You may also: • Call the Customer Service Unit at (916) 445-2684. Contact the County Recorder or County Health Department in any California county. The Physician/Certifier's Amendment, VS 24A form, is also available in the same manner as noted above.
An "Amended VOP Affidavit " is one that is filed after an initial VOP Affidavit and which supplants and supersedes the original, becoming "the" VOP Affidavit in the case.
To amend a confidential marriage certificate, please refer to the County Clerk's office in the county where the marriage license was issued: - Recorders. aspx. For other amendment types, please visit the CDPH-VR website at .cdph.ca.
It's not likely that you will need your legal date often (if ever). But if a legal official asks when you got married, you need to give the date on the license.
You wouldn't be able to just backdate a marriage license - b/c it wasn't legally issued until it was issued.
We then perform the ceremony as a commitment ceremony and for the most part none of their guests know the difference. A couple of them need to set an appointment with us to sign the actual document. Unfortunately that document cannot be backdated. It has to be signed on the date is presented.
A marriage license can only be dated with the date on which it is issued.
After your ceremony, your officiant is legally required to file your license within 10 days. Generally, couples are permitted to submit requests for certified copies beginning 7 days after the wedding date.
In general, you have to file for an amended marriage certificate in the county where your marriage took place. Depending on the state, this is the county clerk, public health records department, or vital records office. Sometimes, you can make changes directly with the records office.