Changing Your Legal Documents to Match Your Sex: Part 4 or 5

Part 4 of 5: Obtaining an Amended Birth Certificate in Massachusetts.

After an individual has completed sex reassignment surgery, and has had his or her name legally changed in the Probate Court, he or she may apply to have his or her birth record amended to reflect the newly-acquired sex and name.

Name: The applicant must submit to the appropriate clerk a certified copy of the legal name change court order.

Sex Designation: The applicant must then provide to the clerk with an original notarized statement indicating completion of sex reassignment surgery. It is important that the physician use the words "completed sex reassignment surgery" with regard to your surgery, not merely that s/he "performed" surgery.

Fee: According to Massachusetts Registry of Vital Records official website, "The fee for amending a record at the Registry is $50.00. Before you come in to the Registry offices for an amendment or correction, you must speak with a Registry representative first. That way, when you come in, you will be prepared with the necessary evidence or paperwork that will allow the correction to be made. Call: (617) 740-2603 or email: vital.regulation@state.ma.us

Registry of Vital Records
150 Mount Vernon St.
1st Floor
Dorchester, MA 02125-3105