Article 3. Foundling Registration of California Health And Safety Code >> Division 102. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 3.

A certificate of finding of an unidentified live child of less than one year of age shall be registered with the local registrar of births and deaths by the person or institution with whom the child is placed, within four days following the finding.

The certificate shall include the name, sex, color or race, the date and place of finding, and the name of the person or institution with whom the child is placed.

The person or institution with whom the child is placed shall give the child a name; the place in which the child is found shall be known as the legal place of birth; and the date of birth shall be determined as closely as possible and shall be known as the legal date of birth.

The certificate of finding shall be handled in the same manner and shall serve all the purposes of a certificate of live birth.

If the child is later identified and a certificate of birth found or obtained, the fact shall be reported to the State Registrar and he or she shall enter this upon the certificate of finding, with citation to the certificate of birth.