Minnesota Request to Amend Marital Status on a Birth Record
Official state formCorrections and amendmentsFree downloadLast verified November 12, 2026
Form for both birth parents to change the marital status on their child's Minnesota birth record. Mail it, signed by both before a notary, to the Minnesota Department of Health, Office of Vital Records.
Who can use this form
- Both birth parents named on the child's birth record.
- Both parents must sign in front of a notary public.
What to send with it
- The completed form, signed by both parents in front of a notary public.
- Unmarried parents must also send a completed Recognition of Parentage form to add the father to the birth record, signed by both before a notary.
- The office returns incomplete requests or ones not signed before a notary.
Where to send it
- Mail to
- Minnesota Department of Health Office of Vital Records PO Box 64499 St. Paul, MN 55164-0499
- State fee
- Not provided
- Typical processing
- Not provided
- Form revision
- 1/2021
- Source
- Official government page