103225-103265

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
SECTION 103225-103265




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.



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.



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.



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.


103245.  If the amendment is accepted, the State Registrar shall
transmit copies of the amendment to the local registrar and county
recorder in whose offices copies of the original record and
information are on file.


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.




103255.  The amendment shall be filed with and become a part of the
record to which it pertains.



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.



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.