Tennessee Affidavit to Correct or Amend a Marriage Certificate (PH-4481)
Official state formCorrections and amendmentsForm PH-4481Free downloadLast verified November 10, 2026
Sworn affidavit to correct or amend a Tennessee marriage certificate, notarized and mailed to the Tennessee Office of Vital Records. A $15.00 amendment fee applies to changes made six months or more after the marriage.
Who can use this form
- Applicants should only correct or amend items about themselves.
- The affidavit is sworn in front of a notary public.
- County clerks should only correct errors made by their own office. The clerk's error box is for the county clerk's office only.
What to send with it
- The completed affidavit: date of marriage, both applicants' names, the item as the record reads now, and the correction.
- For corrections more than one year after the marriage, evidence that supports the change. The form also asks for a copy of the document used to complete the certificate of marriage for corrections one year or more after the marriage.
- The $15.00 amendment fee for amendments six months or more after the date of marriage.
Where to send it
- Mail to
- TN Vital Records Andrew Johnson Tower, 1st Floor 710 James Robertson Parkway Nashville, TN 37243
- State fee
- $15.00 amendment fee for amendments six months or more after the date of marriage, as printed on the form.
- Typical processing
- Not provided
- Form revision
- Rev. 08/2026
- Source
- Official government page