Puerto Rico’s New Birth Certificate Law Will Impact Delaware Residents / Changes to Begin July 1 by
Dover — The Delaware Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) wants to alert all drivers that the government of Puerto Rico has enacted a new law (Law 191 of 2009) aimed at strengthening the issuance and usage of birth certificates to combat fraud and protect the identity and credit of all people born in Puerto Rico. Under the new law, all Puerto Rico birth certificates issued before July 1, 2010, will be invalidated so that new, more secure certificates can be issued. After July 1, the Puerto Rico Health Department’s Vital Statistics Record Office will begin issuing new birth certificates incorporating technology to limit the possibility of document forgery. [More]