Sec. 192.024.  DELAY OF FOUR YEARS OR MORE.  (a)  A birth that occurred four or more years before the date of the application for registration shall be recorded on a form entitled "Delayed Certificate of Birth." The department shall prescribe and furnish the form.
(b)  The form shall provide for:
(1)  the name and sex of the person whose birth is to be registered; 
(2)  the place and date of the person's birth; 
(3)  the names of the person's parents; 
(4)  the place of birth of each parent; 
(5)  the date of registration;  and
(6)  any other information required by the state registrar.
(c)  The information on the form must be subscribed and sworn to, before an official authorized to administer oaths, by:
(1)  the person whose birth is to be registered;  or
(2)  the person's parent, legal guardian, or legal representative if the person is incompetent to swear to the information.
(d)  The state registrar shall add to a certificate submitted under this section:
(1)  a description of each document submitted in support of the delayed registration, including the title of the document or the type of document; 
(2)  the name and address of the affiant if the document is an affidavit of personal knowledge;  and
(3)  if the document is a record, or certified copy of a record, of a business entry:
(A)  the name and address of the custodian of the record; 
(B)  the date of the original entry;  and
(C)  the date of the certified copy.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.