§ 102305 Birth Certificate Review Requirements

Health and Safety Code·California

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The local birth and death registrar must check every certificate and ask for missing or wrong information before officially recording it.

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•Every birth or death certificate is reviewed before it is accepted.
•If the form doesn't follow the state’s rules, the registrar can ask for more information.
•The certificate must be fixed to match the rules before it can be officially recorded.

Example

A parent submits a birth certificate that leaves the baby's middle name blank.

The registrar will tell the parent to fill in the missing middle name (or any other required detail) before the birth can be officially recorded.

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§ 102305 Birth Certificate Review Requirements

The local registrar of births and deaths shall carefully examine each certificate before acceptance for registration and, if any are not completed in a manner consistent with the policies established by the State Registrar, he or she shall require further information to be furnished as may be necessary to make the record consistent with those policies before acceptance for registration. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)

Last verified: January 11, 2026

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local registrar certificate State Registrar policies

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Health and Safety Code. Section 102305.

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