{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-1-321","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-321","heading":"Amendment of certificate or record","body":"A. A certificate or record registered under this article may be\n\namended only in accordance with this article and regulations\n\nthereunder adopted by the Commissioner of Health to protect the\n\nintegrity and accuracy of vital statistics records.\n\nB. A certificate that is amended under this section shall be\n\nmarked \"amended\", except as provided in subsection D of this\n\nsection. The date of amendment and a summary description of the\n\nevidence submitted in support of the amendment shall be endorsed on\n\nor made a part of the record.\n\nThe Commissioner shall prescribe by regulation the conditions under\n\nwhich additions or minor corrections shall be made to birth\n\ncertificates within one (1) year after the date of birth without the\n\ncertificate being considered as amended. Certificates shall be\n\nmarked as \"amended\" for minor corrections made one (1) year after\n\nthe date of birth.\n\nC. Upon receipt of a certified copy of a court order, from a\n\ncourt of competent jurisdiction, changing the name of a person born\n\nin this state and upon request of such person or his or her parent,\n\nguardian or legal representative, the Commissioner of Health shall\n\namend the certificate of birth to reflect the new name.\n\nD. When a child is born out of wedlock, the Commissioner shall\n\namend a certificate of birth to show paternity, if paternity is not\n\ncurrently shown on the birth certificate, in the following\n\nsituations:\n\n1. Upon request and receipt of a sworn acknowledgment of\n\npaternity of a child born out of wedlock signed by both parents;\n\n2. Upon receipt of a certified copy of a court order\n\nadjudicating paternity; or\n\n3. Upon receipt of an electronic record from the Department of\n\nHuman Services indicating that an acknowledgment of paternity has\n\nbeen signed by both parents or a court order adjudicating paternity.\n\nE. For a child born out of wedlock, the Commissioner shall also\n\nchange the surname of the child on the certificate:\n\n1. To the specified surname upon receipt of acknowledgment of\n\npaternity signed by both parents, upon receipt of a certified copy\n\nof a court order directing such name be changed or upon receipt of\n\nan electronic record from the Department of Human Services\n\nindicating that an acknowledgment of paternity has been signed by\n\nboth parents or a court order directs such name change. Such\n\ncertificate amended pursuant to this subsection shall not be marked\n\n\"amended\"; or\n\n2. To the surname of the mother on the birth certificate in the\n\nevent the acknowledgment of paternity is rescinded.\n\nF. The Commissioner shall have the power and duty to promulgate\n\nrules for situations in which the Department receives false\n\ninformation regarding the identity of a parent.\n\nG. If within one (1) year of the initial issuance of a\n\ncertificate of death, a funeral director, or a person acting as\n\nsuch, requests a correction to any portion of the death record\n\nexcept the information relating to the medical certification\n\nportion, due to a scrivener's error, misspelling or other correction\n\nof information, the Commissioner of Health, through the State\n\nRegistrar of Vital Statistics, shall amend the record, provided the\n\nrequest is made in writing or through an electronic system and is\n\naccompanied by documentation disclosing the correct information or\n\nby a sworn statement of the funeral director. The funeral director,\n\nor person acting as such, shall be responsible for any and all\n\namendment fees that may be imposed by the Commissioner of Health for\n\nthe correction. Up to ten certified copies containing the erroneous\n\noriginal information may be exchanged for certified copies\n\ncontaining the corrected information at no additional cost.\n\nH. Beginning April 26, 2022, the biological sex designation on\n\na certificate of birth amended under this section shall be either\n\nmale or female and shall not be nonbinary or any symbol representing\nealth for\n\nthe correction. Up to ten certified copies containing the erroneous\n\noriginal information may be exchanged for certified copies\n\ncontaining the corrected information at no additional cost.\n\nH. Beginning April 26, 2022, the biological sex designation on\n\na certificate of birth amended under this section shall be either\n\nmale or female and shall not be nonbinary or any symbol representing\n\na nonbinary designation including but not limited to the letter \"X\".","path":["OK Code","Title 63"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os63.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"914040e536f7e1ceb53f2e30323c79c25ad3723c2507e01e7413168b40c830fe","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-1-320","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-1-322"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}