2.__Certificate of search from another state.__If a petitioner for adoption of, or termination of parental rights regarding, a child has reason to believe that the conception or birth of the child may have occurred in another state, the petitioner must also obtain a certificate of search from the registry of paternity, if any, in that state.

§1892.__Certificate of search of registry

1.__Certificate of search.__The State Registrar of Vital Statistics shall furnish to the requester a certificate of search of the registry on request of an individual, court or agency identified in section 1882.

2.__Contents.__A certificate provided by the State Registrar of Vital Statistics must be signed on behalf of the State Registrar of Vital Statistics and state that:

A.__A search has been made of the registry; and

B.__A registration containing the information required to identify the registrant:

(1)__Has been found and is attached to the certificate of search; or

(2)__Has not been found.

3.__File with court.__A petitioner must file the certificate of search with the court before a proceeding for adoption of, or termination of parental rights regarding, a child may be concluded.

§1893.__Admissibility of registered information

A certificate of search of the registry of paternity in this State or another state is admissible in a proceeding for adoption of, or termination of parental rights regarding, a child and, if relevant, in other legal proceedings.

§1894.__Adoption of rules

The State Registrar of Vital Statistics may adopt rules to implement this subchapter.__Rules adopted pursuant to this section are routine technical rules for the purposes of Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.