North Dakota Century Code Title 23. Health and Safety § 23-02.1-25. Correction and amendment of vital records

1. A record registered under this chapter may be amended only in accordance with this chapter and regulations under this chapter adopted by the department of health and human services to protect the integrity and accuracy of vital records.

2. A record that is amended under this section must be marked “amended” except as provided in subsection 4. The date of amendment and a summary description of the evidence submitted in support of the amendment must be endorsed on or made a part of the record. The department of health and human services shall prescribe by regulation the conditions under which additions or minor corrections may be made to birth records within one year after the date of birth without the record being considered as amended.

3. Upon receipt of a certified copy of a court order that is amending a birth, death, or fetal death record and upon request of such individual or the individual's parent, guardian, or legal representative, the state registrar shall amend the record as directed in the court order; however, if the state registrar has information to believe the facts of the court order are false or inaccurate, the state registrar shall provide the court and any known parties with the correct information.

4. Upon receipt of a sworn acknowledgment of paternity of a child born out of wedlock signed by both parents and upon request, the state registrar shall amend a record of birth to show such paternity if paternity is not shown on the record. Upon request of the parents, the surname of the child must be changed on the appropriate record to the surname designated by the parents on the acknowledgment of paternity. Such record may not be marked as “amended”. The provisions of this subsection apply also in their entirety to records of fetal death.