Amending a California Birth Record

Pamphlets

• VS 21/VS 22 - Add, Remove, or Replace a Parent Listed on a Birth Certificate (PDF)
  
• VS 21/VS 22- Agregar, Eliminar, Reemplazar Padre en Acta de Nacimiento (PDF)
• Remove or replace a parent listed on the current birth certificate
  
• Add a second parent to a blank field on the birth certificate and one (or both) of the parents are unavailable to sign
  
• Add the second parent to blank field on the birth certificate and both parents are available to sign
  
• VS 23 - Amending a Birth Certificate After a Name Change (PDF)
  
• VS 23 - Modificación de un Certificado de Nacimiento Despues de un Cambio de Nombre (PDF)
  
• Amend a birth certificate to reflect the child's legal name change
• VS 24 - Affidavit to Amend a Birth Record (PDF)
  
• VS 24 - Declaración Jurada para Enmendar un Registro de Nacimiento (PDF)
  
• Correct spelling errors
• Add the child's first, middle, or last name to blank fields
• Correct the sex field, date, time, or place of birth of the child due to hospital or Local Registrar error
• Add the parent's new name after a court order or naturalization process
• Correct parents' place or date of birth
• Change child's sex field to reflect gender identity
  
• VS 107 - Supplemental Name Report (PDF)
  
• VS 107 - Informe de Nombre Suplementario - Nacimiento (PDF)
  
• Add the child's name to blank fields on the birth certificate
• VS 44 - The Adoption Process (PDF)
  
• VS 44 - El Proceso de Adopción (PDF)
  
• Amend a California birth certificate after an adoption has been finalized
  
• Register a child adopted in California who was born outside of the United States, territories of the United States or Canada
  
• Create the VS 44 using the Amendment Request Portal (EBRS-ARP)
  
• ARP Instructional Presentation (PDF)
  

Forms

• VS 21 - Adjudication of Facts of Parentage (PDF)
  
• VS 22 - Acknowledgement of Paternity (PDF)
  
• VS 23 - Court Order Name Change (PDF)
  
• VS 24 - Affidavit to Amend a Record (PDF)
  
• VS 107 - Supplemental Name Report (PDF)
  
• VS 44 - Court Report of Adoption EBRS-ARP (WEBFORM)
  

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