California Health and Safety Code

§ 103400

HSC § 103400 Effective Jan 1, 2022Div. 102 · Part 1 · Ch. 11 · Art. 6

Statute text

(a)If a person who has a birth certificate issued by this state has their name changed by order of a court of this state, another state, the District of Columbia, any territory of the United States, or any foreign court, an application, including an affidavit of this fact, may be filed with the office of the State Registrar upon a form provided for that purpose. A court order filed with the office of the State Registrar that is not written in English shall include a certified English translation of the court order.

(b)This section shall become operative on January 1, 2023.

Legislative history

Repealed (in Sec. 5) and added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 577, Sec. 6. (AB 218) Effective January 1, 2022. Operative January 1, 2023, by its own provisions.