N.M. Admin. Code § 7.2.2.22

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 21, November 5, 2024

Section 7.2.2.22 - MISSING CHILD REPORTING

Upon notification of the state registrar by a law enforcement agency that a child born in this state is missing, the record shall be flagged "M.C., do not issue" or electronically flagged.

A. Upon notification by a law enforcement agency that a child born outside this state is missing, the state registrar shall notify the corresponding officer in the state where the child was born that the child has been reported missing.

B. In response to any inquiry or request for a certificate, the state registrar or any appointed local registrar appointed by the state registrar shall not provide a copy of a birth certificate or information concerning the birth record of any missing child whose record is flagged, except following the notification of the law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the investigation of the missing child.

C. Upon notification by a law enforcement agency that a missing child has been recovered, the state registrar shall remove the flag from the child's birth record.

N.M. Admin. Code § 7.2.2.22

Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXX, Issue 20, October 29, 2019, eff. 10/29/2019, Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXXIII, Issue 24, December 27, 2022, eff. 12/27/2022