2018 Vermont Statutes
Title 15 - Domestic Relations
Chapter 13 - Change Of Name
§ 816 Amendment of birth certificate
§ 816. Certificate of change; correction of birth and civil marriage records
Whenever a person changes his or her name, as provided in this chapter, he or she shall provide the Probate Division of the Superior Court with a copy of his or her birth certificate and, if married, a copy of his or her civil marriage certificate, and a copy of the birth certificate of each minor child, if any. The Probate Division where the change of name is filed and recorded shall transmit the certificates and a certified copy of such instrument of change of name to the Supervisor of Vital Records Registration. The Supervisor of Vital Records Registration shall forward such instrument of change of name to the town clerk in the town where the person was born within the State, or wherein the original certificate is filed, with instructions to amend the original certificate and all copies thereof in accordance with the provisions of 18 V.S.A. chapter 101. Such amended certificates shall have the words "Court Amended" stamped, written, or typed at the top and shall show that the change of name was made pursuant to this chapter. (Amended 1979, No. 142 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 22, 26; 2009, No. 3, § 12a, eff. Sept. 1, 2009; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 238a, eff. Feb. 1, 2011; 2017, No. 28, § 3, eff. May 10, 2017.)
[Section 816 effective July 1, 2019; see also section 816 effective until July 1, 2019 .]
§ 816. Amendment of birth certificate
A person, or the parent or guardian of a minor, may provide the State Registrar of Vital Records with a copy of his or her birth certificate or the birth certificate of the minor and a certified copy of a decree issued under this chapter authorizing a change of name, and request that the birth certificate be amended in accordance with the decree. The State Registrar of Vital Records shall update the Statewide Registration System and proceed in accordance with 18 V.S.A. § 5075. Notwithstanding 18 V.S.A. § 5075, certificates amended pursuant to this section shall have the words "Court Amended" at the top and shall show that the change of name was made pursuant to this chapter. (Amended 1979, No. 172 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 22, 26; 2009, No. 3, § 12a, eff. Sept. 1, 2009; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 238a, eff. Feb. 1, 2011; 2017, No. 28, § 3, eff. May 10, 2017; 2017, No. 46, § 57, eff. July 1, 2019.)
