Court Order of Correction of Certificates

Corrections on certificates are orders from a probate court correcting  Errors/Mistakes Only on the original birth record. You may call the Probate Court in the county in which you reside to get a list of required documents.

Establishment of a new birth record in the Ohio Vital Statistics office requires a certified copy of the court order of correction. The court order must have been granted by an Ohio Probate Court.

The court order must contain:

1. Information listed from the original birth record

2. Items to be corrected

3. Name of the county of the court

4. Case number

5. Final date of the correction

6. Signature of the probate judge or deputy clerk

7. Court seal (not mandatory)

Whenever the correction ordered in the birth record involves a change in the child’s name, sex, race, or natural father, a new birth record is established.

The sex of a child will only be changed if it is incorrect at the time birth.

Last Updated: 9/15/05