§ 102125 Birth Certificate Requirements

Health and Safety Code·California

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This law says birth, fetal death, and death certificates must be written clearly in black ink and must include every piece of required information; if anything is missing, the certificate isn’t considered complete.

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•Use durable black ink for all birth and death certificates.
•Write the information so it can be read easily.
•Include every piece of information the form asks for; leaving anything out makes the certificate incomplete.

Example

A nurse writes a newborn's birth certificate in pencil and forgets to fill in the baby's weight.

Because the certificate isn’t in black ink and is missing required info, it isn’t a valid, complete record under this law.

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§ 102125 Birth Certificate Requirements

All certificates of live birth, fetal death, or death shall be written legibly, in durable black ink, and a certificate is not complete and correct that does not supply all of the items of information called for, or satisfactorily account for their omission. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)

Last verified: January 11, 2026

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certificates of live birth fetal death death durable black ink complete and correct

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Health and Safety Code. Section 102125.

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