§ 103235 Amending Marriage Certificates Locally

• •The local registrar reviews any amendment if the document hasn't been sent to the State Registrar yet.
• •If the amendment is accepted, the local registrar files it.
• •The registrar must add a note with the amendment and its date on the original, unchanged document.

A couple gets married and later wants to change the spelling of one partner's last name on their marriage license before it is sent to the State Registrar.

The local registrar looks at the name change request, decides if it can be accepted, and if it can, they file the updated license and write a note on the original license saying the name was changed, including the date of the change.