Mich. Admin. Code R. 325.3263 - Preparation of replacement records

Rule 13.

(1) The department shall prepare a new record as a replacement for a registered record when the state registrar receives any of the following:
(a) Documents described in sections 2831 and 2872 of the code, MCL 333.2831 and 333.2872, as evidence of 1 of the following:
(i) Adoption.
(ii) Paternity.
(iii) Legitimation.
(iv) Sex designation.
(v) Legal change of name of a minor.
(b) A request, within 12 months after the date of the event, for additions or minor amendments. These amendments are limited to the following:
(i) Obvious errors.
(ii) Transpositions of letters or numbers.
(iii) Omissions.
(iv) Changes to the registrant's given names or the addition of a surname suffix, for example: "Jr.," "II," or "III."
(c) A request received within 6 years after the date of the event and documentary evidence to add the registrant's given name to a birth record where the given name is missing on the registered record.
(d) An order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction requiring the department to prepare a new record.
(e) Documentation showing a change in an action of a court that is documented in the system of vital statistics.
(f) Evidence of an error in an entry made by the office of the state registrar or a local registrar.
(2) The department shall prepare an addended record as a replacement for a registered record when the state registrar receives documents described in section 2872(2) of the code, MCL 333.2872, as evidence of a legal change of name.
(3) An amended record must be prepared when it is not appropriate under these rules or the code to prepare an addended record or a new record.

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Mich. Admin. Code R. 325.3263
1981 AACS; 2025 MR 9, Eff. 4/30/2025

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