Certificate Amendment

If there is incorrect or missing information on your child's birth certificate, you may make a request for an amendment. The Office of Vital Statistics can assist in preparing or requesting amendments to birth certificates for all years of birth.

Forms & Instructions

• Correcting or Amending a Birth Certificate
• Correcting a Sex Field Error on Birth Certificates
• Correcting or Amending a Birth Certificate After a Sex Change/Reassignment
• Amending a Birth Certificate After a Court Order Name Change
• Delayed Registration of Birth
• Court Ordered Delayed Certificate of Birth
• Acknowledgement of Fact of Paternity Parentage
• Adjudication of Facts of Parentage
• The Adoption Process
• Out-of-Hospital Birth (Home Birth Packet) (PDF)

Not sure which form you need? Call the Office of Vital Statistics at 707-263-1090 for more information.