MASSACHUSETTS Statute: Mass Gen Laws Ann ch. 46 13 (e) (2004)
Massachusetts will issue an amended birth certificate. You will need an original letter (notarized) from your SRS surgeon, and an original or certified copy of the court order for your name change. The letter from the surgeon must use the word “completed,” not just “performed”.
CODE
(5)If a person has completed sex reassignment surgery, and has had his/ her name legally changed by a court of competent jurisdiction, the birth record of said person shall be amended to reflect the newly acquired sex and name, provided that an affidavit is received and accompanied by a physician’s notarized statement that the person named on the birth record has completed sex reassignment surgery, so-called and is not of the sex recorded on said record. Said affidavit shall also be accompanied by a certified copy of the legal change of name.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Denise O’Gara
Registry of Vital Records
150 Mount Vernon St., 1st floor
Dorchester, MA 02125-3105
(617) 740-2679
www.state.ma.us/dph/bhsre/rvr/vramend.htm
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