Apply by mail

1. To Obtain a Certificate of Amendment of Marriage Certificate, the applicant has to approach the California Department of Public Health link
2. An application form will be provided to the applicant by the concerned officer. Or can be download it from the following link.
3. The applicant has to enter all the details in the application form.
4. Make sure that the applicant has to attach all the necessary documents that are mentioned in the “Required Documents” section of this page.
5. The applicant has to attach the photocopies of the required documents along with the application form while submitting.
6. Submit all the necessary documents along with the completed form to the Public Health Mailing address.
7. The mailing address is mentioned in the “Office Locations & Contacts” section of this page.
8. The fee for this procedure is mentioned in the “Fees” section of this page.
9. After receiving the application, the concerned authority will check the submitted application and document set. If all are in place, the application will be accepted.
10. Then the application will be processed further. All the updates on the application status will be sent via SMS to the applicant’s mobile number.
11. Once the process gets completed, the applicant gets the marriage certificate through mail.
12. The processing time for this procedure is up to 15 – 30 days.

• Application form link.
• Passport size photographs
• Identity proof (two type of proof document required)
• Address proof (two type of proof document required)
• Marriage certificate
• Court order
• Fee receipt

California Department of Public Health
Mailing address:
Vital Records - Amendments - MS 5105
P.O. Box 997410
Sacramento, CA 95899-7410
Contact link

• Any married person who intends to Amendment of a Certificate of Marriage is eligible to make this application.

• The fee to amend a marriage certificate is $17.00 for each copy, and for processing the cost is about $26.

• The validity of amendment certificate is valid forever.

• Application form link.

Sample form link

• The processing time for this procedure is up to 15 – 30 days.

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• Applicant must complete the application form before submitting. Incomplete applications will not be accepted.
• Applicant must provide genuine information while applying for this procedure.

• Full name as on marriage certificate
• Statement of corrections to marriage record
• Signature of first name
• Date
• Address
• Changes required
• Contact number
• Vital records or local registrar

• Amending marriage certificate means of correcting or completing information that prints on a marriage certificate. Marriage certificate is necessary to get legal rights and remedies.

If there is any correction or missing information in the marriage record, the applicant needs to request for an amendment.

The process to amend or correct a marriage certificate varies greatly depending on factors such as:

• The laws of the state that issued the marriage certificate
• The reason(s) to amend the marriage certificate
• The eligibility of the applicant to make the changes

• The marriage certificate is used has proof of identity

Link

Reason of amendment marriage certificate

• Correct a spelling mistake or other errors
• Add missing information
• Change the name of the certificate holder or that of their spouse
• Change the gender marker of the certificate holder