§ 31-19-5-14 — Public notice of purpose and operation of registry

(a) Each:
(1) clerk of a circuit court;
(2) branch office of the bureau of motor vehicles;
(3) hospital; and
(4) local health department;
shall post in a conspicuous place a notice that informs the public about
the purpose and operation of the registry.
(b) The notice under subsection (a) must include information
regarding the following:
(1) Where to obtain a registration form.
(2) Where to register.
(3) The circumstances under which a putative father is required
to register.
(4) When under section 12 of this chapter a putative father is
required to register to entitle the putative father to notice of an
adoption.
(5) The consequences of not submitting a timely registration.
(c) Failure to post a proper notice under this section does not relieve
a putative father of the obligation to register with the state department
in accordance with this chapter to entitle the putative father to notice
of the adoption of a child who may have been conceived by the putative
father.
[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-3-1.5-13(b),
(c).]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.56-2023, SEC.273.