Health & Saf. Code, § 103365 · Article 5. Amendment of Birth Certificate to Delete Racial Slurs
Health & Saf. Code, § 103365
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The entry for race or color in the new certificate shall be as indicated in the application. No reference shall be made in the new birth certificate that it is not the original birth certificate of the registrant. The new birth certificate shall supplant any birth certificate previously registered for the registrant and shall be the only birth certificate open to public inspection.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.
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