Texas Family Code

§ 162.407 — REGISTRATION

FA § 162.407Title 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · Part B. SUITS AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · Ch. 162. ADOPTION · Art. E. VOLUNTARY ADOPTION REGISTRIES

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(a)The administrator shall require each registration applicant to sign a written application.

(b)An adoptee adopted or placed through an authorized agency may register through the registry maintained by that agency or the registry to which the agency has delegated registry services or through the central registry maintained by the vital statistics unit.

(c)Birth parents and biological siblings shall register through:

(1)the registry of the authorized agency through which the adoptee was adopted or placed; or

(2)the central registry.

(d)The administrator may not accept an application for registration unless the applicant:

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Legislative history

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 1.112, eff. April 2, 2015.