Massachusetts Birth Certificate Law: Gender Identity Issues
Issues a new or amended birth certificate? Yes.
Massachusetts law provides that a transsexual individual may amend his or her birth certificate upon receipt of physician’s notarized statement that the person named on the birth certificate has completed sex-reassignment surgery, along with a copy of a name change order.
Citation: MASS. GEN. LAWS ANN. ch. 46, § 13(e).
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Last Updated: 3/9/2007