CHAPTER 11. Amendment of Records
Chapter 11 added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4.
§§ 103225–103449 · 42 sections
ARTICLE 1. Amendment of a Record of Birth, Death or Marriage §§ 103225–103265 · 10 sections
- § 103225 Whenever the facts are not correctly stated in any certificate of birth, death, fetal death, or marriage already registered, the person asserting that the…
- § 103227 (a) (1) Beginning July 1, 2026, if a name is not accurately recorded because of the absence of a diacritical mark on an English letter in any certificate of…
- § 103230 Section 103225 shall be applicable to certificates of birth only in the absence of conflicting information relative to the existence or nonexistence of a…
- § 103235 If the amendment relates to a certificate or marriage license that has not been transmitted to the State Registrar, the local registrar shall review the…
- § 103240 If the amendment relates to a certificate that has been transmitted to the State Registrar, the amendment shall be transmitted to the State Registrar who shall…
- § 103245 If the amendment is accepted, the State Registrar shall transmit copies of the amendment to the county recorder in whose offices copies of the original record…
- § 103250 The State Registrar shall send a certified copy of the newly amended record of birth, death or marriage to the applicant without additional charge, except for…
- § 103255 The amendment shall be filed with and become a part of the record to which it pertains.
- § 103260 (a) A person born in this state whose birth is registered in this state, or the person’s conservator, or if a minor, the person’s parent or guardian, may…
- § 103265 An amended certificate of death of an individual who is a peace officer pursuant to Section 830 of the Penal Code, who was killed in the line of duty, shall be…
ARTICLE 2. Amendment of a Death Record of a Previously Unidentified Body §§ 103275–103280 · 2 sections
ARTICLE 3. Amendment of Medical and Health Section Data on Death, Fetal Death, and Live Birth Records §§ 103300–103305 · 2 sections
ARTICLE 4. Supplemental Name Reports §§ 103325–103340 · 4 sections
- § 103325 When any certificate of birth of a living child is registered without the name of the child being entered thereon, the local registrar shall make out and…
- § 103330 The parents shall complete the report and return it to the local registrar as soon as the child is named.
- § 103335 The State Registrar shall send a certified copy of the newly amended record of birth to the applicant without additional cost, except for those amendments that…
- § 103340 This amendment to the record shall be handled in the manner prescribed in Article 1 (commencing with Section 103225).
ARTICLE 5. Amendment of Birth Certificate to Delete Racial Slurs §§ 103350–103375 · 6 sections
- § 103350 The purpose of this article is to provide a remedy for correction of birth certificates that contain entries regarding race or color that, in the opinion of…
- § 103355 Any person who was born in this state and whose birth is registered in this state may apply to the State Registrar for the establishment and issuance of a new…
- § 103360 Upon receipt of the application and payment of the required fee, the State Registrar shall establish a new birth certificate for the person.
- § 103365 The entry for race or color in the new certificate shall be as indicated in the application. No reference shall be made in the new birth certificate that it is…
- § 103370 The State Registrar shall transmit a certified copy of a birth certificate newly established under this article to the registrant without additional charge.
- § 103375 When a new birth certificate is established pursuant to this article, the State Registrar shall inform the local registrar and the county recorder whose…
ARTICLE 6. Amendment of Birth Record to Reflect Court Order Change of Name §§ 103400–103410 · 3 sections
- § 103400 (a) If a person who has a birth certificate issued by this state has their name changed by order of a court of this state, another state, the District of…
- § 103405 Upon receipt of the application, affidavit, certified copy of the court order and payment of the required fee, the State Registrar shall review the amendment…
- § 103410 The State Registrar shall furnish a certified copy of the newly amended record of birth prepared under authority of this article to the registrant without…
ARTICLE 7. Revision of Birth and Marriage Records to Reflect Change of Gender and Sex Identifier §§ 103425–103445 · 9 sections
- § 103425 (a) A person may file a petition with the superior court in any county seeking a judgment recognizing the change of gender and sex identifier to female, male,…
- § 103426 (a) The State Registrar shall issue a new birth certificate reflecting a change of gender and sex identifier to female, male, or nonbinary without a court…
- § 103430 (a) A petition for a court order to recognize a change in the petitioner’s gender and sex identifier as female, male, or nonbinary and to direct the issuance…
- § 103431 (a) (1) If a judgment pursuant to Section 103430 includes an order for a new birth certificate for the petitioner and if the petitioner has a birth certificate…
- § 103435 (a) In lieu of separate proceedings, a single petition may be filed with the superior court to change the petitioner’s name and recognize the change to the…
- § 103437 (a) As used in this section, “change of name or gender and sex identifier, or both” means a proceeding for a change of gender and sex identifier pursuant to…
- § 103440 (a) The new birth certificate, marriage license and certificate, or confidential marriage license and certificate established pursuant to this article shall…
- § 103443 (a) The State Registrar shall transmit a certified copy of a birth certificate newly established under this article to the registrant without additional…
- § 103445 This article shall become operative on January 1, 2023.
ARTICLE 8. Revision of Birth Records to Correct Gender Errors Made by Birthing Hospitals or Local Registrars §§ 103446–103449 · 6 sections
- § 103446 It is the intent of the Legislature that this article provide a remedy for the correction of birth certificates that contain gender errors made by the birthing…
- § 103447 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any person born in this state, or, in the case of a minor or incompetent person, his or her parent,…
- § 103447.5 Upon receipt of the application and sworn affidavit or affidavits, and upon payment of the fee required by Section 103700, the State Registrar shall establish…
- § 103448 The new birth certificate established pursuant to this article shall in no way indicate that it is not the original birth certificate of the applicant. The new…
- § 103448.5 The State Registrar shall transmit a certified copy of a birth certificate established pursuant to this article to the applicant, without additional charge.
- § 103449 (a) When a new birth certificate is established pursuant to this article, the State Registrar shall so inform the local registrar and the county recorder whose…