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2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 7 - Fetal Death Registration › ARTICLE 1 - Duty of Registering Fetal Death › Section 102960.

102960. A funeral director, or if there is no funeral director, the person acting in lieu thereof, shall obtain the required information other than medical and health section data from the person or source best qualified to supply this information.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1023, Sec. 304.45. Effective September 29, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 7 - Fetal Death Registration › ARTICLE 2 - Responsibility of Attending Physician › Section 102975.

102975. The physician, if any, in attendance on the delivery of a fetus shall within 15 hours after the delivery state on the certificate of fetal death the time of fetal death or delivery, the direct causes of the fetal death, the conditions, if any, that gave rise to these causes, and other medical and health section data as may be required on the certificate, and shall sign the certificate in attest to these facts.
The physician shall within 15 hours after the death deposit the certificate at the place of death, or deliver it to the attending funeral director at his or her place of business or at the office of the physician.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 7 - Fetal Death Registration › ARTICLE 3 - Responsibility of Coroner › Section 103005.

103005. (a) The coroner shall, within three days after examination of the fetus, state on the certificate of fetal death the time of fetal death, the direct causes of the fetal death, the conditions, if any, that gave rise to these causes, and other medical and health section data as may be required on the certificate, and shall sign the certificate in attest to these facts. The coroner shall, within three days after examining the body, deliver the death certificate to the attending funeral director.
(b) This section shall not be used to establish, bring, or support a criminal prosecution or civil cause of action seeking damages against any person who is immune from liability under Section 123467. Through its courts and statutes and under its Constitution, California protects the right to reproductive privacy, and it is the intent of the Legislature to reaffirm these protections.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 629, Sec. 4. (AB 2223) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 7 - Fetal Death Registration › ARTICLE 4 - Content of Certificate of Fetal Death › Section 103025.

103025. The certificate of fetal death shall contain items as may be designated by the State Registrar and shall be divided into two sections. The first section shall contain those items necessary to establish the fact of the fetal death. The second section shall contain those items relating to medical and health data and shall be clearly labeled “Confidential Information for Public Health Use Only.” The information included in the second section shall be kept confidential pursuant to Section 102430.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 430, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 7 - Fetal Death Registration › ARTICLE 4.5 - Missing Angels Act › Section 103040.

103040. This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the Missing Angels Act.
(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 661, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 8 - Permits for Disposition of Human Remains › Section 103050.

103050. (a) A person shall not dispose of human remains unless both of the following have occurred:
(1) There has been obtained and filed with a local registrar a death certificate, as provided in Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 102775).
(2) There has been obtained from a local registrar a permit for disposition.
(b) (1) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), neither a death certificate nor a permit for disposition shall be required to transport human remains from California to an adjacent state for disposition in that state when all of the following circumstances exist:
(A) The remains are found within 50 miles of the California border and a licensed funeral establishment in the adjacent state is within 30 miles of the county border in which the decedent died, and the remains are released to that funeral establishment.
(B) The coroner with jurisdiction over the area in which the remains were found authorizes their release pursuant to paragraph (2).
(2) The coroner may release the remains to a licensed out-of-state funeral establishment without a death certificate or permit for disposition when he or she determines that all of the following conditions exist:
(A) No forensic interest in the remains exists.
(B) A reasonable certainty exists that the cause of death will be provided either by the primary physician, or by a review of medical records by the coroner or medical examiner.
(3) The coroner with jurisdiction over the area in which the remains were found who releases the remains to an out-of-state funeral establishment shall, within 72 hours after the remains were found, file a death certificate with the local registrar.
(c) Nothing in this section shall exempt a coroner, health officer, health care provider, or other individual from requirements to report a case or suspected case of any reportable communicable diseases or conditions pursuant to any provision of the Health and Safety Code or the California Code of Regulations.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 187, Sec. 1. (AB 356) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 8 - Permits for Disposition of Human Remains › Section 103055.

103055. (a) If the certificate of death is properly executed and complete, the local registrar of births and deaths shall issue a permit for disposition that, in all cases, shall specify any one of the following:
(1) The name of the cemetery where the remains shall be interred.
(2) Burial at sea as provided in Section 7117.
(3) The address or description of the place where remains shall be buried or scattered.
(4) The address of the location where the cremated remains or hydrolyzed human remains will be kept, as provided in Section 7054.6, under the conditions the state registrar may approve, including, but not limited to, conditions in keeping with public sensibilities, applicable laws, and reasonable assurances that the disposition will be carried out in accordance with the prescribed conditions and will not constitute a private or public nuisance.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this part relative to issuance of a permit for disposition, whenever the death occurred from a disease declared by the state department to be infectious, contagious, or communicable and dangerous to the public health, a permit for the disposition of the body shall not be issued by the local registrar, except under those conditions as may be prescribed by the state department and local health officers.
(c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2027, and as of that date is repealed.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 399, Sec. 46. (AB 351) Effective January 1, 2023. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, by its own provisions. See later operative version added by Sec. 47 of Stats. 2022, Ch. 399.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 8 - Permits for Disposition of Human Remains › Section 103055.

103055. (a) If the certificate of death is properly executed and complete, the local registrar of births and deaths shall issue a permit for disposition that, in all cases, shall specify any one of the following:
(1) The name of the cemetery where the remains shall be interred.
(2) Burial at sea as provided in Section 7117.
(3) The address or description of the place where remains shall be buried, scattered, or integrated into the soil.
(4) The address of the location where the cremated, reduced, or hydrolyzed human remains will be kept, as provided in Section 7054.5 or 7054.6, under the conditions the state registrar may approve, including, but not limited to, conditions in keeping with public sensibilities, applicable laws, and reasonable assurances that the disposition will be carried out in accordance with the prescribed conditions and will not constitute a private or public nuisance.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this part relative to issuance of a permit for disposition, whenever the death occurred from a disease declared by the department to be infectious, contagious, or communicable and dangerous to the public health, a permit for the disposition of the body shall not be issued by the local registrar, except under those conditions as may be prescribed by the state department and local health officers.
(c) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2027.
(Repealed (in Sec. 46) and added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 399, Sec. 47. (AB 351) Effective January 1, 2023. Operative January 1, 2027, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 8 - Permits for Disposition of Human Remains › Section 103060.

103060. (a) A permit for disposition for the purpose of removing cremated remains or hydrolyzed human remains from the place of cremation, hydrolysis, or interment shall include a description of the final place of disposition sufficient to identify the place and shall be issued by the local registrar to the person having the right to control the disposition of the remains under Section 7100 upon the application of that person.
(b) A permit for disposition shall be issued under this section only upon the signed acknowledgment by the person making application that trespass and nuisance laws apply to the disposition and that the permit gives no right of unrestricted access to property not owned by the person for the purpose of disposing of the remains.
(c) The person to whom the permit for disposition was issued shall sign the permit, endorse upon it the date of final disposition and, within 10 days, return the first copy of the permit so endorsed to the local registrar of the district in which the disposition took place. The third copy of the permit shall be returned to the office of issuance. After one year, the local registrar may destroy any original or duplicate permit retained pursuant to this section.
(d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2027, and as of that date is repealed.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 399, Sec. 48. (AB 351) Effective January 1, 2023. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, by its own provisions. See later operative version added by Sec. 49 of Stats. 2022, Ch. 399.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 8 - Permits for Disposition of Human Remains › Section 103060.

103060. (a) A permit for disposition for the purpose of removing cremated, reduced, or hydrolyzed human remains from the place of cremation, reduction, hydrolysis, or interment shall include a description of the final place of disposition sufficient to identify the place and shall be issued by the local registrar upon application of the person having the right to control the disposition of the remains under Section 7100.
(b) A permit for disposition shall be issued under this section only upon the signed acknowledgment by the person making application that trespass and nuisance laws apply to the disposition and that the permit gives no right of unrestricted access to property not owned by the person for the purpose of disposing of the remains.
(c) The person to whom the permit for disposition was issued shall sign the permit, endorse upon it the date of final disposition and, within 10 days, return the first copy of the permit so endorsed to the local registrar of the district in which the disposition took place. The third copy of the permit shall be returned to the office of issuance. After one year, the local registrar may destroy any original or duplicate permit retained pursuant to this section.
(d) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2027.
(Repealed (in Sec. 48) and added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 399, Sec. 49. (AB 351) Effective January 1, 2023. Operative January 1, 2027, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 8 - Permits for Disposition of Human Remains › Section 103065.

103065. (a)  Upon the presentation of a certificate of death properly executed and completed in accordance with the policies and procedures of the county coroner in which the death occurred that are not in conflict with state law, the permit for disposition required by Sections 103050, 103055, and 103060 shall be issued by any local registrar pursuant to this section. The local registrar issuing the permit for disposition pursuant to this section shall promptly forward the death certificate and a duplicate of the permit for disposition to the local registrar of the district in which death occurred or the body was found.
(b)  The applicant for a permit under this section shall pay a fee of six dollars ($6) to the issuing registrar. Thirty percent of the fee shall be transferred by the issuing registrar to the local registrar of the county where the death occurred and 40 percent shall be transferred to the State Registrar for the administration of this section.
(c)  Applicants for a permit for disposition pursuant to this section shall not be subject to Section 103675.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 8 - Permits for Disposition of Human Remains › Section 103070.

103070. The body of any person whose death occurs in this state, or whose body is found in the state, or that is brought in from outside the state, shall not be temporarily held pending disposition more than eight calendar days after death, unless a permit for disposition is issued by the local registrar of the registration district in which the death occurred or the body was found.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 8 - Permits for Disposition of Human Remains › Section 103075.

103075. Except when a permit is not required to be issued pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 103050, the permit shall accompany the body to its destination, where, if within this state, it shall be delivered to the person in charge of the place of interment.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 463, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 8 - Permits for Disposition of Human Remains › Section 103080.

103080. (a) The person in charge of the place of interment, or the funeral director or person acting as funeral director if no person is in charge, shall sign the permit, endorse upon it the date of interment, hydrolysis, or cremation, and, within 10 days, return the first copy of the permit so endorsed to the local registrar of the district in which the interment took place. The third copy of the permit shall be returned to the office of issuance. After one year, the local registrar may destroy any original or duplicate permit retained by the local registrar pursuant to this section.
(b) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2020.
(Repealed (in Sec. 74) and added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 846, Sec. 75. (AB 967) Effective January 1, 2018. Section operative July 1, 2020, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 8 - Permits for Disposition of Human Remains › Section 103085.

103085. When human remains are transported from outside the state into a registration district in California for interment, the permit for disposition, issued in accordance with the law and health regulations of the place where the death occurred, shall be accepted by the local registrar of the district into which the human remains have been transported, as a basis upon which he or she shall issue a local permit, noting upon the face of the permit the fact that human remains were shipped in for interment and the place of death.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 8 - Permits for Disposition of Human Remains › Section 103090.

103090. This chapter does not prevent a funeral director from removing a body from the registration district where the death occurred or the body was found to another registration district in the same or another county in a funeral director’s conveyance for the purpose of preparing the body for interment or shipment.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 8 - Permits for Disposition of Human Remains › Section 103095.

103095. A permit issued in one county or city is valid and sufficient in any county it specifies as the place of interment.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 8 - Permits for Disposition of Human Remains › Section 103100.

103100. If any cemetery is located partly in one registration district and partly in another, only one permit shall be required for interment and a permit authorizing interment in the cemetery shall entitle interment to be made within or without the district to which the permit is directed. The permit shall be returned to the registration district in which the interment is made irrespective of the district to which it is directed. The local registrar of the district in which the interment is made shall forthwith file the permit on presentation without charge.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 8 - Permits for Disposition of Human Remains › Section 103105.

103105. Permits for the disinterment or removal of interred remains shall be required, as specified in Part 2 (commencing with Section 7500) of Division 7.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 9 - Marriage Registration › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 103125.

103125. The forms for the marriage license shall be prescribed by the State Registrar.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 816, Sec. 45. Effective January 1, 2007. Operative January 1, 2008, by Sec. 56 of Ch. 816.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 9 - Marriage Registration › ARTICLE 2 - Duty of Registering › Section 103150.

103150. Each marriage that is performed shall be registered by the person performing the ceremony as provided by Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 420) of Part 3 of Division 3 of the Family Code.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 9 - Marriage Registration › ARTICLE 3 - Content of Certificate of Registry of Marriage › Section 103175.

103175. (a) The marriage license shall contain as nearly as can be ascertained all of the following and other items as the State Registrar may designate:
(1) The first section shall include the personal data of each party married, including the date of birth, full given name at birth or by court order, birthplace, mailing address, names and birthplaces of each party’s parents, last names at birth of each party’s parents, the number of previous marriages, marital status, the name used prior to the intended marriage by each party at the time of the marriage license application, if the name is different from the name given at birth or by court order, and the new name, if any, selected by each party for intended use upon solemnization of the marriage.
(2) The second section shall include the signatures of parties married, license to marry, county and date of issuance of license, and the marriage license number.
(3) The third section shall include the certification of one person performing the ceremony, that shall show his or her official position including the denomination if he or she is a clergy or clergyperson, and the printed name, signature, and mailing address of at least one, and no more than two, witnesses to the marriage ceremony. The person performing the marriage ceremony shall also type or print his or her name and mailing address on the marriage license.
(b) The marriage license shall not contain any reference to the race or color of parties married.
(Amended (as amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 816) by Stats. 2007, Ch. 567, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 2008. Operative January 1, 2009, by Sec. 13 of Ch. 567.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 9 - Marriage Registration › ARTICLE 3 - Content of Certificate of Registry of Marriage › Section 103180.

103180. (a) Sections 103150 and 103175 do not apply to marriages entered into pursuant to Section 307 of the Family Code. Subdivisions (b) and (c) govern the registration and the content of the License and Certificate of Non-Clergy Marriage of those marriages.
(b) Each marriage entered into pursuant to Section 307 of the Family Code shall be registered by the parties entering into the marriage or by a witness who signed under paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 307 within 10 days after the ceremony with the local registrar of marriages for the county in which the License and Certificate of Non-Clergy Marriage was issued.
(c) The License and Certificate of Non-Clergy Marriage entered into pursuant to Section 307 of the Family Code shall contain as nearly as can be ascertained the following:
(1) The personal data of each party married, including the date of birth, full given name at birth or by court order, birthplace, mailing address, names and birthplaces of each party’s parents, last names at birth of each party’s parents, the number of previous marriages, marital status, the name used prior to the intended marriage by each party at the time of the marriage license application, if the name is different from the name given at birth or by court order, and the new name, if any, selected by each party for intended use upon solemnization of the marriage.
(2) The license to marry.
(3) The county and date of issuance of the license.
(4) The marriage license number.
(5) The certification of the parties entering into the marriage, that shall show the following:
(A) The fact, time, and place of entering into the marriage.
(B) The printed name, signature, and mailing address of two witnesses to the marriage ceremony.
(C) The religious society or denomination of the parties married, and that the marriage was entered into in accordance with the rules and customs of that religious society or denomination.
(6) The signatures of the parties married.
(7) Any other items that the State Registrar shall designate.
(d) The License and Certificate of Non-Clergy Marriage shall not contain any reference to the race or color of parties married or to a person performing or solemnizing the marriage.
(Amended (as amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 816) by Stats. 2007, Ch. 567, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 2008. Operative January 1, 2009, by Sec. 13 of Ch. 567.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 10 - Final Decrees of Dissolution of Marriage,or Legal Separation › Section 103200.

103200. The clerk of the court of each county shall send a copy of every judgment of dissolution of marriage, of legal separation, and of declaration of nullity to the State Registrar monthly. If a judgment of dissolution of marriage is vacated, the clerk of the court shall send a copy of the order or dismissal to the State Registrar.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 816, Sec. 48. Effective January 1, 2007. Operative January 1, 2008, by Sec. 56 of Ch. 816.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 10 - Final Decrees of Dissolution of Marriage,or Legal Separation › Section 103205.

103205. The State Registrar shall maintain a comprehensive and continuous index of all decrees received under Section 103200.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 11 - Amendment of Records › ARTICLE 1 - Amendment of a Record of Birth, Death or Marriage › Section 103225.

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 error exists may make an affidavit under oath stating the changes necessary to make the record correct, that shall be supported by the affidavit of one other credible person having knowledge of the facts, and file it with the state or local registrar.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 11 - Amendment of Records › ARTICLE 1 - Amendment of a Record of Birth, Death or Marriage › Section 103230.

103230. Section 103225 shall be applicable to certificates of birth only in the absence of conflicting information relative to parentage on the originally registered certificate of birth.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 11 - Amendment of Records › ARTICLE 1 - Amendment of a Record of Birth, Death or Marriage › Section 103235.

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 amendment for acceptance for filing, and if accepted shall file the amendment and shall note the fact of the amendment, with its date, on the otherwise unaltered original certificate or marriage license.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 816, Sec. 49. Effective January 1, 2007. Operative January 1, 2008, by Sec. 56 of Ch. 816.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 11 - Amendment of Records › ARTICLE 1 - Amendment of a Record of Birth, Death or Marriage › Section 103240.

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 review it for acceptance for filing.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 11 - Amendment of Records › ARTICLE 1 - Amendment of a Record of Birth, Death or Marriage › Section 103245.

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 and information are on file. The State Registrar shall also transmit copies of the amendment to that county’s local registrar only if the amendment is made within two years of the registration of the original record.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 147, Sec. 5. (AB 2561) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 11 - Amendment of Records › ARTICLE 1 - Amendment of a Record of Birth, Death or Marriage › Section 103250.

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 those amendments that are filed within one year of the date of occurrence of the event.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 11 - Amendment of Records › ARTICLE 1 - Amendment of a Record of Birth, Death or Marriage › Section 103255.

103255. The amendment shall be filed with and become a part of the record to which it pertains.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 11 - Amendment of Records › ARTICLE 1 - Amendment of a Record of Birth, Death or Marriage › Section 103260.

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 submit a written request to the state registrar for a new birth certificate on the ground that his or her existing birth certificate contains a derogatory, demeaning, or colloquial racial descriptor. For purposes of this section, a derogatory, demeaning, or colloquial racial descriptor means any term that the registrant determines is insulting to a racial group.
(b)  The State Registrar shall review the request, and if the request identifies the term that the registrant has determined is a derogatory, demeaning, or colloquial racial descriptor, identifies the accurate racial descriptor, and is accompanied with the payment of the fee required by Section 103700, then the State Registrar shall issue a new birth certificate with the accurate racial descriptor identified in the request and shall transmit copies of the new birth certificate to the following:
(1)  The local registrar and county recorder in whose offices copies of the previously issued birth certificate are on file. Upon receipt of the new birth certificate, the local registrar and county recorder shall transmit any copies of the previously issued birth certificate to the State Registrar if it is practical for him or her to do so. If it is impractical for him or her to forward all the copies to the state registrar, he or she shall effectually seal a cover over the copy in a manner as not to deface or destroy the copy and forward a verified statement of his or her action to the state registrar.
(2)  The registrant.
(c)  The new birth certificate shall supplant any previously issued birth certificate registered for the registrant and shall be the only birth certificate of the registrant open to public inspection. The request and previously issued birth certificate shall remain as part of the records of the State Registrar. All records and information referred to in this section, other than the newly issued birth certificate, shall be available only upon the written request of the registrant or an order of a court of competent jurisdiction.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 11 - Amendment of Records › ARTICLE 1 - Amendment of a Record of Birth, Death or Marriage › Section 103265.

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 processed immediately upon acceptance for filing and shall be issued by the State Registrar or local registrar no later than 10 business days following acceptance for filing.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 307, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 11 - Amendment of Records › ARTICLE 2 - Amendment of a Death Record of a Previously Unidentified Body › Section 103275.

103275. The coroner having jurisdiction shall register with the local registrar of births and deaths a certificate of death giving the name of the person and all statistical particulars that have been discovered concerning him or her, in the case of the identification of a person previously unidentified at the time of the original registration of the death.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 11 - Amendment of Records › ARTICLE 2 - Amendment of a Death Record of a Previously Unidentified Body › Section 103280.

103280. This amendment to the record shall be handled in the manner prescribed in Article 1 (commencing with Section 103225).
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 11 - Amendment of Records › ARTICLE 3 - Amendment of Medical and Health Section Data on Death, Fetal Death, and Live Birth Records › Section 103300.

103300. Notwithstanding other provisions in this part relative to amendment of records, whenever the information originally furnished in the medical and health data section of any record of death, fetal death or live birth is modified by supplemental information relative thereto, the certifying physician or coroner having knowledge of this information may make a declaration as provided in Section 2015.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure stating the changes necessary to make the information correct and file it with the state or local registrar.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 11 - Amendment of Records › ARTICLE 3 - Amendment of Medical and Health Section Data on Death, Fetal Death, and Live Birth Records › Section 103305.

103305. This amendment shall be handled in the manner prescribed in Article 1 (commencing with Section 103225).
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 11 - Amendment of Records › ARTICLE 4 - Supplemental Name Reports › Section 103325.

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 deliver to the parents of the child a special blank for a supplemental report of the name of the child.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 11 - Amendment of Records › ARTICLE 4 - Supplemental Name Reports › Section 103330.

103330. The parents shall complete the report and return it to the local registrar as soon as the child is named.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 11 - Amendment of Records › ARTICLE 4 - Supplemental Name Reports › Section 103335.

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 are filed within one year of the date of occurrence of the event.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 11 - Amendment of Records › ARTICLE 4 - Supplemental Name Reports › Section 103340.

103340. This amendment to the record shall be handled in the manner prescribed in Article 1 (commencing with Section 103225).
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 11 - Amendment of Records › ARTICLE 5 - Amendment of Birth Certificate to Delete Racial Slurs › Section 103350.

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 the registrant, constitute racial slurs or are otherwise offensive.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 11 - Amendment of Records › ARTICLE 5 - Amendment of Birth Certificate to Delete Racial Slurs › Section 103355.

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 birth certificate and the sealing of the original if the person certifies that the entry or entries in the original birth certificate regarding race or color contain a term or terms that in the opinion of the registrant, constitute racial slurs or are otherwise offensive. The application shall identify the offensive terms to be deleted and indicate the proper entries for race or color to be substituted. The determination as to whether the entries to be deleted are offensive shall be left to the judgment of the applicant and the State Registrar shall give deference to that determination.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 11 - Amendment of Records › ARTICLE 5 - Amendment of Birth Certificate to Delete Racial Slurs › Section 103360.

103360. Upon receipt of the application and payment of the required fee, the State Registrar shall establish a new birth certificate for the person.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 11 - Amendment of Records › ARTICLE 5 - Amendment of Birth Certificate to Delete Racial Slurs › Section 103365.

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 not the original birth certificate of the registrant. The new birth certificate shall supplant any birth certificate previously registered for the registrant and shall be the only birth certificate open to public inspection.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 11 - Amendment of Records › ARTICLE 5 - Amendment of Birth Certificate to Delete Racial Slurs › Section 103370.

103370. The State Registrar shall transmit a certified copy of a birth certificate newly established under this article to the registrant without additional charge.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 11 - Amendment of Records › ARTICLE 5 - Amendment of Birth Certificate to Delete Racial Slurs › Section 103375.

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 records contain copies of the original certificate, who shall forward the copies to the State Registrar for filing with the original certificate, if it is practical for him or her to do so. If it is impractical for him or her to forward the copy to the State Registrar, he or she shall effectually seal a cover over the copy in a manner as not to deface or destroy the copy and forward a verified statement of his or her action to the State Registrar.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 11 - Amendment of Records › ARTICLE 6 - Amendment of Birth Record to Reflect Court Order Change of Name › Section 103400.

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 Columbia, any territory of the United States, or any foreign court, an application, including an affidavit of this fact, may be filed with the office of the State Registrar upon a form provided for that purpose. A court order filed with the office of the State Registrar that is not written in English shall include a certified English translation of the court order.
(b) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2023.
(Repealed (in Sec. 5) and added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 577, Sec. 6. (AB 218) Effective January 1, 2022. Operative January 1, 2023, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 11 - Amendment of Records › ARTICLE 6 - Amendment of Birth Record to Reflect Court Order Change of Name › Section 103405.

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 for acceptance for filing, and if accepted, shall file the amendment and shall note the fact of the amendment on the otherwise unaltered original birth certificate. The amendment shall be filed with and become a part of the record to which it pertains, if the original record of birth is on file in the office of the State Registrar.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 11 - Amendment of Records › ARTICLE 6 - Amendment of Birth Record to Reflect Court Order Change of Name › Section 103410.

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 additional cost.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 11 - Amendment of Records › ARTICLE 7 - Revision of Birth and Marriage Records to Reflect Change of Gender and Sex Identifier › Section 103425.

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, or nonbinary.
(b) If requested, the judgment shall include an order that a new birth certificate be prepared for the person reflecting the change of gender and sex identifier and any change of name accomplished by an order of a court of this state, another state, the District of Columbia, any territory of the United States, or any foreign court.
(c) Subject to the requirements of Section 103430, if requested, the judgment shall include an order that a new marriage license and certificate or confidential marriage license and certificate be prepared for the person reflecting the change to the designation of the person as bride, groom, or having neither box checked on the marriage license and certificate or confidential marriage license and certificate and any change of name accomplished by an order of a court of this state, another state, the District of Columbia, any territory of the United States, or any foreign court.
(d) Subject to the requirements of Section 103430, if requested, the judgment shall include an order that a new birth certificate be prepared for the person’s child or children reflecting the change to the designation of the person as mother, father, or parent and any change of name of the petitioner accomplished by an order of a court of this state, another state, the District of Columbia, or any territory of the United States, or foreign court.
(e) A petition seeking a judgment recognizing the change of gender and sex identifier to female, male, or nonbinary may be made to a superior court within this state, even if the person whose gender and sex identifier is proposed to be changed does not reside within the State of California, if the person is seeking to change the designation to reflect their gender on at least one of the following documents:
(1) A birth certificate that was issued within this state to the person whose gender and sex identifier is proposed to be changed.
(2) A birth certificate that was issued within this state to the legal child of the person whose gender and sex identifier is proposed to be changed.
(3) A marriage license and certificate or confidential marriage license and certificate that was issued within this state to the person whose gender and sex identifier is proposed to be changed.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 577, Sec. 8. (AB 218) Effective January 1, 2022. Operative January 1, 2023, pursuant to Section 103445.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 102 - VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS › PART 1 - VITAL RECORDS › CHAPTER 11 - Amendment of Records › ARTICLE 7 - Revision of Birth and Marriage Records to Reflect Change of Gender and Sex Identifier › Section 103437.

103437. If a person who seeks a change of gender and sex identifier pursuant to Section 103430 or a single petition for change to the petitioner’s name and to recognize the change of the petitioner’s gender and sex identifier pursuant to Section 103435 is under 18 years of age, the petition and any papers associated with the proceeding shall be kept confidential by the court. The court shall limit access to the court records in the proceeding, including the register of actions, to the minor, any adult who signed the petition, the minor’s parents or guardians or guardians ad litem, any individual who is subject to an order to show cause related to the petition, and any attorneys representing these individuals.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 221, Sec. 1. (AB 223) Effective January 1, 2024.)