Rule 511-1-3-.26 - Who May Apply to Amend a Vital Record(1) To amend a birth certificate, application may be made by one of the parents listed on the certificate, the legal guardian, a registrant who has reached the age of majority, or the individual responsible for filing the certificate.(2) To amend a death certificate or a spontaneous fetal death certificate, application may be made by the informant listed on the certificate, a family member, their legal representative, or the funeral director who signed the death certificate or spontaneous fetal death certificate. Application to amend the cause of death may be made only by the physician who originally certified cause of death, the attending physician of the decedent, or the coroner or medical examiner.(3) Requests to amend applications for a marriage license or certificates of marriage shall be made to the Judge of the Probate Court of the county in which the license was issued.(4) Requests to amend reports of divorce shall be made to the Clerk of the Superior Court of the county in which the decree was granted.(5) To amend a Report of Induced Termination of Pregnancy, a signed statement must be received from the person in charge of the clinic or institution from which the report was prepared, stating in what manner the report has been corrected.Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 511-1-3-.26
O.C.G.A. §§ 31-2A-6, 31-10-3, 31-10-23.
Original Rule entitled "Who May Apply to Amend a Vital Record" adopted. F. Sep. 20, 2013; eff. Oct. 10, 2013.Amended: F. Oct. 25, 2017; eff. Nov. 14, 2017.