6.1 Venue, Jurisdiction, & Parties

Louisiana residents may seek a gender marker correction in the parish of residence or of birth.1  Louisiana-born non-residents may seek a gender marker correction only in the parish of birth. There is no specific language regarding incarcerated individuals so presumably they are considered Louisiana residents and may file in the parish of their residence or of birth. The Petitioner’s spouse is a necessary party to the proceedings and must be joined. Petitions seeking gender marker correction are filed against the Louisiana State Registrar of Vital Records via ordinary proceeding. It is permissible to seek both a name correction and gender marker correction concurrently in the same pleading. In that case, the District Attorney must also be named as a defendant. 

• 1La. R.S. 40:62(B).