Registration

Metahumans may register their abilities, special technology, etc. with the United Earth government, as well as with their national governments.

They are not required to do so. However, being a registered metahuman provides certain benefits, especially to metahumans who maintain a distinct "secret identity":
 * Improved protection from Good Samaritan Laws -- in general, registered metahumans are more likely to be presumed to be acting from good motives.
 * The legal right to maintain their real identities secret from other jurisdictions, including the right to request injunctions against reporting of their real identities and protection from being legally required to reveal them.
 * The right to open bank accounts, contract for services, testify in court, marry, adopt children, and more generally perform treat their metahuman identity as a "person" for legal purposes.

Full registration status typically requires a year from the date of initial registration. This can be expedited in some cases.

Registering as a metahuman does not require revealing your civilian identity.