AGENCY: Office of Vital Records and Statistics
SERIES: 28666
TITLE: Acknowledgment of paternity registry
DATES: 1970-
ARRANGEMENT: Numerical by registry number.
DESCRIPTION: These records support the agency's function to document and certify the facts of births and family formations. Records document a man's potential paternity and legal right to be notified if an adoption commences. Records are used to acknowledge and determine legal parental rights for custody of the child (78B-15-402(2008)). Information includes identifiable information for the birth father and mother, facts of birth as known, notarized signature of the birth father, and other information as stated in Utah Code 78B-15-404(2008).
RETENTION
Permanent. Retain for 100 year(s)
DISPOSITION
Transfer to Archives.
RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION
Retention and disposition for this series is authorized by Archives general schedule Vital records, GRS-285
AUTHORIZED: 07/23/2018
FORMAT MANAGEMENT
Paper: Retain in Office until scanned and then transfer to State Records Center. Retain in State Records Center for 100 years and then transfer to State Archives with authority to weed.
Computer data files: Retain in Office permanently.
APPRAISAL
Administrative Historical Legal
As a vital record this information is of historical value and may provide legal evidence of a birth father's parental rights (Utah Code 78B-15-402(2008)).
PRIMARY DESIGNATION
Exempt. Utah Code 78B-15-405(2008)
SECONDARY DESIGNATION
Private. Utah Code 63G-3-302(2)(d)(2014)