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D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017) |
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Title 29. PUBLIC WELFARE |
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Chapter 29-28. VITAL RECORDS |
Section 29-2818. AMENDMENT OF BIRTH CERTIFICATE
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2818.1Application to amend a birth certificate may be made in accordance with § 2817 and this section by the parent of parents of the registrant, the guardian, the registrant if eighteen (18) years of age or over, of the individual responsible for the item for which the amendment is sought.
2818.2Until the registrant’s first birthday, given names on a certificate of birth may be added, amended, or deleted upon written request from any one (1) of the following:
(a)By both parents together;
(b)By the mother when no father’s name appears on the certificate;
(c)By the father in the case of the death or incapacity of the mother;
(d)By the mother in the case of the death or incapacity of the father; or
(e)By the guardian or agency having legal custody of the registrant.
2818.3Within five (5) years from the registrant’s date of birth, given names for a child whose birth was recorded without given names may be added to the certificate upon written request of any one (1) of the following:
(a)By both parents together;
(b)By the mother when no father’s name appears on the certificate;
(c)By the father in the case of the death or incapacity of the mother;
(d)By the mother in the case of the death or incapacity of the father; or
(e)By the guardian or agency having legal custody of the registrant.
2818.4Within five (5) years from a registrant’s date of birth, the registrant’s given name or names may be changed on the birth certificate in the manner prescribed in § 2818.3, upon submission of documentation which, in the discretion of the Registrar, establishes consistent and legitimate use of the name or names.
2818.5After five (5) years from a registrant’s date of birth, probative documentary proof of use of the given names as of or before the age of entry into school shall be presented to the Registrar in order to add a given name.
2818.6A certified copy of a change of name order from a court of competent jurisdiction shall be submitted to the Registrar to change a registrant’s name on a certificate of birth after one (1) year from the date of birth.
2818.7Except as otherwise provided in this section, after one (1) year from the date of birth, the procedures that apply to all other amendments to vital records shall apply to amendments of a given name when it has been entered incorrectly on the birth certificate.