if he has not been adopted and when the complete history of his illegitimacy is known to him; or to the registrant's natural mother or legal guardian, when the registrant has not been adopted.

(3)

Birth certificate of adopted child. The right to inspect or to secure a certified copy of an original birth certificate of an adopted child shall be allowed only upon order of the court in which the adoption was obtained.

(4)

Disclosure of illegitimacy. In any matter pending before any court involving the personal or property rights of any person, disclosure of illegitimacy may be made only by order of the court before which the matter is pending.

(b)

Issuance without charge. Subject to the restrictions set out in this section, certified copies and transcripts of birth and death records may be issued free of charge for interdepartmental use of the city or to persons seeking to prove claims as soldiers, sailors or marines, or their dependents, in service or honorably discharged, against the government of the United States.

(Code of Gen. Ords. 1967, § 18.134)