An application to Vital Records must be submitted within 10 days of the rendition of judgment.1 The application must include certified copies of the original Petition and final judgment. Those copies will not be returned to the client, but will be maintained in a sealed envelope attached to their original birth record at Vital Records. That envelope cannot be unsealed unless ordered by the same court that ordered the gender marker correction and only upon request of the person whose record was corrected. All amendment requests are routed to the primary Vital Records office in Baton Rouge, and there can be significant delays in the issuance of the corrected documents. Each application is assigned a case number and case manager with Vital Records. Feel free to follow up with that individual for regular progress updates. While the application is pending with Vital Records, the client may use the judgment to update other records.
- 1La. R.S. 40:62(D).