Alabama Application to Change a Birth Certificate (ADPH-HS-33)
Official state formCorrections and amendmentsForm ADPH-HS-33Free downloadLast verified November 10, 2026
Application to amend (correct) an Alabama birth certificate. It is mailed to the Center for Health Statistics in Montgomery with ID and the fee. The same form is used for death certificates.
Who can use this form
- A record holder who is 19 or older must sign the application to change his or her own birth certificate.
- By signing, the applicant certifies a legal right to the record.
- Only one request may be made per form.
What to send with it
- The completed form with the applicant section filled in and signed.
- Valid identification. The ID requirements are printed on the back of the form.
- In most cases, additional documentation or a court order. The form says to refer to the birth certificate amendment instructions.
- The $20 amendment fee. A check or money order payable to "Center for Health Statistics". Do not send cash.
Where to send it
- Mail to
- Center for Health Statistics P.O. Box 5625 Montgomery, Alabama 36103-5625
- State fee
- $20 to amend a birth certificate, including one certified copy of the amended certificate. Additional copies of the same record ordered at the same time are $6 each. Expediting costs $15 more. Fees are non-refundable.
- Typical processing
- Not provided
- Form revision
- Rev. 10/2024
- Source
- Official government page