State must issue new birth certificates within 11 weeks after an adoption
The State Registrar must create a new birth certificate within 11 weeks of getting an adoption report or readoption order. If papers are missing, it must ask for them within 14 weeks and may return the file if they don't arrive in 90 days.
Who it affects
Adoptive families, adoptees and courts
When
This law takes effect on January 1, 2027. California laws take effect on January 1 of the year after they are signed, unless the law says otherwise.
- : Signed into law
- : This law takes effect
Official text
California SB 1186: Expedited birth certificates upon adoption.
On California Legislative Information. The official text is what counts; read it before you act.
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