1. (a)

   1. (1) A new certificate of birth may be prepared by the State Registrar of Vital Records for a child born in this state upon receipt of an adoption report or certified copy of an adoption decree from the courts of the several states of the United States or a foreign nation.
   2. (2) The new birth certificate shall not be marked “amended”.

2. (b)

   1. (1) A certificate of birth shall be prepared by the state registrar for a child born in a foreign country and subsequently adopted through a court of competent jurisdiction in Arkansas.
   2. (2) An adoption report as provided for in Arkansas Code § 20-18-405 [repealed] and a request that such a certificate be established shall be submitted to the state registrar for preparation of an Arkansas certificate of foreign birth.
   3. (3) Such certificate shall not confer citizenship upon the child or the adoptive parents.

Codification Notes: Code § 20-18-405 was repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1256, § 20.