SECTIONS 103350-103375 - California Statutes

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE

SECTION 103350-103375

103350. The purpose of this article is to provide a remedy for
correction of birth certificates that contain entries regarding race
or color that, in the opinion of the registrant, constitute racial
slurs or are otherwise offensive.

103355. Any person who was born in this state and whose birth is
registered in this state may apply to the State Registrar for the
establishment and issuance of a new birth certificate and the sealing
of the original if the person certifies that the entry or entries in
the original birth certificate regarding race or color contain a
term or terms that in the opinion of the registrant, constitute
racial slurs or are otherwise offensive. The application shall
identify the offensive terms to be deleted and indicate the proper
entries for race or color to be substituted. The determination as to
whether the entries to be deleted are offensive shall be left to the
judgment of the applicant and the State Registrar shall give
deference to that determination.

103360. Upon receipt of the application and payment of the required
fee, the State Registrar shall establish a new birth certificate for
the person.

103365. The entry for race or color in the new certificate shall be
as indicated in the application. No reference shall be made in the
new birth certificate that it is not the original birth certificate
of the registrant. The new birth certificate shall supplant any birth
certificate previously registered for the registrant and shall be
the only birth certificate open to public inspection.

103370. The State Registrar shall transmit a certified copy of a
birth certificate newly established under this article to the
registrant without additional charge.

103375. When a new birth certificate is established pursuant to
this article, the State Registrar shall inform the local registrar
and the county recorder whose records contain copies of the original
certificate, who shall forward the copies to the State Registrar for
filing with the original certificate, if it is practical for him or
her to do so. If it is impractical for him or her to forward the copy
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.