§ 102710 Free Amended Birth Certificate

Health and Safety Code·California

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This law says the State Registrar must give you a certified copy of a birth record that has just been changed, and they can’t charge you for it.

Key Takeaways

•The registrar must provide a certified copy of a newly amended birth record.
•The copy must be given to the person who asked for it (the registrant).
•There is no extra cost for the copy.

Example

Jane finds a typo in her birth certificate and asks the registrar to fix it. After the correction is made, she asks for a certified copy of the updated record.

Because of this law, the registrar will send Jane a certified copy of the corrected birth record and won’t charge her any extra fee.

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§ 102710 Free Amended Birth Certificate

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.)

Last verified: January 11, 2026

Key Terms

State Registrar certified copy amended record of birth registrant without additional cost

References

Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Health and Safety Code. Section 102710.

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