California Sealed Record Application (CDPH 9126)
Official state formAdoptionForm CDPH 9126Free downloadLast verified November 10, 2026
Mail application for a certified informational copy of an original birth or marriage certificate that was sealed and replaced by an amended one. The form lists adoption, parentage declaration, adjudication and gender change as reasons for sealing. It goes to the state vital records office.
Who can use this form
- The person named on the record, without a court order, when the record was sealed after a gender change or a filed Voluntary Declaration of Parentage
- All other sealed record requests: only with a certified court order telling the office to release the record
What to send with it
- Completed CDPH 9126, one application per record
- Certified copy of the court order telling the office to release the sealed record, when one is required
- $31 per copy for a birth record or $19 per copy for a marriage record, by check or money order in US dollars payable to CDPH-Vital Records. No cash
Where to send it
- Mail to
- California Department of Public Health Vital Records - MS 5103 P.O. Box 997410 Sacramento, CA 95899-7410
- State fee
- $31 per copy for birth; $19 per copy for marriage (form dated 01/2026). An older 2/2024 copy of the form that the office still links prints $29 and $17.
- Typical processing
- The form does not state a time. The office's processing times page lists an average of 4 to 6 weeks for certified copies.
- Form revision
- 01/2026
- Source
- Official government page