EXPAND ACCESS/DEATH CERTIFICATE/ADULT ADOPTEE.

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View NCGA Bill Details2011-2012 Session
House Bill 846 (Public) Filed Wednesday, April 6, 2011
TO EXPAND THE SCOPE OF THE LAW THAT ALLOWS AN AGENCY ACTING AS A CONFIDENTIAL INTERMEDIARY TO OBTAIN A COPY OF A DEATH CERTIFICATE OF A BIOLOGICAL PARENT OR AN ADULT ADOPTEE TO INCLUDE A LINEAL ASCENDANT OF A BIOLOGICAL PARENT WHEN IT IS DETERMINED THE BIOLOGICAL PARENT, ADULT ADOPTEE, OR THE LINEAL ASCENDANT OF THE BIOLOGICAL PARENT IS DECEASED.
Intro. by LaRoque.

Status: Ch. SL 2011-237 (House Action) (Jun 23 2011)

Bill History:

H 846/S.L. 2011-237

Bill Summaries:

  • Summary date: Jun 30 2011 - View Summary

    AN ACT TO EXPAND THE SCOPE OF THE LAW THAT ALLOWS AN AGENCY ACTING AS A CONFIDENTIAL INTERMEDIARY TO OBTAIN A COPY OF A DEATH CERTIFICATE OF A BIOLOGICAL PARENT OR AN ADULT ADOPTEE TO INCLUDE A LINEAL ASCENDANT OF A BIOLOGICAL PARENT WHEN IT IS DETERMINED THE BIOLOGICAL PARENT, ADULT ADOPTEE, OR THE LINEAL ASCENDANT OF THE BIOLOGICAL PARENT IS DECEASED. Summarized in Daily Bulletin 4/8/11 and 4/26/11. Enacted June 23, 2011. Effective June 23, 2011.


  • Summary date: Apr 26 2011 - View Summary

    House amendment makes the following changes to 1st edition. Rewrites the bill so that it adds to current GS 48-9-104(d) a provision that if the agency determines that a lineal ascendant of the deceased person who is the subject of the search is deceased, the agency may also obtain a copy of the death certificate of the deceased lineal ascendant and deliver it to the person who requested the services.


  • Summary date: Apr 8 2011 - View Summary

    Amends GS 48-9-104(d) to provide that if an agency providing confidential intermediary services determines that the person who is the subject of the search is deceased and upon further search determines that a lineal ascendant of the person who is the subject of the search is also deceased, the agency may obtain a copy of the death certificate not only of the deceased person who is the subject of the search but also any deceased lineal ascendant of the person who is the subject of the search.