§ 5075 - Issuance of new or corrected birth certificate by probate court-Application
§ 5075. Issuance of new or corrected birth certificate by probate court-Application
(a) After six months from the date of birth, the birth certificate of a person born in this state may be amended only by the decree of the probate court of the district in which such birth occurred. A petition for such amendment may be brought by the person, the person's parent or guardian, the hospital in which the birth occurred, or the certifying attendant, or custodian setting forth the reason for such petition and the correction or amendment desired. A person born in this state for whom no certificate of birth was filed during the first year following birth or his or her parent or guardian, may petition the probate court of the district in which such person was born to determine the facts with respect to this birth and to order the issuance of a delayed certificate of birth.
(b) Birth certificates issued under this section for minor errors as defined in subsection (a) of section 5073 of this title shall be corrected without payment of a fee. (Amended 1979, No. 142 (Adj. Sess.), § 10; 1997, No. 155 (Adj. Sess.), § 64.)