NAC440.035. Alteration or correction of certificate: Changes which require court order.  


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  • The State Registrar or local registrar shall not alter or correct any certificate without an order from a court of competent jurisdiction if that proposed alteration:

         1. Consists of the substitution of the name of a different person as surviving spouse of the deceased on a death certificate where the evidence offered to support the action is contradictory or otherwise unsatisfactory;

         2. Consists of the substitution of a different surname for a child whose birth is registered on the certificate or a different name for either of his or her parents; or

         3. Would indicate some other fundamental change in a legal relationship or other material changes.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health, eff. 12-3-84)