Maine Application to Correct a Birth Record (VS-7)

Who can use this form

• The registrant, if 18 or older, or an emancipated minor.
• If the registrant is under 18, the parents listed on the birth record, or the other parent if one has died.
• A legally appointed guardian or legal representative acting for the registrant.

What to send with it

• The completed VS-7, with every signature notarized (a notary public or municipal clerk).
• Supporting documents are needed when the record is more than 90 days old: two forms of documentation, such as a passport, medical records, tax or insurance records, or court orders. They must be originals, true attested copies or notarized copies, show the registrant's name and the date of the event, and be five years old or older.
• For a minor's change of gender: the parent's notarized signature and the "Declaration of Gender Transition or Intersex Condition by Licensed Health Care Professional" form.
• For a child not named at birth, the parents' notarized signatures complete the name. A parent's legal name change on a child's record is also corrected on this form.
• The fee, by check or money order payable to "Treasurer, State of Maine". The office does not process applications received without payment.

Where to send it

Mail to

See the form for where to file it.

State fee

No fee to correct a record within 90 days of filing; a certified copy of the corrected record is then $15.00. $60.00 to correct or amend after 90 days, to complete a first and middle name for an unnamed child, to change gender with first and middle names, or to apply a parent's legal name change to a child's birth record. Additional copies ordered at the same time are $6.00 each. Checks or money orders go to "Treasurer, State of Maine". As stated in the form instructions.

Typical processing

Up to 4 to 6 weeks, as stated in the form instructions

Source

Official government page