Maryland Application for Change in Sex Designation on a Certificate of Live Birth
Official state formSex designation changeFree downloadLast verified November 10, 2026
Packet with a fact sheet, the application and a statement for a licensed health care practitioner, used to request a new Maryland birth certificate with a changed sex designation. It goes to the Division of Vital Records.
Who can use this form
- A person born in Maryland whose sex has been changed
- A person born in Maryland who has been diagnosed with an intersex condition
- A licensed health care practitioner who treated or evaluated the person signs the statement page, unless a court order is used instead
What to send with it
- Signed application
- Signed statement from a licensed health care practitioner, or a court order saying the sex designation should be changed
- Government-issued photo identification
- Check or money order for $10; this form says to make it payable to the State of Maryland
- Court order if a name change is also requested and the person is over 12 months old
- Birth certificate application and fees if you want certified copies of the new certificate
Where to send it
- Mail to
- Division of Vital Records 6764-B Reisterstown Road Baltimore, Maryland 21215
- State fee
- $10 to prepare the new certificate; $10 per certified copy
- Typical processing
- About 10 weeks for corrections, according to the office's processing times page
- Source
- Official government page