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Dare County supports local issuance of birth certificates for adoptees, opposes bill to let commissioners remove elected registers of deeds
Summary
The board voted to back Senate Bill 248 allowing county registers of deeds to issue certified birth certificates to adopted people and unanimously approved a resolution opposing Senate Bill 711, which would require counties to adopt codes of ethics and give commissioners removal authority for registered deeds.
Dare County commissioners voted to support Senate Bill 248, which would let county registers of deeds issue certified birth certificates to people who have been adopted. Cheryl, speaking to the board, said local issuance would lower the fee and shorten wait times: current state processing can cost over $50 and take up to 90 days, while local issuance under the bill would cost $10…
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