Nev. Rev. Stat. § 440.285
Voluntary acknowledgment of parentage: Board to develop and distribute declarations to be signed; certain entities to provide notice concerning effect of declaration
Nevada · Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 440 — Vital Statistics · Status: effective
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- Nev. Rev. Stat. § 440.285, Voluntary acknowledgment of parentage: Board to develop and distribute declarations to be signed; certain entities to provide notice concerning effect of declaration, Nevada, version 1 as recorded 2026-10-03, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/2117733
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1. The Board shall:
(a) Develop a declaration to be signed under penalty of perjury for the voluntary acknowledgment of parentage in this State; and
(b) Distribute the declarations to each hospital or freestanding birthing center in this State.
2. Before providing a declaration for the acknowledgment of parentage to the person who gave birth to a child or a person who wishes to acknowledge the parentage of a child, the agencies described in paragraph (b) of subsection 1 shall ensure that the person who gave birth and the person who wishes to acknowledge parentage are given notice, orally and in writing, of the rights, responsibilities and legal consequences of, and the alternatives to, signing the declaration for the acknowledgment of parentage.