Nevada Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 6, 2015) |
Chapter440 Vital Statistics |
REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS |
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)