New York Conforming Name Change for Child After Parents' Marriage (DOH-1927)
Official state formLegal name changeForm DOH-1927Free downloadLast verified November 10, 2026
Notarized affidavits from both parents to change a child's name on the birth certificate after the parents, who were not married when the child was born, marry each other. They go to the Vital Records Amendment Unit in Albany.
Who can use this form
- The child's biological father and biological mother, who were not married to each other when the child was born and married afterwards.
- The parents must already have signed an Acknowledgment of Paternity, or the father must already have been added to the child's birth certificate.
- Each parent signs their part in front of a notary public.
What to send with it
- The form with the father's affidavit and the mother's affidavit completed, signed and notarized.
- The child's name as it should now be recorded.
- A certified copy of the parents' marriage certificate, as the office's birth corrections instructions say.
Where to send it
- Mail to
- New York State Department of Health Vital Records Section/Amendment Unit P. O. Box 2602 Albany, New York 12220-2602
- State fee
- The form prints no fee. The office's birth corrections instructions (August 2020) say there is no fee for a correction or an amendment, a certified copy of a corrected record costs $30, and one amended birth certificate is issued free of charge after an amendment.
- Typical processing
- Not provided
- Form revision
- 11/2001
- Source
- Official government page