Tennessee Application for New Certificate of Birth by Subsequent Marriage of Parents (PH-1673)
Official state formParentage and paternityForm PH-1673Free downloadLast verified November 10, 2026
Application for a new Tennessee birth certificate that lists the father when the parents married after the child was born. Both parents swear to it in front of a notary and mail it to the Tennessee Office of Vital Records.
Who can use this form
- The child's biological father and mother, who married after the child was born.
- Each parent signs under oath in front of a notary public.
- The child must have a Tennessee birth certificate with no father listed. If another man is listed, a court order is needed first.
What to send with it
- The completed application, with both parent affidavits notarized.
- A certified copy of the marriage certificate if the parents did not marry in Tennessee. If they married in Tennessee in the past 50 years, a certified copy or the date and place of marriage.
- A $30.00 check or money order payable to Tennessee Vital Records, for a certified long form copy of the new birth certificate. Additional copies are $15.00 each.
Where to send it
- Mail to
- TENNESSEE VITAL RECORDS OFFICE ANDREW JOHNSON TOWER, 1ST FLOOR 710 JAMES ROBERTSON PARKWAY NASHVILLE, TN 37243
- State fee
- $30.00, as printed on the form, for a certified long form copy of the new certificate. Additional copies are $15.00 each.
- Typical processing
- Not provided
- Form revision
- Rev. 05/15
- Source
- Official government page